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	6	8	3	2	2
Measles	108	180	90	39	37
Scarlet Fever	12	36	32	25	22
Diphtheria	12	25	36	39	20
Whooping-cough	225	194	83	36	22
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	4	3	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	3	1	2	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	438	75	17	1	6
Cholera	10	4	0	1	1
Cancer	1	0	1	0	3
Tabes Mesenterica	170	55	18	6	8
Phthisis	32	21	13	5	10
Other Tuberculosis	134	101	41	33	19
Diseases of Nervous System	634	132	50	28	25
Diseases of Circulatory System	20	3	1	2	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	909	441	189	89	61
Diseases of Digestive System	260	99	17	11	7
Diseases of Urinary System	6	4	0	2	3
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	85	15	21	16	6
Other Causes	1,562	71	17	11	11

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	0	0	0	0
Measles	96	147	74	35	18
Scarlet Fever	4	8	14	7	13
Diphtheria	7	38	41	47	60
Whooping-cough	272	180	64	26	23
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	0	1	1	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	826	99	13	4	2
Cholera	15	1	1	0	0
Cancer	0	0	2	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	112	21	17	7	5
Phthisis	38	22	11	4	7
Other Tuberculosis	187	94	61	26	22
Diseases of Nervous System	628	114	37	25	13
Diseases of Circulatory System	18	1	3	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	941	416	148	67	34
Diseases of Digestive System	522	97	25	12	5
Diseases of Urinary System	7	8	2	0	2
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	152	18	15	12	8
Other Causes	1,870	95	33	20	17

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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