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	181	91	70
Other TB	326	168	118
Typhus & Typhoid	37	60	194
Scarlet Fever	46	72	334
Gastro-intestinal	778	233	100
Smallpox	52	19	38
Whooping Cough	290	174	139
Measles	74	140	141
Diptheria	10	7	20
Lungs	1,019	442	326
Cancer	2	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	66	44	91
Other	4,726	523	509

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	185	99	66
Other TB	381	212	121
Typhus & Typhoid	39	67	153
Scarlet Fever	68	143	414
Gastro-intestinal	958	255	84
Smallpox	48	11	22
Whooping Cough	316	213	135
Measles	82	161	170
Diptheria	16	29	76
Lungs	1,019	457	321
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	67	29	57
Other	5,007	573	492

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	194	93	56
Other TB	309	149	133
Typhus & Typhoid	20	21	79
Scarlet Fever	42	113	335
Gastro-intestinal	891	175	40
Smallpox	15	1	7
Whooping Cough	371	167	133
Measles	78	130	109
Diptheria	6	16	106
Lungs	1,275	493	281
Cancer	0	1	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	53	33	75
Other	4,292	478	439

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	69	24	21
Other TB	359	120	104
Typhus & Typhoid	2	0	11
Scarlet Fever	21	50	196
Gastro-intestinal	583	99	25
Smallpox	1	1	1
Whooping Cough	303	161	108
Measles	78	160	138
Diptheria	11	23	142
Lungs	1,112	482	454
Cancer	1	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	50	20	55
Other	3,820	406	235

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	16	18	12
Other TB	311	109	99
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	7
Scarlet Fever	4	20	57
Gastro-intestinal	643	88	24
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	287	134	78
Measles	88	154	113
Diptheria	9	31	159
Lungs	834	401	299
Cancer	1	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	69	20	49
Other	3,368	286	201

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	14	10	13
Other TB	101	66	69
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	3
Scarlet Fever	3	3	19
Gastro-intestinal	460	60	7
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	160	97	60
Measles	64	108	107
Diptheria	8	25	120
Lungs	629	272	190
Cancer	1	1	7
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	61	22	34
Other	2,731	233	189

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

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