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	5	0	2	1	1
Measles	202	313	122	63	26
Scarlet Fever	42	96	129	112	84
Diphtheria	6	23	12	19	22
Whooping-cough	315	206	70	44	22
Typhus	0	1	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	5	10	11	7
Simple Continued Fever	7	7	5	5	6
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	865	214	30	13	12
Cholera	6	2	1	2	0
Cancer	0	2	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	264	114	38	16	7
Phthisis	57	42	12	20	13
Other Tuberculosis	169	105	59	34	27
Diseases of Nervous System	1,624	417	206	97	62
Diseases of Circulatory System	17	1	4	6	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,788	945	345	209	153
Diseases of Digestive System	536	190	38	18	18
Diseases of Urinary System	7	15	10	17	8
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	70	28	27	17	14
Other Causes	3,013	210	65	32	26

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	240	393	143	76	51
Scarlet Fever	20	48	62	60	60
Diphtheria	21	39	47	50	50
Whooping-cough	351	233	92	52	30
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	7	7	7	6
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	5	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,175	191	29	13	5
Cholera	31	9	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	2	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	217	84	31	14	12
Phthisis	33	32	17	10	10
Other Tuberculosis	214	129	63	41	26
Diseases of Nervous System	1,433	312	116	80	59
Diseases of Circulatory System	24	6	1	7	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,733	800	264	163	101
Diseases of Digestive System	735	220	38	18	22
Diseases of Urinary System	15	11	7	10	6
Diseases of Generative System	3	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	106	28	34	33	23
Other Causes	2,920	170	40	27	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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