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	2	1	0	0	0
Measles	226	498	159	95	62
Scarlet Fever	40	85	105	80	74
Diphtheria	10	24	29	42	40
Whooping-cough	489	298	108	63	35
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	2	7	15	6	9
Simple Continued Fever	3	2	1	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	723	168	33	13	5
Cholera	4	2	0	0	0
Cancer	1	2	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	215	93	49	24	5
Phthisis	43	48	27	16	14
Other Tuberculosis	330	191	93	61	64
Diseases of Nervous System	1,572	320	127	94	55
Diseases of Circulatory System	16	4	2	6	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,146	1,048	408	247	148
Diseases of Digestive System	589	150	44	25	22
Diseases of Urinary System	14	19	19	20	12
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	120	55	51	37	29
Other Causes	4,032	248	83	39	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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	334	526	189	108	70
Scarlet Fever	25	81	76	78	50
Diphtheria	19	42	41	46	38
Whooping-cough	450	249	94	62	18
Typhus	1	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	0	1	1
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	2	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	563	131	23	7	3
Cholera	7	5	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	0	2	3
Tabes Mesenterica	141	68	26	13	13
Phthisis	29	24	19	9	16
Other Tuberculosis	258	178	70	51	39
Diseases of Nervous System	1,298	241	97	71	43
Diseases of Circulatory System	18	1	1	3	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,134	838	287	165	91
Diseases of Digestive System	1,037	219	48	13	16
Diseases of Urinary System	23	15	9	6	7
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	135	48	53	54	29
Other Causes	3,758	182	47	26	22

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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