Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	18	10	14
Other TB	90	49	34
Typhus & Typhoid	9	13	49
Scarlet Fever	25	61	169
Gastro-intestinal	155	28	10
Smallpox	32	12	32
Whooping Cough	81	45	35
Measles	33	47	70
Diptheria	5	3	7
Lungs	338	142	124
Cancer	2	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	11	26
Other	1,100	145	138

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	20	7	12
Other TB	128	59	51
Typhus & Typhoid	13	19	55
Scarlet Fever	27	79	173
Gastro-intestinal	176	35	19
Smallpox	20	11	18
Whooping Cough	87	60	51
Measles	47	79	88
Diptheria	7	4	21
Lungs	397	198	144
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	22	17	33
Other	1,366	192	189

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	16	13	14
Other TB	167	94	62
Typhus & Typhoid	11	18	37
Scarlet Fever	22	95	243
Gastro-intestinal	295	65	23
Smallpox	14	5	14
Whooping Cough	150	116	83
Measles	47	76	90
Diptheria	8	8	10
Lungs	621	336	170
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	18	24
Other	1,931	271	170

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	12	12	9
Other TB	197	77	39
Typhus & Typhoid	1	6	7
Scarlet Fever	14	29	67
Gastro-intestinal	199	37	7
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	143	103	67
Measles	57	103	82
Diptheria	4	4	17
Lungs	635	325	176
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	9	20
Other	1,865	214	144

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	9	12	5
Other TB	137	67	46
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	5
Scarlet Fever	5	9	60
Gastro-intestinal	244	33	10
Smallpox	0	0	2
Whooping Cough	157	116	72
Measles	94	165	119
Diptheria	10	23	51
Lungs	509	250	103
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	40	11	10
Other	1,707	201	117

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	1	0	1
Other TB	7	6	8
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	1	1
Gastro-intestinal	20	5	3
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	18	7	5
Measles	7	5	10
Diptheria	0	2	8
Lungs	66	25	16
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	10	3	4
Other	260	19	20

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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