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	4	1	0	0	1
Measles	411	791	410	252	120
Scarlet Fever	48	141	162	137	132
Diphtheria	18	46	42	37	35
Whooping-cough	456	401	184	126	65
Typhus	1	2	5	5	9
Enteric Fever	2	10	9	14	13
Simple Continued Fever	10	9	6	3	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,298	535	135	41	24
Cholera	10	6	1	1	1
Cancer	2	2	6	2	3
Tabes Mesenterica	242	194	85	38	22
Phthisis	47	28	33	23	31
Other Tuberculosis	275	211	134	75	54
Diseases of Nervous System	2,246	620	251	149	103
Diseases of Circulatory System	17	5	1	5	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,514	1,594	732	379	232
Diseases of Digestive System	652	398	79	50	36
Diseases of Urinary System	8	45	25	19	26
Diseases of Generative System	2	5	7	4	2
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	843	71	74	65	56
Other Causes	4,040	513	176	91	61

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	219	416	190	101	42
Scarlet Fever	12	29	40	22	23
Diphtheria	33	64	46	25	19
Whooping-cough	394	374	175	85	49
Typhus	1	0	0	3	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	6	6	5
Simple Continued Fever	1	3	1	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,342	546	108	33	10
Cholera	27	9	0	0	0
Cancer	1	2	4	6	1
Tabes Mesenterica	161	111	40	24	11
Phthisis	33	36	27	21	22
Other Tuberculosis	175	156	95	58	55
Diseases of Nervous System	1,511	284	88	70	42
Diseases of Circulatory System	21	8	6	3	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,161	1,343	517	255	177
Diseases of Digestive System	1,209	595	117	73	42
Diseases of Urinary System	16	8	11	13	16
Diseases of Generative System	2	7	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	816	83	67	65	61
Other Causes	3,274	310	115	36	33

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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