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	9	0	2	1	0
Measles	312	526	220	165	103
Scarlet Fever	55	154	195	142	122
Diphtheria	14	24	29	58	50
Whooping-cough	581	346	134	78	47
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	7	10	18	13
Simple Continued Fever	21	13	11	6	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,581	301	56	20	12
Cholera	12	3	2	0	1
Cancer	2	3	3	6	3
Tabes Mesenterica	719	246	66	21	18
Phthisis	52	31	26	11	10
Other Tuberculosis	350	206	90	58	49
Diseases of Nervous System	1,871	397	187	109	76
Diseases of Circulatory System	62	10	3	7	13
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,165	1,350	532	337	222
Diseases of Digestive System	978	320	60	34	26
Diseases of Urinary System	27	23	19	7	5
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	240	97	72	70	42
Other Causes	6,623	413	118	55	34

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	6	0	3	0	1
Measles	297	534	219	133	83
Scarlet Fever	17	61	88	58	49
Diphtheria	36	98	124	136	139
Whooping-cough	677	380	140	95	51
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	3	8	9
Simple Continued Fever	6	3	2	3	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,819	318	40	15	8
Cholera	29	8	1	0	0
Cancer	0	4	4	4	2
Tabes Mesenterica	597	186	43	15	7
Phthisis	38	33	25	12	14
Other Tuberculosis	487	249	102	64	59
Diseases of Nervous System	1,849	333	137	81	51
Diseases of Circulatory System	71	13	7	11	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,250	1,336	466	260	152
Diseases of Digestive System	1,874	433	96	51	37
Diseases of Urinary System	40	19	13	9	10
Diseases of Generative System	3	3	0	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	317	71	95	51	56
Other Causes	7,312	317	94	60	27

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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