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	15	6	1	2	5
Measles	228	421	203	96	49
Scarlet Fever	51	100	96	100	97
Diphtheria	14	34	36	34	32
Whooping-cough	367	274	109	64	31
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	6	6	5	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	4	2	4	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	999	280	50	18	8
Cholera	14	7	0	0	0
Cancer	2	0	0	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	315	189	56	21	22
Phthisis	34	39	20	15	25
Other Tuberculosis	242	181	94	64	56
Diseases of Nervous System	2,007	378	151	92	85
Diseases of Circulatory System	7	2	2	3	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,538	946	339	159	115
Diseases of Digestive System	559	226	34	12	12
Diseases of Urinary System	16	24	20	13	14
Diseases of Generative System	4	6	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	224	42	33	40	29
Other Causes	3,464	224	63	43	21

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	0	0	0	0
Measles	277	513	225	138	74
Scarlet Fever	10	20	34	38	32
Diphtheria	36	54	59	53	37
Whooping-cough	479	327	132	77	35
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	3	2	4	5
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	2	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,103	247	27	7	6
Cholera	40	4	2	0	1
Cancer	3	2	5	4	1
Tabes Mesenterica	314	149	62	24	21
Phthisis	46	59	46	16	22
Other Tuberculosis	234	181	117	78	70
Diseases of Nervous System	1,962	319	122	70	51
Diseases of Circulatory System	46	2	6	2	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,116	1,001	326	191	114
Diseases of Digestive System	1,602	426	78	31	28
Diseases of Urinary System	22	23	14	15	8
Diseases of Generative System	3	2	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	412	52	53	47	49
Other Causes	3,824	205	69	21	26

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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