Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	24	18	27
Other TB	196	112	102
Typhus & Typhoid	18	21	60
Scarlet Fever	38	67	239
Gastro-intestinal	320	66	49
Smallpox	24	18	29
Whooping Cough	131	66	77
Measles	37	64	73
Diptheria	8	10	19
Lungs	626	302	198
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	34	19	51
Other	2,367	296	252

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	6	6	17
Other TB	144	90	86
Typhus & Typhoid	23	11	50
Scarlet Fever	26	60	212
Gastro-intestinal	236	51	19
Smallpox	12	1	7
Whooping Cough	153	95	62
Measles	52	99	77
Diptheria	4	13	31
Lungs	516	236	172
Cancer	0	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	28	22	40
Other	1,846	260	203

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	10	7	11
Other TB	163	88	101
Typhus & Typhoid	2	5	28
Scarlet Fever	25	58	171
Gastro-intestinal	274	51	30
Smallpox	1	1	1
Whooping Cough	103	61	38
Measles	77	85	64
Diptheria	3	5	22
Lungs	527	238	117
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	15	33
Other	1,827	294	172

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	16	6	14
Other TB	167	97	73
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	9
Scarlet Fever	10	37	129
Gastro-intestinal	160	33	10
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	114	69	53
Measles	87	69	86
Diptheria	3	3	31
Lungs	505	231	148
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	14	24
Other	1,489	219	157

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	6	11	5
Other TB	167	63	65
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	4	7	26
Gastro-intestinal	211	16	8
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	86	49	36
Measles	51	97	60
Diptheria	2	11	68
Lungs	411	177	123
Cancer	1	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	13	25
Other	1,295	147	78

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	0	3	10
Other TB	91	43	45
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	7	22
Gastro-intestinal	91	15	7
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	41	27	23
Measles	32	48	28
Diptheria	6	10	22
Lungs	241	114	47
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	10	18
Other	952	79	79

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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