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	2	0	0
Measles	172	254	208
Scarlet fever	3	16	66
Typhus	0	0	1
Influenza	72	22	8
Whooping cough	370	218	114
Diphtheria	24	51	208
Pyrexia	1	0	0
Enteric fever	1	1	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,158	147	37
Pulmonary tuberculosis	19	20	23
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	17	8	8
Tuberculous meningitis	145	111	135
Tuberculous peritonitis	81	36	29
Tabes mesenterica	40	17	8
Other tuberculous diseases	89	40	40
Cancer	3	4	13
Septic diseases	56	3	4
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	7
Pneumonia	927	430	237
Bronchitis	695	124	59
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	247	53	110
Other Causes	6,191	483	350

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	1	0	0
Measles	128	233	188
Scarlet fever	3	17	65
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	48	14	28
Whooping cough	444	248	145
Diphtheria	12	35	214
Pyrexia	0	0	0
Enteric fever	0	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	942	142	40
Pulmonary tuberculosis	28	23	22
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	15	11	6
Tuberculous meningitis	123	107	135
Tuberculous peritonitis	56	28	31
Tabes mesenterica	24	10	13
Other tuberculous diseases	72	45	38
Cancer	5	1	8
Septic diseases	53	2	5
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	3	0	6
Pneumonia	679	338	205
Bronchitis	516	134	55
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	192	44	83
Other Causes	4,532	374	311

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

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