Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	90	46	38
Other TB	117	67	74
Typhus & Typhoid	22	36	80
Scarlet Fever	44	86	236
Gastro-intestinal	343	70	33
Smallpox	92	39	71
Whooping Cough	139	65	57
Measles	86	107	116
Diptheria	10	13	29
Lungs	756	311	225
Cancer	0	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	54	39	59
Other	3,127	338	297

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	80	41	29
Other TB	163	112	70
Typhus & Typhoid	15	30	85
Scarlet Fever	60	122	353
Gastro-intestinal	438	85	35
Smallpox	27	5	8
Whooping Cough	160	97	66
Measles	64	152	144
Diptheria	20	17	53
Lungs	884	362	247
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	50	30	56
Other	3,347	387	281

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	89	41	42
Other TB	419	193	96
Typhus & Typhoid	10	29	77
Scarlet Fever	50	127	347
Gastro-intestinal	777	156	50
Smallpox	65	16	39
Whooping Cough	209	127	93
Measles	95	163	143
Diptheria	8	4	28
Lungs	1,222	506	268
Cancer	0	0	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	53	31	72
Other	4,279	459	332

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	29	19	23
Other TB	481	200	149
Typhus & Typhoid	7	5	43
Scarlet Fever	28	77	255
Gastro-intestinal	913	205	44
Smallpox	3	0	3
Whooping Cough	325	187	128
Measles	133	259	178
Diptheria	14	38	87
Lungs	1,596	675	441
Cancer	2	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	70	37	73
Other	4,922	564	313

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	23	14	37
Other TB	389	193	141
Typhus & Typhoid	1	6	32
Scarlet Fever	21	77	227
Gastro-intestinal	1,046	136	29
Smallpox	1	0	1
Whooping Cough	303	211	117
Measles	180	299	246
Diptheria	14	22	88
Lungs	1,743	736	416
Cancer	3	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	82	33	85
Other	5,605	526	247

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	22	20	16
Other TB	263	133	104
Typhus & Typhoid	2	1	6
Scarlet Fever	5	10	46
Gastro-intestinal	813	99	22
Smallpox	0	0	3
Whooping Cough	251	150	73
Measles	161	254	171
Diptheria	8	19	127
Lungs	1,249	524	272
Cancer	1	2	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	43	41	72
Other	4,306	370	239

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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