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	18	39	38
Other TB	54	79	53
Typhus & Typhoid	57	101	154
Scarlet Fever	53	73	207
Gastro-intestinal	108	67	35
Smallpox	78	36	66
Whooping Cough	92	78	55
Measles	45	76	110
Diptheria	3	3	15
Lungs	201	155	113
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	12	20	54
Other	1,993	445	428

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	31	19	30
Other TB	80	85	65
Typhus & Typhoid	48	70	156
Scarlet Fever	61	147	392
Gastro-intestinal	124	59	57
Smallpox	56	28	55
Whooping Cough	100	81	64
Measles	44	99	104
Diptheria	7	7	15
Lungs	302	187	149
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	12	33	67
Other	2,357	430	360

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	38	59	58
Other TB	109	90	97
Typhus & Typhoid	6	22	64
Scarlet Fever	47	106	303
Gastro-intestinal	110	27	20
Smallpox	25	5	44
Whooping Cough	119	72	53
Measles	54	108	108
Diptheria	2	9	17
Lungs	369	216	154
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	37	19	51
Other	2,225	327	264

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	48	64	27
Other TB	56	46	53
Typhus & Typhoid	0	4	12
Scarlet Fever	24	56	178
Gastro-intestinal	104	24	5
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	110	78	60
Measles	46	113	98
Diptheria	1	1	8
Lungs	479	203	156
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	23	18	41
Other	1,655	168	101

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	23	23	33
Other TB	79	37	30
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	9
Scarlet Fever	16	31	62
Gastro-intestinal	321	56	9
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	216	112	63
Measles	68	109	86
Diptheria	13	31	101
Lungs	725	277	161
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	18	53
Other	2,357	209	123

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	15	20	17
Other TB	92	42	39
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	4
Scarlet Fever	7	16	40
Gastro-intestinal	330	56	11
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	169	93	34
Measles	81	128	83
Diptheria	18	39	109
Lungs	653	264	121
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	43	24	80
Other	2,540	174	145

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

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