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	111	54	41	37	40
Measles	262	411	197	109	77
Scarlet Fever	72	209	270	272	228
Diphtheria	29	96	145	131	120
Whooping-cough	514	379	149	74	45
Typhus	1	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	9	13	14	12
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	2	2	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	949	136	17	12	6
Cholera	43	8	3	2	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	420	120	49	14	9
Phthisis	51	53	20	11	15
Other Tuberculosis	397	219	94	63	30
Diseases of Nervous System	1,378	325	116	72	47
Diseases of Circulatory System	36	7	8	5	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,496	878	343	203	134
Diseases of Digestive System	486	177	34	17	19
Diseases of Urinary System	6	6	7	11	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	256	37	40	27	21
Other Causes	2,502	126	49	19	14

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	243	446	182	124	64
Scarlet Fever	70	143	189	176	159
Diphtheria	134	365	423	407	372
Whooping-cough	484	384	141	62	37
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	2	3	2	3
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,473	201	16	8	4
Cholera	29	4	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	362	87	29	13	7
Phthisis	48	36	19	15	8
Other Tuberculosis	342	189	86	67	38
Diseases of Nervous System	1,244	254	69	56	25
Diseases of Circulatory System	48	7	6	6	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,572	832	324	150	105
Diseases of Digestive System	869	190	29	20	16
Diseases of Urinary System	11	11	3	3	6
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	348	58	51	42	24
Other Causes	3,221	135	52	24	21

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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