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	3	0	2	0	0
Measles	418	774	377	221	143
Scarlet Fever	65	174	191	198	123
Diphtheria	40	77	68	123	87
Whooping-cough	1,085	670	286	141	82
Typhus	0	0	0	1	1
Enteric Fever	7	11	22	18	22
Simple Continued Fever	3	2	14	4	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,488	194	44	30	13
Cholera	21	4	2	1	0
Cancer	4	2	2	3	3
Tabes Mesenterica	553	224	81	25	23
Phthisis	178	154	70	44	35
Other Tuberculosis	589	437	193	132	107
Diseases of Nervous System	3,314	848	274	167	125
Diseases of Circulatory System	60	17	7	4	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,704	2,387	843	473	318
Diseases of Digestive System	1,187	480	105	51	45
Diseases of Urinary System	33	17	11	5	9
Diseases of Generative System	3	2	1	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	286	105	93	66	60
Other Causes	7,262	611	199	83	62

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	3	2	0	1	1
Measles	490	806	307	202	88
Scarlet Fever	41	74	87	85	58
Diphtheria	53	91	120	168	136
Whooping-cough	976	589	231	110	60
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	5	9	6	13
Simple Continued Fever	8	4	1	0	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,948	235	26	9	4
Cholera	90	13	2	0	0
Cancer	3	6	3	5	3
Tabes Mesenterica	537	131	41	19	17
Phthisis	125	103	40	35	34
Other Tuberculosis	587	298	133	85	87
Diseases of Nervous System	2,779	571	207	150	88
Diseases of Circulatory System	97	13	11	12	10
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,374	2,095	639	362	222
Diseases of Digestive System	2,168	429	79	58	42
Diseases of Urinary System	38	18	7	15	4
Diseases of Generative System	6	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	362	91	95	70	58
Other Causes	6,913	444	144	67	53

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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