Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1870s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	2,106	853	742	748	763
Measles	3,815	7,049	3,299	1,748	891
Scarlet Fever	1,202	2,988	3,673	3,443	2,806
Diphtheria	333	524	569	611	563
Whooping-cough	10,927	9,342	4,183	2,118	1,135
Typhus	21	17	36	49	48
Enteric Fever	185	231	354	344	365
Simple Cont Fever	131	171	222	217	181
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	23,720	4,647	638	232	108
Cholera	684	169	47	24	13
Cancer	7	13	21	21	18
Scrofula	1,863	1,053	447	263	180
Tabes Mesenterica	8,046	3,312	1,083	417	224
Phthisis	1,840	1,340	702	439	352
Hydrocephalus	5,439	3,826	1,769	1,002	788
Diseases of Nervous System	26,199	6,365	2,698	1,594	1,084
Diseases of Circulatory System	250	130	72	78	90
Diseases of Respiratory System	39,718	21,007	7,578	3,357	1,928
Diseases of Digestive System	4,433	617	312	226	199
Diseases of Urinary System	126	113	133	150	131
Diseases of Generative System	16	7	4	2	1
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violence	6,445	971	726	568	512
Other Causes	58,837	8,494	2,790	1,663	1,189

Date:	Source:
1871 - 1880	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1871 - 1880	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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