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	144	26	22	20	22
Measles	2,247	3,928	1,629	820	572
Scarlet Fever	624	1,720	1,985	1,823	1,701
Diphtheria	147	267	289	314	329
Whooping-cough	4,328	3,198	1,257	632	348
Typhus	1	0	1	5	3
Enteric Fever	42	79	86	93	125
Simple Continued Fever	41	59	61	50	48
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	11,248	2,747	433	157	76
Cholera	141	48	14	2	8
Cancer	9	11	14	8	12
Tabes Mesenterica	3,005	1,527	465	204	137
Phthisis	479	477	230	157	165
Other Tuberculosis	2,729	2,183	914	583	418
Diseases of Nervous System	24,987	5,376	1,989	1,114	838
Diseases of Circulatory System	146	34	31	30	47
Diseases of Respiratory System	23,219	12,869	4,519	2,515	1,616
Diseases of Digestive System	6,302	3,110	463	219	184
Diseases of Urinary System	116	178	113	91	99
Diseases of Generative System	19	10	6	6	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	1,116	435	442	370	307
Other Causes	36,039	2,612	748	350	233

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	94	34	33	23	19
Measles	2,681	4,710	1,864	988	569
Scarlet Fever	257	634	792	855	644
Diphtheria	270	730	816	963	818
Whooping-cough	4,295	2,966	1,072	552	285
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	23	55	69	68	67
Simple Continued Fever	26	12	12	10	14
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	15,250	3,084	330	111	60
Cholera	432	94	12	7	7
Cancer	12	18	17	18	15
Tabes Mesenterica	2,894	1,286	405	177	115
Phthisis	331	382	204	163	119
Other Tuberculosis	2,842	2,077	921	550	440
Diseases of Nervous System	22,280	3,862	1,449	807	542
Diseases of Circulatory System	298	61	36	40	41
Diseases of Respiratory System	25,567	12,728	3,972	2,063	1,365
Diseases of Digestive System	10,989	3,371	546	239	193
Diseases of Urinary System	173	181	120	89	93
Diseases of Generative System	29	13	7	2	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	1,696	469	526	415	337
Other Causes	38,803	2,458	736	347	226

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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