Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910:

Sex = Male	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	21	2	12
Measles	2,553	4,589	2,876
Scarlet fever	191	566	2,114
Typhus	0	0	4
Influenza	164	52	78
Whooping cough	3,211	1,985	1,273
Diphtheria	286	749	2,028
Pyrexia	8	2	8
Enteric fever	11	16	108
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	15,198	3,433	685
Pulmonary tuberculosis	191	250	326
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	87	88	156
Tuberculous meningitis	1,313	996	1,117
Tuberculous peritonitis	1,132	573	445
Tabes mesenterica	973	291	179
Other tuberculous diseases	959	508	479
Cancer	18	20	46
Septic diseases	358	61	51
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	16	4	41
Pneumonia	10,055	6,099	3,602
Bronchitis	9,381	2,515	955
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	1,702	529	1,523
Other Causes	61,183	7,175	4,604

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	34	6	12
Measles	2,280	4,240	3,048
Scarlet fever	159	478	2,078
Typhus	0	1	3
Influenza	129	48	75
Whooping cough	3,426	2,609	1,824
Diphtheria	252	744	2,083
Pyrexia	10	5	12
Enteric fever	8	11	109
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	12,912	3,298	717
Pulmonary tuberculosis	169	201	244
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	78	81	129
Tuberculous meningitis	1,010	853	1,076
Tuberculous peritonitis	884	485	359
Tabes mesenterica	788	271	130
Other tuberculous diseases	726	442	431
Cancer	13	12	40
Septic diseases	338	62	73
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	10	6	47
Pneumonia	7,480	5,439	3,494
Bronchitis	7,258	2,497	959
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	1,694	415	1,277
Other Causes	46,914	6,393	4,320

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1901 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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