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	238	151	101
Other TB	461	245	207
Typhus & Typhoid	59	66	226
Scarlet Fever	80	142	520
Gastro-intestinal	840	223	136
Smallpox	19	14	33
Whooping Cough	409	246	158
Measles	121	164	175
Diptheria	15	11	42
Lungs	1,286	510	442
Cancer	3	4	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	117	54	162
Other	6,451	889	723

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	148	106	70
Other TB	374	246	173
Typhus & Typhoid	29	39	129
Scarlet Fever	76	162	455
Gastro-intestinal	908	233	84
Smallpox	28	8	13
Whooping Cough	371	210	138
Measles	113	225	226
Diptheria	49	37	167
Lungs	1,409	547	346
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	111	58	122
Other	5,416	846	566

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	139	83	56
Other TB	404	205	181
Typhus & Typhoid	15	10	65
Scarlet Fever	24	57	202
Gastro-intestinal	827	206	52
Smallpox	31	6	8
Whooping Cough	402	228	146
Measles	103	137	128
Diptheria	21	8	39
Lungs	1,436	556	267
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	105	38	122
Other	4,894	632	409

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	91	54	41
Other TB	358	190	156
Typhus & Typhoid	5	7	20
Scarlet Fever	21	52	161
Gastro-intestinal	495	84	37
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	366	228	136
Measles	94	145	130
Diptheria	21	30	168
Lungs	1,282	542	421
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	91	40	91
Other	4,051	519	321

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	39	19	22
Other TB	301	118	107
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	9
Scarlet Fever	1	5	34
Gastro-intestinal	521	80	22
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	295	164	108
Measles	81	112	88
Diptheria	14	19	126
Lungs	1,099	399	304
Cancer	2	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	112	41	84
Other	4,011	411	229

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	32	29	18
Other TB	161	81	87
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	3
Scarlet Fever	9	9	30
Gastro-intestinal	325	67	14
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	209	104	69
Measles	69	91	93
Diptheria	5	16	82
Lungs	765	337	178
Cancer	1	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	88	33	61
Other	3,221	276	229

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

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