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	49	32	22
Other TB	77	33	31
Typhus & Typhoid	3	12	41
Scarlet Fever	14	17	88
Gastro-intestinal	160	48	18
Smallpox	3	1	4
Whooping Cough	68	45	39
Measles	11	26	29
Diptheria	0	0	5
Lungs	214	78	60
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	15	32
Other	1,067	148	122

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	79	32	17
Other TB	83	40	28
Typhus & Typhoid	9	16	50
Scarlet Fever	13	23	85
Gastro-intestinal	177	52	24
Smallpox	4	2	2
Whooping Cough	84	38	31
Measles	18	45	65
Diptheria	2	5	19
Lungs	255	123	85
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	8	17
Other	1,111	134	139

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	61	28	27
Other TB	40	21	34
Typhus & Typhoid	3	4	13
Scarlet Fever	3	15	55
Gastro-intestinal	230	48	6
Smallpox	5	1	4
Whooping Cough	91	57	45
Measles	15	34	22
Diptheria	3	3	55
Lungs	289	115	67
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	8	19
Other	997	112	124

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	18	7	10
Other TB	35	16	17
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	0
Scarlet Fever	3	9	23
Gastro-intestinal	132	19	8
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	103	45	29
Measles	24	40	28
Diptheria	6	13	65
Lungs	277	115	102
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	14	9	22
Other	921	91	46

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	6	6	6
Other TB	46	17	15
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	1	3
Gastro-intestinal	189	30	8
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	84	42	21
Measles	27	46	34
Diptheria	1	5	36
Lungs	260	105	73
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	7	13
Other	896	70	61

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	3	3	2
Other TB	13	15	24
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	2	8
Gastro-intestinal	115	21	0
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	43	37	17
Measles	14	23	16
Diptheria	3	7	55
Lungs	149	81	41
Cancer	0	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	12	8	20
Other	800	80	67

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

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