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	1,381	429	379	321	284
Measles	24,075	43,644	19,588	11,130	6,730
Scarlet Fever	4,546	11,872	13,634	13,140	10,810
Diphtheria	2,045	4,541	5,240	5,971	5,564
Whooping-cough	50,265	35,923	14,546	7,860	4,198
Typhus	10	13	21	36	52
Enteric Fever	342	695	934	1,100	1,206
Simple Continued Fever	327	376	442	391	359
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	115,892	24,750	4,004	1,492	908
Cholera	1,564	441	112	68	58
Cancer	111	139	165	157	119
Tabes Mesenterica	38,003	15,582	4,953	2,039	1,266
Phthisis	6,786	5,090	2,476	1,706	1,553
Other Tuberculosis	31,252	21,400	9,432	6,030	4,621
Diseases of Nervous System	193,862	42,287	16,100	9,575	6,788
Diseases of Circulatory System	2,606	627	382	413	532
Diseases of Respiratory System	226,942	120,256	44,072	24,994	16,461
Diseases of Digestive System	65,576	24,701	4,523	2,419	2,103
Diseases of Urinary System	1,608	1,624	1,164	1,082	962
Diseases of Generative System	291	154	75	35	13
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	20,626	5,631	5,005	4,169	3,230
Other Causes	399,449	25,847	7,633	3,905	2,870

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	499	164	149	106	146
Measles	26,901	47,612	19,562	10,792	6,446
Scarlet Fever	2,390	5,879	7,299	7,168	5,604
Diphtheria	3,825	9,657	10,316	11,399	10,319
Whooping-cough	49,653	33,121	12,549	6,650	3,484
Typhus	4	6	6	12	12
Enteric Fever	201	455	579	705	796
Simple Continued Fever	195	120	140	94	86
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	153,859	26,947	3,386	1,194	611
Cholera	4,093	888	122	66	48
Cancer	193	194	247	232	178
Tabes Mesenterica	32,693	11,610	3,722	1,693	1,059
Phthisis	4,769	4,125	2,103	1,522	1,358
Other Tuberculosis	31,061	19,898	9,539	5,904	4,656
Diseases of Nervous System	174,989	31,278	11,965	6,995	4,769
Diseases of Circulatory System	4,405	769	473	547	611
Diseases of Respiratory System	236,648	112,851	36,353	19,594	12,330
Diseases of Digestive System	120,652	28,630	5,390	2,868	2,235
Diseases of Urinary System	2,116	1,525	843	741	716
Diseases of Generative System	371	152	70	26	10
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	26,960	5,661	5,801	4,710	3,625
Other Causes	432,666	23,599	6,956	3,605	2,713

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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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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