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	1,392	431	380	326	288
Measles	25,366	45,910	20,578	11,768	7,123
Scarlet Fever	5,061	12,973	14,908	14,317	11,784
Diphtheria	2,124	4,713	5,457	6,263	5,856
Whooping-cough	53,407	37,774	15,299	8,292	4,428
Typhus	10	13	23	37	54
Enteric Fever	366	737	994	1,188	1,288
Simple Continued Fever	341	398	470	416	380
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	119,346	25,470	4,130	1,551	942
Cholera	1,597	451	113	73	61
Cancer	119	142	172	160	119
Tabes Mesenterica	39,194	16,187	5,176	2,124	1,344
Phthisis	7,247	5,516	2,677	1,833	1,678
Other Tuberculosis	32,614	22,344	9,913	6,349	4,942
Diseases of Nervous System	215,665	44,802	17,068	10,193	7,176
Diseases of Circulatory System	2,704	655	401	425	558
Diseases of Respiratory System	240,796	127,073	46,611	26,596	17,545
Diseases of Digestive System	69,258	25,902	4,789	2,574	2,234
Diseases of Urinary System	1,700	1,713	1,243	1,142	1,032
Diseases of Generative System	305	157	78	36	14
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	21,095	5,989	5,411	4,462	3,448
Other Causes	420,153	27,249	8,051	4,130	3,034

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	503	164	150	107	146
Measles	28,742	50,311	20,626	11,434	6,813
Scarlet Fever	2,659	6,395	7,825	7,701	6,069
Diphtheria	4,186	10,491	11,218	12,390	11,194
Whooping-cough	53,190	34,991	13,207	7,025	3,682
Typhus	4	6	6	12	13
Enteric Fever	219	500	628	772	872
Simple Continued Fever	210	133	149	100	93
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	160,408	28,010	3,534	1,240	630
Cholera	4,232	915	128	72	50
Cancer	203	206	259	247	185
Tabes Mesenterica	34,065	12,136	3,879	1,756	1,112
Phthisis	5,137	4,463	2,285	1,650	1,470
Other Tuberculosis	32,713	20,844	10,042	6,247	4,922
Diseases of Nervous System	199,075	33,537	12,806	7,481	5,123
Diseases of Circulatory System	4,599	792	496	569	659
Diseases of Respiratory System	253,939	120,613	38,912	21,000	13,257
Diseases of Digestive System	129,874	30,476	5,710	3,052	2,412
Diseases of Urinary System	2,249	1,643	914	813	784
Diseases of Generative System	393	162	72	26	10
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	27,735	6,066	6,286	5,129	3,905
Other Causes	459,385	24,931	7,350	3,827	2,875

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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