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	74	23	26	23	13
Measles	868	1,674	764	440	279
Scarlet Fever	269	660	756	699	589
Diphtheria	73	117	99	103	84
Whooping-cough	1,728	1,225	505	245	135
Typhus	1	1	1	5	6
Enteric Fever	16	49	56	77	75
Simple Continued Fever	17	27	33	25	17
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	4,871	1,624	239	56	50
Cholera	47	15	3	2	4
Cancer	1	3	7	3	6
Tabes Mesenterica	1,933	1,229	364	158	77
Phthisis	193	205	127	87	80
Other Tuberculosis	1,323	1,089	496	273	234
Diseases of Nervous System	10,168	1,899	774	458	314
Diseases of Circulatory System	50	19	8	18	23
Diseases of Respiratory System	9,571	5,118	1,872	1,002	631
Diseases of Digestive System	3,153	1,405	223	96	89
Diseases of Urinary System	64	158	69	80	47
Diseases of Generative System	8	14	4	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	536	211	186	143	120
Other Causes	19,469	1,126	351	170	133

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	7	3	1	0	4
Measles	1,144	2,226	966	446	306
Scarlet Fever	146	277	340	333	274
Diphtheria	100	228	210	238	195
Whooping-cough	2,088	1,402	509	294	132
Typhus	1	0	1	1	2
Enteric Fever	8	26	44	64	58
Simple Continued Fever	14	15	21	12	9
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	6,239	1,718	217	59	31
Cholera	183	49	8	8	4
Cancer	6	7	9	5	2
Tabes Mesenterica	1,647	987	324	144	92
Phthisis	207	204	98	79	92
Other Tuberculosis	1,421	1,039	519	285	270
Diseases of Nervous System	10,382	1,783	702	386	299
Diseases of Circulatory System	143	29	14	29	32
Diseases of Respiratory System	11,642	5,721	1,901	931	621
Diseases of Digestive System	6,571	1,894	335	150	103
Diseases of Urinary System	91	155	69	58	57
Diseases of Generative System	10	8	9	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	762	217	224	202	162
Other Causes	23,261	1,128	336	143	105

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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