Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	1	0	1	0	0
Measles	36	73	29	16	12
Scarlet Fever	17	42	40	35	35
Diphtheria	8	17	30	41	26
Whooping-cough	61	30	25	6	3
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	2	0	6
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	165	37	5	2	5
Cholera	4	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	128	47	13	4	6
Phthisis	24	13	3	2	2
Other Tuberculosis	40	25	9	5	4
Diseases of Nervous System	562	101	26	23	13
Diseases of Circulatory System	1	2	0	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	539	259	85	61	43
Diseases of Digestive System	160	65	6	11	5
Diseases of Urinary System	5	3	5	3	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	20	21	7	8	4
Other Causes	1,021	58	11	4	7

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	2	1	0	0	0
Measles	96	189	61	33	29
Scarlet Fever	2	12	11	16	9
Diphtheria	2	12	12	10	15
Whooping-cough	124	73	24	13	5
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	0	1	1	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	373	63	7	3	1
Cholera	6	2	0	1	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	146	43	12	2	1
Phthisis	15	14	8	4	4
Other Tuberculosis	74	53	20	10	7
Diseases of Nervous System	675	118	28	20	12
Diseases of Circulatory System	5	2	0	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	702	308	80	45	36
Diseases of Digestive System	391	89	16	4	3
Diseases of Urinary System	4	4	2	6	3
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	35	15	20	9	8
Other Causes	1,568	76	13	3	4

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1881 - 1900	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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