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	12	9	7
Other TB	63	19	19
Typhus & Typhoid	10	13	20
Scarlet Fever	4	12	33
Gastro-intestinal	50	23	3
Smallpox	10	4	9
Whooping Cough	33	20	15
Measles	10	23	19
Diptheria	1	1	4
Lungs	114	49	35
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	8	8	8
Other	752	82	74

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	3	6	3
Other TB	72	48	32
Typhus & Typhoid	9	10	31
Scarlet Fever	19	33	74
Gastro-intestinal	79	22	4
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	30	17	7
Measles	18	29	50
Diptheria	5	3	14
Lungs	135	75	37
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	8	5	8
Other	716	93	61

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	5	6	4
Other TB	45	33	15
Typhus & Typhoid	9	12	24
Scarlet Fever	3	8	31
Gastro-intestinal	99	36	4
Smallpox	0	0	1
Whooping Cough	48	36	27
Measles	22	46	22
Diptheria	2	1	5
Lungs	166	78	38
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	5	11
Other	769	81	70

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	2	4	2
Other TB	85	30	22
Typhus & Typhoid	1	3	6
Scarlet Fever	4	8	24
Gastro-intestinal	94	18	2
Smallpox	0	0	1
Whooping Cough	50	29	18
Measles	32	64	53
Diptheria	1	6	7
Lungs	287	125	89
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	12	10
Other	905	115	63

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	4	7	4
Other TB	52	27	46
Typhus & Typhoid	2	0	6
Scarlet Fever	3	7	30
Gastro-intestinal	162	18	6
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	49	26	26
Measles	30	69	67
Diptheria	0	6	9
Lungs	348	151	80
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	8	17
Other	1,364	120	51

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	8	6	7
Other TB	39	29	35
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	2	3	16
Gastro-intestinal	76	14	3
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	53	25	19
Measles	22	35	39
Diptheria	2	10	30
Lungs	215	88	54
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	26	9	16
Other	1,001	66	63

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

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