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	27	6	5	4	2
Measles	391	669	301	166	127
Scarlet Fever	38	114	143	152	120
Diphtheria	54	134	191	184	194
Whooping-cough	1,011	692	293	136	98
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	13	22	17	15	18
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	2	4	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,296	355	51	8	11
Cholera	38	14	0	2	1
Cancer	6	2	5	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	771	222	66	34	25
Phthisis	166	88	50	22	23
Other Tuberculosis	685	413	168	105	93
Diseases of Nervous System	2,351	561	202	127	74
Diseases of Circulatory System	106	21	11	11	12
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,585	1,712	670	386	266
Diseases of Digestive System	1,185	390	73	46	48
Diseases of Urinary System	33	13	13	6	5
Diseases of Generative System	4	2	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	410	89	68	70	49
Other Causes	6,429	298	93	53	45

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	4	3	0	0	1
Measles	530	840	373	210	145
Scarlet Fever	61	163	210	237	196
Diphtheria	89	237	268	345	319
Whooping-cough	1,173	804	272	146	83
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	2	8	10	16	17
Simple Continued Fever	5	1	1	3	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	4,051	534	66	27	9
Cholera	231	42	1	3	0
Cancer	2	5	6	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	710	168	67	29	21
Phthisis	99	71	49	34	21
Other Tuberculosis	707	399	202	146	89
Diseases of Nervous System	2,732	488	170	121	74
Diseases of Circulatory System	120	32	14	9	14
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,281	1,919	618	347	224
Diseases of Digestive System	2,859	500	119	51	42
Diseases of Urinary System	49	13	7	7	5
Diseases of Generative System	14	3	2	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	671	118	90	60	53
Other Causes	8,546	432	142	79	60

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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