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	2	2	0	1	0
Measles	19	52	14	12	9
Scarlet Fever	0	3	9	4	3
Diphtheria	3	4	9	18	20
Whooping-cough	90	60	19	15	7
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	2	3
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	174	33	6	1	1
Cholera	2	0	0	1	0
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	54	16	6	1	3
Phthisis	13	14	3	3	2
Other Tuberculosis	57	34	18	15	11
Diseases of Nervous System	255	67	22	10	5
Diseases of Circulatory System	5	1	3	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	311	175	67	32	20
Diseases of Digestive System	100	30	4	0	1
Diseases of Urinary System	1	1	0	0	3
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	28	10	3	8	3
Other Causes	698	41	13	7	2

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	2	1	0	0	0
Measles	36	47	19	22	10
Scarlet Fever	1	3	6	3	5
Diphtheria	15	17	24	30	51
Whooping-cough	60	35	8	8	6
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	1	5	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	185	37	6	2	0
Cholera	7	3	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	34	13	2	1	0
Phthisis	26	12	4	2	2
Other Tuberculosis	53	29	12	16	7
Diseases of Nervous System	160	30	9	9	4
Diseases of Circulatory System	12	2	0	2	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	255	144	47	22	15
Diseases of Digestive System	134	31	6	7	0
Diseases of Urinary System	0	0	0	0	1
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	39	5	11	6	3
Other Causes	599	49	13	4	5

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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