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	4	0	0	1	1
Measles	123	260	124	69	30
Scarlet Fever	9	32	25	15	22
Diphtheria	16	67	67	90	53
Whooping-cough	265	246	102	65	35
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	2	2	2	1
Simple Continued Fever	1	1	0	2	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	584	74	9	3	1
Cholera	9	2	1	0	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	224	62	20	9	5
Phthisis	46	24	11	12	5
Other Tuberculosis	199	190	92	56	54
Diseases of Nervous System	644	185	76	32	19
Diseases of Circulatory System	25	6	3	3	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,046	601	228	88	76
Diseases of Digestive System	300	114	21	16	11
Diseases of Urinary System	5	7	4	4	6
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	166	38	23	27	20
Other Causes	1,632	113	32	20	16

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	113	201	75	36	41
Scarlet Fever	1	4	3	2	3
Diphtheria	25	60	55	68	45
Whooping-cough	149	137	33	32	25
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	3	1	3
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	468	72	5	0	0
Cholera	8	1	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	1	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	99	24	9	10	2
Phthisis	19	30	12	7	9
Other Tuberculosis	144	113	62	50	31
Diseases of Nervous System	406	99	43	18	18
Diseases of Circulatory System	31	8	4	5	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	860	440	137	59	41
Diseases of Digestive System	339	67	19	8	13
Diseases of Urinary System	7	2	0	3	2
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	182	26	20	19	12
Other Causes	1,409	84	35	13	15

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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