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	10	13	13
Other TB	173	101	114
Typhus & Typhoid	15	26	77
Scarlet Fever	19	44	80
Gastro-intestinal	283	48	20
Smallpox	47	31	50
Whooping Cough	77	58	73
Measles	32	44	59
Diptheria	4	3	12
Lungs	391	174	142
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	80	17	36
Other	1,618	281	248

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	17	11	19
Other TB	131	92	86
Typhus & Typhoid	8	16	58
Scarlet Fever	26	64	233
Gastro-intestinal	339	71	29
Smallpox	24	9	36
Whooping Cough	82	67	51
Measles	42	79	102
Diptheria	4	6	26
Lungs	412	186	162
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	72	22	39
Other	1,526	276	229

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	10	10	5
Other TB	105	67	70
Typhus & Typhoid	6	5	22
Scarlet Fever	21	51	151
Gastro-intestinal	325	67	12
Smallpox	9	5	7
Whooping Cough	107	76	48
Measles	43	85	85
Diptheria	4	3	9
Lungs	503	263	145
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	70	17	36
Other	1,440	211	150

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	11	7	10
Other TB	75	60	52
Typhus & Typhoid	3	2	5
Scarlet Fever	5	4	35
Gastro-intestinal	153	30	14
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	96	72	37
Measles	47	91	64
Diptheria	2	7	37
Lungs	440	217	153
Cancer	1	1	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	50	12	41
Other	1,331	134	104

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	7	9	7
Other TB	78	50	47
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	3
Scarlet Fever	4	12	49
Gastro-intestinal	158	18	5
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	94	52	35
Measles	57	105	76
Diptheria	8	11	59
Lungs	369	192	104
Cancer	1	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	68	20	33
Other	1,384	154	87

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	9	4	6
Other TB	39	24	37
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	2	3	12
Gastro-intestinal	97	14	1
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	73	46	27
Measles	41	75	65
Diptheria	4	9	36
Lungs	249	117	62
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	49	13	18
Other	1,011	67	48

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

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