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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	209	363	182	102	64
Scarlet Fever	31	58	100	90	61
Diphtheria	9	9	9	12	8
Whooping-cough	226	136	55	25	17
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	6	5	8	13
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	1	1	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	941	172	32	7	10
Cholera	7	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	2	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	229	98	30	10	3
Phthisis	28	25	6	3	9
Other Tuberculosis	136	68	36	25	10
Diseases of Nervous System	1,761	331	113	55	33
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	1	1	2	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,421	738	232	117	77
Diseases of Digestive System	510	220	26	19	14
Diseases of Urinary System	11	7	9	10	9
Diseases of Generative System	1	2	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	51	42	37	46	24
Other Causes	2,706	174	39	23	20

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	0
Measles	258	448	163	92	50
Scarlet Fever	25	45	71	64	55
Diphtheria	34	136	119	125	107
Whooping-cough	298	182	83	42	19
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	5	4	8	10	8
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,314	171	20	14	4
Cholera	34	4	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	0	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	300	90	23	9	3
Phthisis	19	24	13	5	6
Other Tuberculosis	193	123	43	25	13
Diseases of Nervous System	1,906	282	100	40	37
Diseases of Circulatory System	32	4	2	2	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,600	772	240	154	96
Diseases of Digestive System	1,295	222	41	25	18
Diseases of Urinary System	33	24	10	2	8
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	86	23	40	45	39
Other Causes	3,313	174	54	18	13

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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