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	3	2	0	1	3
Measles	312	517	155	111	63
Scarlet Fever	43	123	142	148	109
Diphtheria	19	43	36	42	30
Whooping-cough	418	309	144	58	38
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	13	13	13	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	3	6	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	704	191	31	4	9
Cholera	18	6	1	0	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	282	154	43	22	11
Phthisis	67	69	22	26	20
Other Tuberculosis	311	202	78	50	34
Diseases of Nervous System	2,389	579	247	130	90
Diseases of Circulatory System	10	7	2	1	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,349	1,273	451	281	203
Diseases of Digestive System	623	298	39	19	20
Diseases of Urinary System	13	26	20	14	16
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	59	38	33	42	23
Other Causes	2,911	235	77	35	28

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	9	6	6	4	6
Measles	356	559	220	122	61
Scarlet Fever	17	58	72	72	72
Diphtheria	25	67	47	52	51
Whooping-cough	403	289	127	66	30
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	2	2	7
Simple Continued Fever	6	1	3	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	914	194	26	13	2
Cholera	20	12	1	0	0
Cancer	2	2	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	171	84	36	16	15
Phthisis	39	49	28	14	17
Other Tuberculosis	262	179	89	45	37
Diseases of Nervous System	1,676	404	180	106	60
Diseases of Circulatory System	24	7	6	3	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,569	1,230	405	241	165
Diseases of Digestive System	870	290	58	22	19
Diseases of Urinary System	13	12	14	12	15
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	187	37	50	39	30
Other Causes	3,035	197	58	45	33

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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