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	18	2	5	1	3
Measles	217	409	214	121	71
Scarlet Fever	22	87	109	101	76
Diphtheria	22	65	68	67	67
Whooping-cough	426	355	156	87	42
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	5	8	5	4
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	859	219	43	12	7
Cholera	20	8	1	2	0
Cancer	2	1	1	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	274	103	27	14	7
Phthisis	45	44	14	18	13
Other Tuberculosis	263	169	88	46	39
Diseases of Nervous System	1,395	316	145	81	57
Diseases of Circulatory System	16	4	5	8	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,705	1,177	473	220	143
Diseases of Digestive System	399	160	28	21	12
Diseases of Urinary System	8	7	12	3	6
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	248	75	37	57	46
Other Causes	2,043	138	67	27	18

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	0	0	0	1
Measles	228	435	148	103	55
Scarlet Fever	10	11	14	16	16
Diphtheria	51	112	104	86	59
Whooping-cough	300	256	109	62	45
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	1	2	2
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	794	176	19	10	4
Cholera	15	3	0	1	0
Cancer	3	0	2	1	2
Tabes Mesenterica	315	96	29	10	6
Phthisis	42	36	18	13	13
Other Tuberculosis	237	174	86	48	40
Diseases of Nervous System	959	188	65	50	33
Diseases of Circulatory System	33	6	7	4	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,837	995	343	175	115
Diseases of Digestive System	555	171	30	20	10
Diseases of Urinary System	8	6	7	6	4
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	389	61	68	61	40
Other Causes	2,464	132	38	18	23

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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