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	2	0	1	0	0
Measles	71	126	53	32	17
Scarlet Fever	27	76	97	93	74
Diphtheria	0	4	6	12	5
Whooping-cough	143	116	56	30	18
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	2	3	2	4	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	4	3	1	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	642	156	19	8	2
Cholera	4	4	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	163	86	17	10	3
Phthisis	17	10	5	3	2
Other Tuberculosis	45	49	15	7	4
Diseases of Nervous System	892	239	88	66	34
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	2	0	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	659	468	164	91	59
Diseases of Digestive System	193	95	9	8	3
Diseases of Urinary System	7	4	3	3	4
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	68	11	10	8	6
Other Causes	1,290	109	30	18	9

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	115	195	75	54	22
Scarlet Fever	13	17	15	28	19
Diphtheria	5	25	34	45	24
Whooping-cough	143	112	36	18	11
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	0	1	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	745	126	10	2	2
Cholera	6	1	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	1	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	176	70	19	7	3
Phthisis	6	13	7	6	2
Other Tuberculosis	93	58	29	21	16
Diseases of Nervous System	795	152	59	35	19
Diseases of Circulatory System	8	0	1	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	865	475	150	72	61
Diseases of Digestive System	362	109	22	10	5
Diseases of Urinary System	3	8	1	1	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	59	10	7	12	9
Other Causes	1,369	71	19	9	5

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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