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	33	16	40
Other TB	217	159	158
Typhus & Typhoid	56	70	252
Scarlet Fever	43	104	336
Gastro-intestinal	438	180	71
Smallpox	73	79	120
Whooping Cough	152	128	108
Measles	53	91	171
Diptheria	5	8	12
Lungs	633	378	243
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	19	39
Other	2,359	512	386

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	66	26	39
Other TB	308	209	162
Typhus & Typhoid	37	90	220
Scarlet Fever	58	133	443
Gastro-intestinal	712	267	116
Smallpox	51	34	61
Whooping Cough	156	127	81
Measles	68	149	170
Diptheria	9	28	57
Lungs	818	439	281
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	68	19	58
Other	2,748	568	428

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	54	29	39
Other TB	348	209	150
Typhus & Typhoid	21	47	153
Scarlet Fever	23	71	306
Gastro-intestinal	804	189	49
Smallpox	67	14	65
Whooping Cough	229	150	97
Measles	83	190	185
Diptheria	10	4	40
Lungs	987	522	264
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	76	20	42
Other	3,024	536	364

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	28	22	36
Other TB	568	208	179
Typhus & Typhoid	16	25	103
Scarlet Fever	10	28	82
Gastro-intestinal	862	149	29
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	214	180	121
Measles	109	267	193
Diptheria	18	68	268
Lungs	1,313	689	479
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	137	32	70
Other	3,317	451	307

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	20	17	31
Other TB	494	178	153
Typhus & Typhoid	5	9	56
Scarlet Fever	7	15	81
Gastro-intestinal	1,374	163	42
Smallpox	1	1	0
Whooping Cough	264	175	132
Measles	146	355	289
Diptheria	11	44	215
Lungs	1,184	644	404
Cancer	0	0	6
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	195	33	67
Other	4,043	369	308

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	24	19	24
Other TB	232	170	147
Typhus & Typhoid	1	3	29
Scarlet Fever	7	19	66
Gastro-intestinal	1,117	147	27
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	272	153	97
Measles	151	294	244
Diptheria	13	39	291
Lungs	1,098	430	258
Cancer	2	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	189	52	70
Other	3,954	323	288

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

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