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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	160	292	110	63	43
Scarlet Fever	63	159	154	150	123
Diphtheria	4	10	9	11	8
Whooping-cough	264	159	49	35	17
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	3	9	9	11	16
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	4	2	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	434	109	24	8	3
Cholera	1	1	0	2	0
Cancer	0	1	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	116	64	27	8	3
Phthisis	19	18	4	6	5
Other Tuberculosis	92	64	30	22	20
Diseases of Nervous System	2,700	274	80	59	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	3	0	0	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,692	853	289	195	111
Diseases of Digestive System	503	186	15	14	12
Diseases of Urinary System	14	5	4	1	8
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	57	38	48	35	18
Other Causes	1,793	107	24	17	11

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	349	455	159	118	55
Scarlet Fever	42	71	81	84	54
Diphtheria	57	166	151	179	141
Whooping-cough	456	225	75	46	24
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	2	10	9	9	20
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	3	0	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,282	242	30	6	0
Cholera	21	3	2	2	0
Cancer	0	2	1	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	154	63	17	3	6
Phthisis	22	28	14	15	9
Other Tuberculosis	142	58	35	22	13
Diseases of Nervous System	3,474	229	93	63	48
Diseases of Circulatory System	18	0	0	1	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,619	1,178	374	204	126
Diseases of Digestive System	1,682	323	54	28	24
Diseases of Urinary System	3	13	7	6	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	84	53	85	66	37
Other Causes	3,369	140	34	21	12

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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