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	7	3	2	2	0
Measles	228	446	211	136	71
Scarlet Fever	32	67	78	66	51
Diphtheria	17	65	69	77	45
Whooping-cough	410	417	169	87	58
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	5	5	3
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	2	2	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,002	222	44	14	4
Cholera	14	3	0	1	0
Cancer	4	6	2	4	5
Tabes Mesenterica	352	120	40	17	11
Phthisis	51	41	29	18	14
Other Tuberculosis	249	213	129	94	71
Diseases of Nervous System	1,114	277	126	77	51
Diseases of Circulatory System	19	4	7	7	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,859	1,075	423	229	111
Diseases of Digestive System	458	182	23	15	14
Diseases of Urinary System	5	6	4	7	13
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	511	34	22	11	11
Other Causes	2,406	177	59	30	29

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	0	0	0	0
Measles	280	540	204	113	65
Scarlet Fever	6	12	6	10	4
Diphtheria	43	84	88	96	70
Whooping-cough	327	281	122	50	32
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	1	1	1	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	979	170	19	5	1
Cholera	17	1	0	0	0
Cancer	2	4	3	7	4
Tabes Mesenterica	200	76	30	19	13
Phthisis	82	70	44	27	17
Other Tuberculosis	280	241	144	96	65
Diseases of Nervous System	869	191	56	37	35
Diseases of Circulatory System	49	12	6	6	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,734	876	269	141	64
Diseases of Digestive System	778	138	36	14	10
Diseases of Urinary System	9	13	6	7	9
Diseases of Generative System	4	3	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	511	35	22	14	9
Other Causes	2,433	181	60	37	20

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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