Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	66	20	15	14	10
Measles	1,159	2,061	927	534	301
Scarlet Fever	245	594	687	598	456
Diphtheria	53	83	98	106	101
Whooping-cough	2,056	1,381	530	267	123
Typhus	0	0	3	2	2
Enteric Fever	12	37	46	45	65
Simple Continued Fever	14	26	17	16	13
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	5,755	1,458	289	106	54
Cholera	23	6	2	1	0
Cancer	5	4	10	3	6
Tabes Mesenterica	1,949	865	262	101	62
Phthisis	326	227	105	39	47
Other Tuberculosis	981	642	289	168	113
Diseases of Nervous System	10,539	1,987	757	421	294
Diseases of Circulatory System	67	29	16	16	12
Diseases of Respiratory System	10,905	5,655	2,064	1,096	744
Diseases of Digestive System	2,931	1,182	186	105	113
Diseases of Urinary System	108	111	83	63	55
Diseases of Generative System	17	11	9	0	3
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	398	269	285	273	205
Other Causes	22,116	1,630	403	200	124

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	37	9	22	6	8
Measles	1,462	2,651	1,078	584	373
Scarlet Fever	157	406	489	413	320
Diphtheria	152	452	382	467	389
Whooping-cough	2,254	1,422	560	271	157
Typhus	0	0	1	0	1
Enteric Fever	12	33	35	52	61
Simple Continued Fever	7	5	7	3	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	8,023	1,701	268	98	46
Cholera	101	23	2	4	0
Cancer	6	7	12	8	12
Tabes Mesenterica	1,819	744	202	76	36
Phthisis	268	197	84	52	47
Other Tuberculosis	1,150	738	315	168	123
Diseases of Nervous System	10,566	1,665	619	338	248
Diseases of Circulatory System	160	20	14	13	26
Diseases of Respiratory System	12,132	5,727	1,821	1,054	593
Diseases of Digestive System	6,536	1,525	261	140	107
Diseases of Urinary System	137	162	72	39	31
Diseases of Generative System	9	6	6	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	649	257	344	322	243
Other Causes	24,345	1,369	372	160	108

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1881 - 1900	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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