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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	52	94	46	24	16
Scarlet Fever	4	16	8	11	16
Diphtheria	7	9	22	21	28
Whooping-cough	157	109	33	33	8
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	2	2	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	271	33	11	0	0
Cholera	5	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	93	33	9	8	6
Phthisis	28	8	8	3	5
Other Tuberculosis	79	51	22	15	16
Diseases of Nervous System	411	94	20	16	7
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	3	0	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	524	229	79	41	32
Diseases of Digestive System	217	74	10	8	6
Diseases of Urinary System	3	1	2	0	2
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	56	8	7	4	8
Other Causes	904	40	16	7	2

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	0	0	0	0	1
Measles	69	110	46	28	18
Scarlet Fever	7	26	40	27	20
Diphtheria	33	89	110	92	90
Whooping-cough	193	92	30	15	9
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	0	2	1	3
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	541	56	7	1	0
Cholera	14	2	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	101	31	17	4	5
Phthisis	18	6	12	3	4
Other Tuberculosis	114	64	33	18	12
Diseases of Nervous System	426	82	31	20	4
Diseases of Circulatory System	26	4	1	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	491	220	72	34	29
Diseases of Digestive System	365	82	16	8	4
Diseases of Urinary System	5	2	2	4	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	85	11	14	6	6
Other Causes	1,106	61	21	13	10

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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