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	1	0	1	0	1
Measles	402	805	353	191	84
Scarlet Fever	44	117	130	140	133
Diphtheria	19	54	73	68	71
Whooping-cough	596	494	232	113	62
Typhus	1	0	0	1	2
Enteric Fever	2	5	13	8	20
Simple Continued Fever	6	9	1	6	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,652	431	73	26	9
Cholera	38	9	2	0	1
Cancer	1	0	1	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	437	231	73	32	31
Phthisis	55	55	30	20	15
Other Tuberculosis	476	389	139	97	81
Diseases of Nervous System	2,438	641	229	135	101
Diseases of Circulatory System	27	7	3	7	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,860	1,631	543	309	212
Diseases of Digestive System	739	255	46	40	25
Diseases of Urinary System	16	17	19	22	23
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	265	49	46	24	24
Other Causes	4,723	444	128	66	39

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	410	733	306	159	80
Scarlet Fever	23	43	36	34	27
Diphtheria	33	65	65	65	66
Whooping-cough	667	528	213	114	62
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	2	3	7	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	1	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,638	503	49	21	9
Cholera	115	28	8	2	1
Cancer	5	2	1	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	545	236	79	30	23
Phthisis	54	54	26	27	17
Other Tuberculosis	627	354	166	86	71
Diseases of Nervous System	2,035	343	148	80	66
Diseases of Circulatory System	46	3	3	5	8
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,023	1,566	486	277	164
Diseases of Digestive System	1,184	300	55	33	30
Diseases of Urinary System	21	22	8	11	13
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	486	50	42	33	15
Other Causes	5,476	446	112	51	38

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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