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	12	3	0	2	2
Measles	218	418	221	116	66
Scarlet Fever	36	82	71	87	66
Diphtheria	37	64	112	141	140
Whooping-cough	844	538	215	115	53
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	12	9	9	10
Simple Continued Fever	0	3	3	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,477	260	37	27	18
Cholera	15	3	0	1	0
Cancer	4	6	6	5	2
Tabes Mesenterica	419	158	72	22	18
Phthisis	109	84	42	23	20
Other Tuberculosis	522	380	161	121	80
Diseases of Nervous System	2,031	561	182	99	74
Diseases of Circulatory System	55	10	7	7	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,858	1,488	496	322	236
Diseases of Digestive System	942	329	74	46	35
Diseases of Urinary System	29	22	11	5	8
Diseases of Generative System	5	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	284	69	67	47	49
Other Causes	5,883	316	81	61	51

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	1	0	0
Measles	274	449	211	99	70
Scarlet Fever	19	12	33	24	38
Diphtheria	52	111	190	241	222
Whooping-cough	664	386	156	75	29
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	6	4	6	7	11
Simple Continued Fever	2	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,865	297	32	18	10
Cholera	30	7	0	1	0
Cancer	4	6	6	5	5
Tabes Mesenterica	365	153	31	22	11
Phthisis	73	46	28	18	27
Other Tuberculosis	490	336	177	120	87
Diseases of Nervous System	1,710	360	134	83	57
Diseases of Circulatory System	75	12	11	7	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,765	1,244	419	245	164
Diseases of Digestive System	1,265	308	55	42	36
Diseases of Urinary System	28	20	4	5	5
Diseases of Generative System	4	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	378	74	53	47	23
Other Causes	6,331	302	103	57	42

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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