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	5	0	0	0	0
Measles	684	1,111	509	271	160
Scarlet Fever	91	287	309	300	261
Diphtheria	40	68	99	114	102
Whooping-cough	1,156	741	299	162	91
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	23	21	22	41	34
Simple Continued Fever	7	12	12	5	9
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,518	488	101	35	22
Cholera	36	9	1	0	0
Cancer	1	1	2	5	5
Tabes Mesenterica	783	327	90	53	41
Phthisis	115	97	50	41	35
Other Tuberculosis	759	474	236	130	94
Diseases of Nervous System	5,579	1,112	492	268	194
Diseases of Circulatory System	56	12	10	8	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	5,595	2,654	888	521	318
Diseases of Digestive System	1,834	660	120	79	47
Diseases of Urinary System	63	33	35	36	23
Diseases of Generative System	9	5	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	268	149	158	98	99
Other Causes	10,124	678	209	124	77

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	4	1	0	0	0
Measles	662	1,121	394	257	123
Scarlet Fever	55	158	208	208	160
Diphtheria	102	194	227	238	210
Whooping-cough	1,271	821	311	167	76
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	5	12	10	9	18
Simple Continued Fever	4	4	4	4	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	3,931	578	92	26	22
Cholera	103	24	6	4	1
Cancer	7	6	6	6	4
Tabes Mesenterica	875	278	103	40	32
Phthisis	93	98	47	34	39
Other Tuberculosis	839	542	275	179	120
Diseases of Nervous System	5,049	878	306	197	136
Diseases of Circulatory System	92	20	6	12	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	6,268	2,766	847	435	298
Diseases of Digestive System	3,631	818	151	78	67
Diseases of Urinary System	91	32	27	18	18
Diseases of Generative System	14	6	0	1	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	511	152	160	119	85
Other Causes	10,689	607	165	84	67

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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