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	27	17	15
Other TB	67	39	40
Typhus & Typhoid	6	6	16
Scarlet Fever	25	44	153
Gastro-intestinal	115	42	23
Smallpox	30	24	34
Whooping Cough	51	30	24
Measles	19	35	31
Diptheria	2	2	8
Lungs	196	75	51
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	11	6	29
Other	730	102	98

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	26	15	18
Other TB	88	46	27
Typhus & Typhoid	6	6	19
Scarlet Fever	9	35	98
Gastro-intestinal	170	64	21
Smallpox	17	8	18
Whooping Cough	69	38	28
Measles	30	65	73
Diptheria	9	13	34
Lungs	289	107	61
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	14	12	33
Other	916	162	133

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	12	14	5
Other TB	49	33	22
Typhus & Typhoid	2	3	8
Scarlet Fever	26	39	121
Gastro-intestinal	208	52	20
Smallpox	1	0	8
Whooping Cough	74	48	37
Measles	34	48	43
Diptheria	8	6	31
Lungs	322	140	79
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	9	37
Other	967	137	145

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	5	5	5
Other TB	128	49	28
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	12
Scarlet Fever	17	28	78
Gastro-intestinal	227	61	12
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	68	48	36
Measles	51	81	83
Diptheria	2	2	11
Lungs	371	157	91
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	9	24
Other	956	142	93

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	5	10	9
Other TB	157	62	43
Typhus & Typhoid	3	7	7
Scarlet Fever	8	9	38
Gastro-intestinal	277	65	11
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	67	57	22
Measles	40	89	56
Diptheria	34	27	56
Lungs	356	161	74
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	23	12	43
Other	1,041	124	74

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	4	9	10
Other TB	133	49	53
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	9
Scarlet Fever	2	10	24
Gastro-intestinal	130	33	16
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	59	26	16
Measles	22	38	27
Diptheria	9	7	46
Lungs	217	93	38
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	11	6	19
Other	854	86	52

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

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