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	107	54	52	51	38
Measles	164	345	207	114	64
Scarlet Fever	34	127	176	178	152
Diphtheria	17	54	66	65	64
Whooping-cough	379	336	153	72	40
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	6	5	6	5	8
Simple Continued Fever	1	1	0	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	782	141	22	9	6
Cholera	24	10	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	2
Tabes Mesenterica	358	114	42	13	10
Phthisis	43	28	12	11	12
Other Tuberculosis	210	134	64	34	25
Diseases of Nervous System	1,165	244	92	61	45
Diseases of Circulatory System	23	9	3	6	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,448	858	306	185	102
Diseases of Digestive System	424	160	32	22	11
Diseases of Urinary System	11	8	5	7	4
Diseases of Generative System	3	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	238	23	28	20	20
Other Causes	2,143	129	42	32	13

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	2	1	0	0	0
Measles	199	414	189	102	63
Scarlet Fever	32	145	209	191	129
Diphtheria	99	280	322	238	240
Whooping-cough	397	299	123	66	31
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	2	5	3	11
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,080	164	16	9	2
Cholera	29	10	2	1	1
Cancer	0	5	1	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	324	95	18	10	5
Phthisis	27	28	9	8	12
Other Tuberculosis	243	128	71	36	30
Diseases of Nervous System	1,072	155	65	34	23
Diseases of Circulatory System	35	3	2	2	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,473	695	232	123	70
Diseases of Digestive System	709	146	24	20	10
Diseases of Urinary System	5	7	4	3	1
Diseases of Generative System	1	2	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	248	49	40	22	22
Other Causes	2,614	147	52	33	16

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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