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	0	1	0	0	0
Measles	148	228	100	73	44
Scarlet Fever	74	196	221	223	145
Diphtheria	2	14	15	13	16
Whooping-cough	272	167	72	33	18
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	4	8	10	7
Simple Continued Fever	1	3	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	278	83	14	6	3
Cholera	3	1	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	72	48	18	6	6
Phthisis	68	58	33	18	15
Other Tuberculosis	112	80	37	29	24
Diseases of Nervous System	1,904	204	94	44	33
Diseases of Circulatory System	5	5	1	0	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,266	691	272	154	86
Diseases of Digestive System	347	140	26	21	8
Diseases of Urinary System	6	12	12	6	9
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	36	34	33	24	21
Other Causes	1,525	95	21	12	15

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	0	0	1	0	0
Measles	225	320	138	68	44
Scarlet Fever	29	52	69	72	61
Diphtheria	57	113	118	132	90
Whooping-cough	258	135	50	33	11
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	4	7	11	9
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	841	131	17	4	0
Cholera	13	7	0	0	0
Cancer	2	1	1	3	0
Tabes Mesenterica	137	57	25	5	9
Phthisis	34	37	24	17	6
Other Tuberculosis	197	121	47	39	27
Diseases of Nervous System	2,513	175	58	29	28
Diseases of Circulatory System	9	3	1	4	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,760	803	303	120	90
Diseases of Digestive System	1,064	233	28	16	6
Diseases of Urinary System	14	10	8	8	11
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	75	44	49	26	19
Other Causes	2,350	135	27	15	17

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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