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	151	52	65	43	37
Measles	328	563	268	154	106
Scarlet Fever	43	150	179	155	124
Diphtheria	46	108	133	155	111
Whooping-cough	861	611	233	143	76
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	8	20	26	18
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	2	4	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,703	304	42	13	9
Cholera	51	12	0	0	0
Cancer	1	0	3	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	635	207	81	21	13
Phthisis	97	47	32	20	24
Other Tuberculosis	470	306	152	94	59
Diseases of Nervous System	2,334	556	224	119	68
Diseases of Circulatory System	48	15	7	7	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,717	1,666	579	355	223
Diseases of Digestive System	696	218	44	18	31
Diseases of Urinary System	13	9	14	13	9
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	215	46	39	30	18
Other Causes	4,453	281	80	45	45

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	20	4	5	7	4
Measles	505	891	431	187	158
Scarlet Fever	44	84	115	85	65
Diphtheria	118	331	402	418	369
Whooping-cough	996	677	219	132	82
Typhus	0	1	0	0	2
Enteric Fever	6	11	13	19	19
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	1	0	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	3,408	521	62	28	11
Cholera	194	26	5	1	2
Cancer	0	1	3	3	0
Tabes Mesenterica	710	196	66	24	13
Phthisis	61	52	25	22	17
Other Tuberculosis	525	379	189	107	65
Diseases of Nervous System	3,015	492	193	113	76
Diseases of Circulatory System	134	13	9	20	16
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,002	2,033	653	371	233
Diseases of Digestive System	2,620	570	101	45	34
Diseases of Urinary System	15	13	14	14	8
Diseases of Generative System	7	0	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	562	79	71	62	41
Other Causes	7,697	371	103	64	52

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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