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	23	7	6	4	3
Measles	203	439	251	124	59
Scarlet Fever	46	127	150	102	93
Diphtheria	18	51	31	40	44
Whooping-cough	426	409	179	96	64
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	1	1	6	7
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	2	2	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	694	187	30	8	7
Cholera	18	8	2	2	0
Cancer	1	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	430	139	44	14	7
Phthisis	73	45	22	12	11
Other Tuberculosis	231	171	63	25	19
Diseases of Nervous System	1,284	313	123	84	55
Diseases of Circulatory System	30	4	0	3	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,581	1,060	486	246	154
Diseases of Digestive System	365	113	26	12	8
Diseases of Urinary System	2	7	11	10	9
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	423	40	15	17	15
Other Causes	2,189	129	39	19	16

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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	217	452	210	125	54
Scarlet Fever	11	20	26	17	11
Diphtheria	32	101	85	82	68
Whooping-cough	341	278	135	57	41
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	1	1	3	3
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	808	181	23	9	3
Cholera	11	4	1	1	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	367	79	25	10	5
Phthisis	25	26	12	10	8
Other Tuberculosis	182	146	56	25	30
Diseases of Nervous System	1,105	169	63	28	20
Diseases of Circulatory System	29	4	4	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,396	863	309	139	93
Diseases of Digestive System	534	129	16	10	10
Diseases of Urinary System	7	8	6	4	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	444	26	38	21	11
Other Causes	2,191	123	40	22	15

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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