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	22	5	3
Measles	1,332	2,234	1,545
Scarlet fever	65	168	802
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	140	39	52
Whooping cough	1,807	1,112	631
Diphtheria	121	315	1,095
Pyrexia	3	3	2
Enteric fever	5	10	50
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	7,810	1,633	287
Pulmonary tuberculosis	106	140	173
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	62	63	70
Tuberculous meningitis	778	616	738
Tuberculous peritonitis	585	346	252
Tabes mesenterica	588	180	84
Other tuberculous diseases	466	296	249
Cancer	14	4	39
Septic diseases	215	18	20
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	7	3	25
Pneumonia	5,603	3,445	1,988
Bronchitis	5,552	1,510	561
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	727	294	744
Other Causes	35,657	3,812	2,381

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	23	2	10
Measles	1,113	2,060	1,666
Scarlet fever	64	159	842
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	92	40	57
Whooping cough	2,050	1,442	1,020
Diphtheria	95	306	1,150
Pyrexia	2	1	3
Enteric fever	6	7	53
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	6,605	1,448	297
Pulmonary tuberculosis	86	118	116
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	41	36	81
Tuberculous meningitis	525	517	663
Tuberculous peritonitis	449	271	268
Tabes mesenterica	448	154	77
Other tuberculous diseases	392	276	234
Cancer	11	6	23
Septic diseases	218	23	26
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	3	3	25
Pneumonia	4,204	3,021	1,943
Bronchitis	4,343	1,505	615
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	607	223	598
Other Causes	26,968	3,223	2,270

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

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