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	19	4	4	3	1
Measles	169	291	132	77	66
Scarlet Fever	19	52	77	80	69
Diphtheria	28	77	106	99	106
Whooping-cough	470	322	148	63	46
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	9	15	6	7	9
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	1	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	999	137	26	2	5
Cholera	27	6	0	2	1
Cancer	3	1	2	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	339	108	31	17	9
Phthisis	43	33	17	12	7
Other Tuberculosis	298	171	78	44	48
Diseases of Nervous System	934	220	80	59	34
Diseases of Circulatory System	38	8	8	2	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,373	723	266	162	116
Diseases of Digestive System	504	153	29	20	17
Diseases of Urinary System	8	5	8	3	3
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	151	39	26	20	29
Other Causes	2,575	120	42	15	19

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	1	1	0	0	1
Measles	198	329	160	90	67
Scarlet Fever	45	120	157	185	150
Diphtheria	44	100	130	164	155
Whooping-cough	488	351	130	76	38
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	5	6	8	12
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,765	230	28	14	1
Cholera	127	28	1	3	0
Cancer	1	3	4	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	320	83	40	15	7
Phthisis	33	24	25	12	11
Other Tuberculosis	305	169	94	63	39
Diseases of Nervous System	1,084	207	82	46	34
Diseases of Circulatory System	60	13	6	4	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,851	805	259	150	110
Diseases of Digestive System	1,275	230	56	27	18
Diseases of Urinary System	22	6	5	0	4
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	313	52	48	32	25
Other Causes	3,608	188	59	31	28

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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