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	11	10	3	2	4
Measles	280	471	239	137	89
Scarlet Fever	29	83	95	67	68
Diphtheria	45	96	118	159	132
Whooping-cough	801	580	216	109	63
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	6	10	7	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	7	3	5	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,371	240	40	20	14
Cholera	26	5	0	3	2
Cancer	7	2	2	0	4
Tabes Mesenterica	474	175	49	23	25
Phthisis	136	83	47	29	23
Other Tuberculosis	479	348	152	112	84
Diseases of Nervous System	2,226	473	197	105	93
Diseases of Circulatory System	59	11	6	8	13
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,025	1,460	576	312	213
Diseases of Digestive System	1,015	355	70	36	28
Diseases of Urinary System	20	13	5	10	6
Diseases of Generative System	11	1	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	296	64	61	52	38
Other Causes	5,797	237	67	41	33

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	0	0	0
Measles	318	517	227	132	85
Scarlet Fever	16	29	40	41	41
Diphtheria	55	140	195	229	221
Whooping-cough	878	532	186	112	54
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	3	2	2	6
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,255	285	26	13	9
Cholera	67	9	1	0	0
Cancer	0	2	3	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	360	97	46	19	12
Phthisis	110	69	29	23	19
Other Tuberculosis	564	305	171	95	83
Diseases of Nervous System	2,214	413	139	85	54
Diseases of Circulatory System	94	7	9	11	8
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,259	1,343	434	260	149
Diseases of Digestive System	1,823	378	71	42	37
Diseases of Urinary System	28	15	5	6	6
Diseases of Generative System	6	3	0	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	488	69	75	63	40
Other Causes	6,611	311	103	61	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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