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	0	0	0
Measles	16	42	10	7	7
Scarlet Fever	5	26	33	18	23
Diphtheria	3	2	3	3	5
Whooping-cough	55	33	7	6	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	1	1	1	7	4
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	42	19	3	3	0
Cholera	3	1	1	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	34	5	6	2	2
Phthisis	3	4	2	1	1
Other Tuberculosis	31	28	7	2	3
Diseases of Nervous System	356	42	21	18	5
Diseases of Circulatory System	2	0	0	0	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	280	104	37	23	12
Diseases of Digestive System	142	34	5	4	5
Diseases of Urinary System	0	2	1	2	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	10	4	10	5	5
Other Causes	394	17	2	4	2

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	23	55	17	6	10
Scarlet Fever	4	8	2	10	7
Diphtheria	0	7	6	0	6
Whooping-cough	50	35	8	6	2
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	1	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	136	23	2	1	0
Cholera	12	4	0	0	0
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	30	4	3	2	1
Phthisis	8	4	2	1	4
Other Tuberculosis	38	22	10	5	3
Diseases of Nervous System	271	47	21	7	1
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	0	1	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	396	124	30	22	12
Diseases of Digestive System	242	37	2	6	1
Diseases of Urinary System	2	4	1	0	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	15	5	6	9	5
Other Causes	611	15	5	6	4

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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