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	22	9	1	2	7
Measles	403	726	358	163	112
Scarlet Fever	107	250	241	227	206
Diphtheria	28	83	68	69	65
Whooping-cough	776	582	210	129	70
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	12	15	20	22
Simple Continued Fever	9	11	10	13	13
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,977	542	91	34	11
Cholera	21	8	0	4	0
Cancer	3	0	1	5	2
Tabes Mesenterica	828	523	148	65	36
Phthisis	102	83	48	34	59
Other Tuberculosis	570	380	199	132	116
Diseases of Nervous System	3,974	826	337	194	169
Diseases of Circulatory System	31	6	3	8	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,455	1,857	674	370	248
Diseases of Digestive System	1,369	543	89	37	46
Diseases of Urinary System	32	61	46	28	30
Diseases of Generative System	7	6	3	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	351	90	63	70	65
Other Causes	8,577	453	138	78	47

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	521	912	369	226	135
Scarlet Fever	55	105	132	119	97
Diphtheria	63	134	122	134	111
Whooping-cough	1,026	609	254	136	62
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	7	14	16	13	20
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	7	6	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,641	495	59	21	12
Cholera	52	5	2	0	1
Cancer	5	3	7	5	3
Tabes Mesenterica	860	382	149	59	34
Phthisis	84	104	81	34	34
Other Tuberculosis	606	457	235	161	133
Diseases of Nervous System	4,309	698	277	165	105
Diseases of Circulatory System	95	7	9	5	11
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,761	2,050	664	380	239
Diseases of Digestive System	3,456	814	160	70	56
Diseases of Urinary System	42	47	24	25	17
Diseases of Generative System	6	3	4	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	555	110	114	92	76
Other Causes	9,631	397	129	53	58

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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