Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	33	20	40
Other TB	207	109	92
Typhus & Typhoid	34	35	146
Scarlet Fever	25	37	188
Gastro-intestinal	676	120	79
Smallpox	44	32	81
Whooping Cough	166	105	103
Measles	50	102	102
Diptheria	1	5	12
Lungs	520	256	183
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	6	33
Other	2,841	412	333

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	38	21	25
Other TB	192	88	74
Typhus & Typhoid	29	33	139
Scarlet Fever	36	73	283
Gastro-intestinal	701	126	39
Smallpox	24	16	19
Whooping Cough	177	94	72
Measles	56	128	122
Diptheria	10	14	66
Lungs	569	322	281
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	23	16	34
Other	2,962	430	348

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	64	43	38
Other TB	155	83	70
Typhus & Typhoid	7	22	60
Scarlet Fever	26	67	219
Gastro-intestinal	893	118	20
Smallpox	84	20	38
Whooping Cough	229	165	99
Measles	44	70	80
Diptheria	4	12	22
Lungs	646	301	159
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	22	6	38
Other	3,029	384	251

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	27	23	26
Other TB	126	92	85
Typhus & Typhoid	3	8	30
Scarlet Fever	8	17	89
Gastro-intestinal	744	103	23
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	172	140	84
Measles	80	153	139
Diptheria	9	14	70
Lungs	733	368	245
Cancer	0	2	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	31	11	41
Other	3,237	402	166

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	7	15	13
Other TB	200	108	121
Typhus & Typhoid	2	3	23
Scarlet Fever	5	12	58
Gastro-intestinal	929	96	13
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	212	137	86
Measles	87	127	154
Diptheria	7	16	94
Lungs	805	362	190
Cancer	1	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	39	15	41
Other	3,623	342	195

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	10	14	14
Other TB	247	106	109
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	4
Scarlet Fever	3	9	43
Gastro-intestinal	747	83	15
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	140	74	41
Measles	100	187	159
Diptheria	5	20	83
Lungs	673	276	163
Cancer	1	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	24	35
Other	2,734	232	137

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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