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	9	0	0	0	0
Measles	319	534	232	150	104
Scarlet Fever	53	117	124	130	114
Diphtheria	21	50	69	107	96
Whooping-cough	683	417	142	79	41
Typhus	0	0	0	1	1
Enteric Fever	2	6	7	8	5
Simple Continued Fever	3	6	4	4	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	894	168	29	25	12
Cholera	6	2	0	1	2
Cancer	2	2	7	4	1
Tabes Mesenterica	322	160	43	16	19
Phthisis	79	63	26	15	9
Other Tuberculosis	392	271	83	73	51
Diseases of Nervous System	2,625	517	211	132	61
Diseases of Circulatory System	44	12	6	4	10
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,469	1,556	577	323	223
Diseases of Digestive System	825	295	56	34	35
Diseases of Urinary System	26	21	12	10	7
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	1	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	244	105	107	81	64
Other Causes	6,088	361	103	56	46

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	3	0	0	2	0
Measles	339	592	224	139	84
Scarlet Fever	30	54	81	92	66
Diphtheria	29	71	70	98	96
Whooping-cough	734	393	132	80	44
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	4	3	4
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,090	138	22	7	8
Cholera	13	0	1	1	2
Cancer	1	1	6	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	281	98	35	19	13
Phthisis	56	40	15	18	11
Other Tuberculosis	331	226	79	55	48
Diseases of Nervous System	2,085	391	133	79	61
Diseases of Circulatory System	73	18	6	5	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,031	1,325	378	234	147
Diseases of Digestive System	1,278	301	53	36	35
Diseases of Urinary System	22	14	10	11	9
Diseases of Generative System	5	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	365	92	69	71	50
Other Causes	5,759	282	86	53	50

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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