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	31	32	40
Other TB	222	162	107
Typhus & Typhoid	26	44	106
Scarlet Fever	50	104	303
Gastro-intestinal	461	94	46
Smallpox	52	58	69
Whooping Cough	157	107	94
Measles	57	127	149
Diptheria	3	9	21
Lungs	678	379	272
Cancer	4	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	70	26	84
Other	1,931	365	285

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	29	39	33
Other TB	196	103	107
Typhus & Typhoid	9	18	97
Scarlet Fever	48	117	390
Gastro-intestinal	406	110	40
Smallpox	32	18	41
Whooping Cough	143	151	136
Measles	71	173	202
Diptheria	15	19	45
Lungs	617	330	244
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	42	55	80
Other	2,034	408	347

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	14	11	26
Other TB	105	92	96
Typhus & Typhoid	5	5	23
Scarlet Fever	29	58	182
Gastro-intestinal	364	86	32
Smallpox	12	3	10
Whooping Cough	126	96	83
Measles	60	75	85
Diptheria	6	5	25
Lungs	663	354	240
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	36	40	86
Other	1,946	309	224

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	9	7	21
Other TB	96	66	87
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	3
Scarlet Fever	15	34	123
Gastro-intestinal	207	36	16
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	104	80	71
Measles	50	110	78
Diptheria	5	16	48
Lungs	559	299	236
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	48	56	105
Other	1,552	217	156

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	26	20	26
Other TB	209	109	123
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	10
Scarlet Fever	4	15	57
Gastro-intestinal	608	95	21
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	144	121	74
Measles	110	197	132
Diptheria	18	49	133
Lungs	879	460	302
Cancer	4	2	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	81	40	138
Other	2,734	249	239

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	41	33	49
Other TB	321	180	228
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	3
Scarlet Fever	11	30	153
Gastro-intestinal	1,078	145	28
Smallpox	2	0	1
Whooping Cough	467	303	213
Measles	232	451	386
Diptheria	46	99	370
Lungs	1,984	866	506
Cancer	3	4	11
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	174	58	139
Other	6,431	536	389

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

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