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	30	33	30
Other TB	55	41	43
Typhus & Typhoid	17	24	57
Scarlet Fever	52	88	189
Gastro-intestinal	101	42	21
Smallpox	46	45	63
Whooping Cough	113	70	61
Measles	28	45	92
Diptheria	2	1	8
Lungs	312	212	162
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	14	40
Other	1,495	308	306

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	7	14	29
Other TB	102	68	53
Typhus & Typhoid	12	17	73
Scarlet Fever	53	137	455
Gastro-intestinal	207	78	81
Smallpox	35	29	57
Whooping Cough	96	79	70
Measles	39	92	96
Diptheria	7	21	54
Lungs	435	274	237
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	21	51
Other	1,763	466	369

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	40	29	38
Other TB	208	146	121
Typhus & Typhoid	8	23	85
Scarlet Fever	50	175	491
Gastro-intestinal	284	81	24
Smallpox	37	7	19
Whooping Cough	179	119	97
Measles	88	171	192
Diptheria	7	2	16
Lungs	838	366	317
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	14	51
Other	2,969	509	438

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	28	24	35
Other TB	226	142	129
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	33
Scarlet Fever	50	115	356
Gastro-intestinal	233	63	13
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	238	139	118
Measles	129	207	270
Diptheria	2	4	22
Lungs	1,193	647	509
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	25	62
Other	3,295	434	276

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	20	21	39
Other TB	226	102	130
Typhus & Typhoid	1	3	13
Scarlet Fever	16	50	104
Gastro-intestinal	360	72	16
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	255	158	99
Measles	105	235	168
Diptheria	28	62	234
Lungs	1,189	653	463
Cancer	1	1	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	38	34	80
Other	4,137	473	269

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	36	30	41
Other TB	229	122	105
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	5
Scarlet Fever	2	24	58
Gastro-intestinal	499	77	11
Smallpox	4	0	1
Whooping Cough	291	137	94
Measles	105	166	100
Diptheria	14	36	102
Lungs	851	398	207
Cancer	1	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	61	29	89
Other	3,684	321	242

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

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