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	22	8	8	6	2
Measles	192	384	215	122	100
Scarlet Fever	48	127	151	130	96
Diphtheria	18	22	19	19	14
Whooping-cough	291	237	97	38	19
Typhus	1	0	1	1	5
Enteric Fever	2	3	8	12	11
Simple Continued Fever	2	4	5	4	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,006	327	55	17	10
Cholera	10	2	1	1	1
Cancer	1	0	0	0	2
Tabes Mesenterica	136	127	45	32	13
Phthisis	45	53	29	19	17
Other Tuberculosis	200	183	100	41	49
Diseases of Nervous System	1,627	387	161	105	67
Diseases of Circulatory System	9	5	3	4	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,698	951	383	188	126
Diseases of Digestive System	434	220	30	9	18
Diseases of Urinary System	11	20	13	9	9
Diseases of Generative System	1	2	1	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	122	42	41	24	21
Other Causes	3,452	236	77	35	29

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	199	423	224	99	72
Scarlet Fever	30	29	44	56	40
Diphtheria	11	19	15	18	21
Whooping-cough	302	247	92	55	25
Typhus	1	0	0	1	1
Enteric Fever	6	8	15	14	11
Simple Continued Fever	1	1	4	4	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,452	415	52	15	9
Cholera	16	9	1	1	2
Cancer	1	1	2	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	204	163	68	32	19
Phthisis	46	38	23	17	22
Other Tuberculosis	234	197	98	59	50
Diseases of Nervous System	1,369	263	135	73	61
Diseases of Circulatory System	25	5	2	3	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,940	1,074	388	185	113
Diseases of Digestive System	1,000	307	63	17	21
Diseases of Urinary System	16	28	16	11	15
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	148	40	45	36	38
Other Causes	3,855	216	76	32	13

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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