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	12	6	2	1	4
Measles	56	134	39	22	23
Scarlet Fever	20	38	51	43	41
Diphtheria	2	4	2	1	7
Whooping-cough	116	69	33	19	7
Typhus	0	1	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	7	6	5	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	3	4	2	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	269	84	16	1	0
Cholera	1	2	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	257	114	29	10	10
Phthisis	11	10	9	8	4
Other Tuberculosis	71	50	13	9	9
Diseases of Nervous System	785	148	52	26	22
Diseases of Circulatory System	2	0	0	0	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	707	318	134	78	47
Diseases of Digestive System	224	127	14	14	6
Diseases of Urinary System	4	10	2	4	5
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	18	9	14	12	6
Other Causes	1,208	74	17	3	7

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	1	0	0	0
Measles	72	126	44	30	17
Scarlet Fever	9	19	22	33	26
Diphtheria	12	11	19	6	12
Whooping-cough	134	71	24	14	5
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	2	1	4
Simple Continued Fever	1	1	0	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	215	72	5	2	0
Cholera	6	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	169	93	21	6	4
Phthisis	9	13	6	1	6
Other Tuberculosis	69	47	10	12	8
Diseases of Nervous System	723	96	40	29	17
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	1	2	3	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	975	427	145	88	51
Diseases of Digestive System	530	138	22	11	6
Diseases of Urinary System	4	1	4	2	1
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	47	6	12	7	12
Other Causes	1,442	42	11	5	4

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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