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	1	2	0	1
Measles	162	320	137	79	53
Scarlet Fever	12	25	28	26	27
Diphtheria	13	29	32	30	30
Whooping-cough	341	264	96	58	27
Typhus	2	1	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	1	1	6	6
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	1	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	753	99	12	4	3
Cholera	7	5	1	2	0
Cancer	0	0	1	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	207	79	17	6	4
Phthisis	43	24	9	6	10
Other Tuberculosis	286	154	75	51	39
Diseases of Nervous System	796	191	77	46	22
Diseases of Circulatory System	23	2	4	2	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,406	791	278	132	74
Diseases of Digestive System	394	90	22	15	10
Diseases of Urinary System	8	3	2	6	6
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	276	26	35	15	16
Other Causes	2,247	117	30	19	13

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	141	277	111	63	33
Scarlet Fever	5	5	6	10	9
Diphtheria	23	52	41	29	31
Whooping-cough	210	151	58	32	19
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	0	1	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	603	70	11	4	1
Cholera	10	6	0	0	0
Cancer	3	1	0	0	2
Tabes Mesenterica	143	45	10	3	3
Phthisis	22	25	9	10	12
Other Tuberculosis	166	107	54	41	26
Diseases of Nervous System	560	116	38	29	19
Diseases of Circulatory System	37	5	0	1	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,051	561	159	89	46
Diseases of Digestive System	580	79	22	10	4
Diseases of Urinary System	3	7	2	1	2
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	264	25	18	11	13
Other Causes	1,857	93	33	21	8

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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