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	20	14	12
Other TB	30	21	17
Typhus & Typhoid	1	10	21
Scarlet Fever	6	20	62
Gastro-intestinal	49	19	4
Smallpox	3	1	0
Whooping Cough	33	25	11
Measles	5	14	14
Diptheria	0	1	5
Lungs	101	48	44
Cancer	1	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	7	4	9
Other	494	61	68

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	6	6	6
Other TB	32	20	23
Typhus & Typhoid	1	4	8
Scarlet Fever	7	7	27
Gastro-intestinal	63	12	4
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	42	18	14
Measles	5	14	13
Diptheria	2	4	15
Lungs	101	43	34
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	6	7	10
Other	536	79	56

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	7	6	2
Other TB	26	17	11
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	1
Scarlet Fever	1	7	28
Gastro-intestinal	54	10	1
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	28	21	13
Measles	3	4	7
Diptheria	1	1	12
Lungs	107	57	35
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	7	3	8
Other	399	41	59

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	4	6	5
Other TB	20	8	6
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	2	7
Gastro-intestinal	13	3	7
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	22	12	5
Measles	15	17	27
Diptheria	0	0	4
Lungs	94	45	32
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	2	3	3
Other	291	38	16

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	5	3	2
Other TB	13	4	2
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	2	2
Gastro-intestinal	21	5	3
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	32	21	14
Measles	9	10	12
Diptheria	0	1	11
Lungs	81	32	22
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	6	3	6
Other	262	36	15

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	1	0	1
Other TB	8	3	3
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	0	2
Gastro-intestinal	9	0	1
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	10	5	2
Measles	9	8	10
Diptheria	0	1	2
Lungs	53	20	8
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	2	1	5
Other	211	12	14

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

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