Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	18	14	26
Other TB	182	112	92
Typhus & Typhoid	39	38	107
Scarlet Fever	29	79	227
Gastro-intestinal	399	102	45
Smallpox	43	20	40
Whooping Cough	98	97	68
Measles	60	142	160
Diptheria	6	4	20
Lungs	364	194	183
Cancer	1	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	19	47
Other	2,125	334	229

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	8	7	20
Other TB	191	116	66
Typhus & Typhoid	62	68	144
Scarlet Fever	46	129	392
Gastro-intestinal	605	136	31
Smallpox	60	25	75
Whooping Cough	127	106	95
Measles	45	113	96
Diptheria	8	14	22
Lungs	485	290	201
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	41	17	47
Other	2,432	395	260

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	22	17	23
Other TB	250	116	71
Typhus & Typhoid	25	39	94
Scarlet Fever	29	53	211
Gastro-intestinal	893	170	44
Smallpox	18	8	37
Whooping Cough	167	148	81
Measles	65	94	92
Diptheria	7	9	14
Lungs	639	387	195
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	37	24	57
Other	2,795	496	275

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	21	19	21
Other TB	226	108	100
Typhus & Typhoid	6	4	31
Scarlet Fever	26	56	290
Gastro-intestinal	539	94	28
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	147	120	84
Measles	65	106	96
Diptheria	6	7	20
Lungs	855	510	306
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	49	17	49
Other	2,438	354	203

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	21	24	33
Other TB	193	85	104
Typhus & Typhoid	4	2	15
Scarlet Fever	9	14	39
Gastro-intestinal	915	149	18
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	156	88	73
Measles	78	153	130
Diptheria	2	15	61
Lungs	1,043	446	263
Cancer	0	1	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	86	36	101
Other	2,413	302	178

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	21	20	18
Other TB	114	81	90
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	4
Scarlet Fever	0	3	5
Gastro-intestinal	684	116	14
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	100	73	53
Measles	81	149	134
Diptheria	11	21	63
Lungs	668	330	176
Cancer	1	1	6
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	93	42	109
Other	2,072	228	169

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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