Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910:

Sex = Male	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	2	1	3
Measles	236	387	244
Scarlet fever	21	44	184
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	24	12	14
Whooping cough	506	303	180
Diphtheria	37	92	266
Pyrexia	2	0	0
Enteric fever	0	1	15
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,594	344	72
Pulmonary tuberculosis	33	33	61
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	15	23	30
Tuberculous meningitis	238	167	200
Tuberculous peritonitis	110	100	86
Tabes mesenterica	154	80	34
Other tuberculous diseases	62	59	62
Cancer	1	2	5
Septic diseases	52	6	10
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	4
Pneumonia	1,288	780	473
Bronchitis	1,270	323	107
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	188	65	184
Other Causes	9,822	981	687

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	4	0	1
Measles	181	383	245
Scarlet fever	11	65	178
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	19	9	13
Whooping cough	556	360	266
Diphtheria	35	87	214
Pyrexia	0	1	3
Enteric fever	1	1	12
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,351	347	88
Pulmonary tuberculosis	12	36	53
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	16	23	37
Tuberculous meningitis	171	161	219
Tuberculous peritonitis	85	81	89
Tabes mesenterica	164	82	43
Other tuberculous diseases	50	51	81
Cancer	3	3	8
Septic diseases	47	5	6
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	1	0	3
Pneumonia	994	702	423
Bronchitis	966	320	137
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	176	66	169
Other Causes	7,692	948	624

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1901 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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