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	10	5	7	9	3
Measles	93	220	119	50	19
Scarlet Fever	34	76	87	82	64
Diphtheria	12	12	17	7	13
Whooping-cough	221	172	79	43	26
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	3	6	8	8	10
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	4	2	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	750	263	43	7	10
Cholera	6	2	1	0	0
Cancer	0	1	2	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	266	182	43	21	10
Phthisis	18	30	15	10	11
Other Tuberculosis	184	158	72	52	32
Diseases of Nervous System	1,645	261	109	54	42
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	1	0	5	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,128	691	273	144	86
Diseases of Digestive System	336	154	30	10	3
Diseases of Urinary System	9	22	13	18	7
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	120	26	22	26	13
Other Causes	2,388	151	56	20	15

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	3	0	0	0	2
Measles	162	301	141	57	51
Scarlet Fever	20	43	32	36	34
Diphtheria	14	38	29	34	20
Whooping-cough	358	211	96	52	30
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	3	0	5	5
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	2	4	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,010	271	29	13	3
Cholera	38	12	3	3	1
Cancer	1	2	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	235	131	47	21	16
Phthisis	10	25	11	11	18
Other Tuberculosis	132	104	66	41	39
Diseases of Nervous System	1,688	290	90	57	40
Diseases of Circulatory System	14	3	2	4	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,547	785	259	136	90
Diseases of Digestive System	962	239	40	20	8
Diseases of Urinary System	12	21	7	14	12
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	180	21	36	29	20
Other Causes	3,198	198	59	14	9

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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