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	34	30	35
Other TB	72	40	20
Typhus & Typhoid	13	20	37
Scarlet Fever	36	62	190
Gastro-intestinal	61	22	7
Smallpox	7	6	12
Whooping Cough	58	34	39
Measles	17	55	45
Diptheria	2	6	10
Lungs	208	116	69
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	7	14	51
Other	1,869	274	216

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	14	24	25
Other TB	101	57	47
Typhus & Typhoid	16	16	57
Scarlet Fever	47	104	301
Gastro-intestinal	77	33	12
Smallpox	22	7	8
Whooping Cough	75	58	62
Measles	26	44	39
Diptheria	12	15	35
Lungs	285	190	134
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	10	19	52
Other	2,371	432	279

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	8	8	12
Other TB	104	77	47
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	21
Scarlet Fever	23	76	241
Gastro-intestinal	140	39	9
Smallpox	1	1	0
Whooping Cough	70	53	33
Measles	37	63	55
Diptheria	4	16	59
Lungs	416	196	156
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	26	30
Other	1,988	290	253

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	5	3	6
Other TB	67	37	37
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	7
Scarlet Fever	15	30	80
Gastro-intestinal	100	31	3
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	88	59	51
Measles	31	78	61
Diptheria	4	9	32
Lungs	531	264	208
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	7	15	34
Other	1,719	221	160

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	14	6	12
Other TB	160	57	49
Typhus & Typhoid	0	3	3
Scarlet Fever	7	18	64
Gastro-intestinal	220	31	14
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	127	74	48
Measles	79	110	72
Diptheria	8	21	49
Lungs	834	326	187
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	12	40
Other	2,075	184	125

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	6	7	11
Other TB	124	52	69
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	5
Scarlet Fever	3	14	40
Gastro-intestinal	252	54	6
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	174	94	42
Measles	109	158	104
Diptheria	4	20	51
Lungs	661	252	117
Cancer	0	3	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	13	41
Other	1,932	153	137

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

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition