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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	27	38	14	12	8
Scarlet Fever	8	12	9	8	9
Diphtheria	0	1	1	2	3
Whooping-cough	53	25	9	1	5
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	73	13	1	3	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	50	11	5	2	4
Phthisis	3	5	1	1	0
Other Tuberculosis	22	23	9	5	5
Diseases of Nervous System	193	29	15	7	4
Diseases of Circulatory System	4	0	1	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	310	137	35	21	20
Diseases of Digestive System	62	25	0	3	2
Diseases of Urinary System	1	0	1	1	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	11	9	10	3	9
Other Causes	548	37	10	5	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	1
Measles	15	19	9	10	5
Scarlet Fever	0	5	3	4	6
Diphtheria	1	6	7	19	12
Whooping-cough	39	27	6	4	3
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	49	11	1	1	1
Cholera	3	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	19	7	2	0	0
Phthisis	3	1	1	3	1
Other Tuberculosis	23	9	2	3	4
Diseases of Nervous System	125	24	5	4	3
Diseases of Circulatory System	1	0	1	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	239	92	20	13	17
Diseases of Digestive System	115	18	6	3	2
Diseases of Urinary System	1	2	1	0	2
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	14	5	12	8	6
Other Causes	420	16	3	0	6

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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