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	22	3	8	4	2
Measles	133	250	98	56	31
Scarlet Fever	29	75	81	70	57
Diphtheria	11	11	18	20	17
Whooping-cough	293	199	98	36	18
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	1	6	5	9	10
Simple Continued Fever	2	6	3	2	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	771	220	38	11	6
Cholera	4	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	2	0	2
Tabes Mesenterica	272	139	29	15	9
Phthisis	24	16	9	2	11
Other Tuberculosis	124	94	29	22	14
Diseases of Nervous System	1,142	254	107	65	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	12	5	2	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,447	786	314	195	99
Diseases of Digestive System	342	129	29	12	22
Diseases of Urinary System	23	15	8	9	4
Diseases of Generative System	5	1	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	52	36	29	33	32
Other Causes	3,243	295	74	32	17

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	5	0	1	1	0
Measles	194	386	129	88	46
Scarlet Fever	17	47	56	43	38
Diphtheria	17	31	21	35	32
Whooping-cough	266	177	76	36	21
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	7	3	5	8
Simple Continued Fever	2	1	1	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,016	259	37	11	9
Cholera	7	0	0	1	0
Cancer	2	1	2	0	4
Tabes Mesenterica	329	146	31	17	7
Phthisis	19	12	1	1	5
Other Tuberculosis	165	100	40	17	8
Diseases of Nervous System	1,037	221	78	52	36
Diseases of Circulatory System	31	4	1	3	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,588	772	244	136	63
Diseases of Digestive System	919	225	47	17	15
Diseases of Urinary System	17	19	13	3	4
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	116	45	36	42	30
Other Causes	3,299	204	63	27	16

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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