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	16	9	19
Other TB	88	38	54
Typhus & Typhoid	8	10	61
Scarlet Fever	30	53	207
Gastro-intestinal	170	36	14
Smallpox	0	4	1
Whooping Cough	60	41	32
Measles	23	41	49
Diptheria	10	9	35
Lungs	213	79	69
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	17	44
Other	1,657	171	133

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	14	4	10
Other TB	93	42	27
Typhus & Typhoid	6	13	42
Scarlet Fever	30	57	169
Gastro-intestinal	233	36	16
Smallpox	18	4	14
Whooping Cough	87	52	44
Measles	23	34	50
Diptheria	8	14	35
Lungs	261	99	71
Cancer	0	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	15	26
Other	1,987	251	162

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	21	9	9
Other TB	152	59	47
Typhus & Typhoid	1	5	33
Scarlet Fever	19	54	179
Gastro-intestinal	433	76	22
Smallpox	7	4	5
Whooping Cough	114	49	39
Measles	30	42	39
Diptheria	7	3	14
Lungs	492	248	123
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	21	16	35
Other	1,934	211	148

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	10	6	7
Other TB	235	82	60
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	6
Scarlet Fever	12	29	81
Gastro-intestinal	330	39	15
Smallpox	2	2	0
Whooping Cough	121	71	51
Measles	29	61	65
Diptheria	4	3	26
Lungs	466	221	147
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	14	27
Other	1,798	245	139

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	14	6	5
Other TB	212	59	48
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	1
Scarlet Fever	2	7	10
Gastro-intestinal	350	25	2
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	108	66	32
Measles	25	52	44
Diptheria	7	5	19
Lungs	486	202	134
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	16	10	43
Other	1,622	176	103

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	5	9	6
Other TB	120	42	40
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	4
Scarlet Fever	7	8	33
Gastro-intestinal	184	25	7
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	98	57	30
Measles	17	36	21
Diptheria	6	7	89
Lungs	287	125	99
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	22	18	31
Other	1,551	141	92

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

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