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	5	0	1	2	2
Measles	230	503	221	137	81
Scarlet Fever	98	180	210	177	160
Diphtheria	20	38	57	70	72
Whooping-cough	565	369	151	74	38
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	12	10	17	14
Simple Continued Fever	4	2	6	4	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	566	154	24	10	8
Cholera	14	1	1	0	2
Cancer	3	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	264	130	51	13	13
Phthisis	69	70	31	20	15
Other Tuberculosis	313	186	88	39	48
Diseases of Nervous System	2,640	341	127	71	71
Diseases of Circulatory System	11	7	5	1	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,645	1,302	458	302	189
Diseases of Digestive System	752	234	50	26	26
Diseases of Urinary System	23	17	16	15	7
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	78	56	59	43	39
Other Causes	3,945	253	78	44	14

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	0	0	0	0
Measles	376	615	287	140	85
Scarlet Fever	53	109	110	96	95
Diphtheria	61	121	125	142	132
Whooping-cough	585	380	126	55	44
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	6	10	10	9	11
Simple Continued Fever	6	5	3	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	905	165	25	5	5
Cholera	37	6	0	0	0
Cancer	2	4	1	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	203	102	24	8	5
Phthisis	52	56	29	16	17
Other Tuberculosis	275	156	67	34	34
Diseases of Nervous System	3,098	353	121	71	53
Diseases of Circulatory System	46	3	3	2	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,030	1,563	462	265	172
Diseases of Digestive System	1,675	382	60	35	24
Diseases of Urinary System	12	24	13	15	10
Diseases of Generative System	3	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	110	61	72	67	48
Other Causes	4,881	229	64	43	24

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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