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	29	26	24
Other TB	98	66	63
Typhus & Typhoid	21	28	65
Scarlet Fever	29	56	143
Gastro-intestinal	149	52	20
Smallpox	50	32	54
Whooping Cough	104	62	71
Measles	31	61	73
Diptheria	6	4	16
Lungs	423	211	160
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	23	59
Other	1,665	295	243

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	20	10	15
Other TB	119	84	65
Typhus & Typhoid	9	20	64
Scarlet Fever	21	78	214
Gastro-intestinal	242	46	34
Smallpox	32	17	20
Whooping Cough	120	84	61
Measles	31	53	57
Diptheria	5	9	21
Lungs	437	220	161
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	26	66
Other	1,704	254	259

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	27	17	9
Other TB	147	110	75
Typhus & Typhoid	8	7	38
Scarlet Fever	32	63	166
Gastro-intestinal	325	70	19
Smallpox	28	21	42
Whooping Cough	155	111	83
Measles	81	134	159
Diptheria	3	9	39
Lungs	640	284	187
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	40	22	66
Other	2,090	307	250

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	16	17	14
Other TB	218	101	68
Typhus & Typhoid	3	7	19
Scarlet Fever	23	55	109
Gastro-intestinal	341	58	16
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	183	131	83
Measles	57	158	118
Diptheria	6	10	37
Lungs	886	476	304
Cancer	2	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	17	53
Other	2,520	271	170

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	19	20	23
Other TB	172	81	57
Typhus & Typhoid	5	7	5
Scarlet Fever	16	34	91
Gastro-intestinal	414	59	9
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	226	139	87
Measles	141	222	173
Diptheria	12	39	150
Lungs	1,064	528	330
Cancer	0	1	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	47	28	73
Other	3,662	390	209

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	13	13	15
Other TB	125	69	60
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	3
Scarlet Fever	10	16	49
Gastro-intestinal	456	94	19
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	216	129	79
Measles	87	190	153
Diptheria	14	34	127
Lungs	955	396	241
Cancer	1	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	25	79
Other	3,500	273	204

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

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