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	24	8	8	5	7
Measles	625	1,199	502	315	161
Scarlet Fever	118	341	379	347	293
Diphtheria	56	109	109	111	114
Whooping-cough	884	803	346	193	104
Typhus	0	1	1	0	4
Enteric Fever	4	19	20	33	18
Simple Continued Fever	5	5	10	7	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,556	686	86	41	15
Cholera	57	13	1	2	2
Cancer	0	3	0	4	2
Tabes Mesenterica	745	352	132	47	44
Phthisis	109	95	64	33	37
Other Tuberculosis	621	458	204	120	84
Diseases of Nervous System	4,552	1,130	433	239	167
Diseases of Circulatory System	57	5	8	5	13
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,263	2,665	1,051	552	373
Diseases of Digestive System	1,419	499	104	59	52
Diseases of Urinary System	22	33	34	28	30
Diseases of Generative System	7	3	2	3	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	695	98	72	64	56
Other Causes	6,380	512	188	100	86

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	3	0	1	0	0
Measles	439	858	393	178	121
Scarlet Fever	83	214	223	217	174
Diphtheria	72	175	129	115	90
Whooping-cough	956	752	319	181	98
Typhus	0	3	1	1	0
Enteric Fever	5	16	18	26	18
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	1	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	4,109	939	123	36	28
Cholera	194	56	5	2	1
Cancer	1	5	3	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	564	244	96	55	24
Phthisis	74	78	46	29	24
Other Tuberculosis	485	372	186	110	75
Diseases of Nervous System	4,400	924	364	192	139
Diseases of Circulatory System	83	11	12	12	10
Diseases of Respiratory System	5,030	2,717	916	432	269
Diseases of Digestive System	3,036	847	160	82	59
Diseases of Urinary System	48	33	17	18	11
Diseases of Generative System	5	3	3	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	836	134	106	111	93
Other Causes	7,772	441	120	67	51

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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