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	9	1	1	2	1
Measles	258	519	227	142	83
Scarlet Fever	20	67	64	52	44
Diphtheria	44	102	98	91	94
Whooping-cough	572	556	220	118	78
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	3	8	13	11
Simple Continued Fever	3	0	3	2	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,277	189	23	9	4
Cholera	26	6	1	0	0
Cancer	4	6	3	2	0
Tabes Mesenterica	477	142	53	23	14
Phthisis	98	42	18	17	9
Other Tuberculosis	537	307	125	89	48
Diseases of Nervous System	1,293	369	126	73	56
Diseases of Circulatory System	31	12	6	7	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,322	1,211	431	206	136
Diseases of Digestive System	604	197	46	23	24
Diseases of Urinary System	6	5	5	9	4
Diseases of Generative System	9	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	515	48	56	45	34
Other Causes	3,495	221	77	35	20

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	277	498	276	125	70
Scarlet Fever	6	13	14	20	10
Diphtheria	45	121	114	124	108
Whooping-cough	522	394	140	85	40
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	2	0	3	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,440	213	14	4	4
Cholera	21	4	0	0	2
Cancer	1	0	3	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	308	90	38	11	13
Phthisis	49	48	18	12	11
Other Tuberculosis	405	242	112	77	62
Diseases of Nervous System	983	197	74	43	24
Diseases of Circulatory System	35	5	4	2	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,131	1,109	327	157	76
Diseases of Digestive System	1,075	192	32	27	17
Diseases of Urinary System	12	3	7	4	3
Diseases of Generative System	4	4	0	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	519	51	60	52	34
Other Causes	3,551	197	60	26	23

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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