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	2	0	0	0	0
Measles	134	243	97	60	35
Scarlet Fever	21	74	69	47	41
Diphtheria	9	12	15	21	13
Whooping-cough	226	169	79	44	23
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	4	4	12	7
Simple Continued Fever	2	3	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	506	146	26	8	1
Cholera	12	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	92	38	15	14	7
Phthisis	16	18	10	8	10
Other Tuberculosis	104	75	40	20	12
Diseases of Nervous System	1,156	276	111	54	44
Diseases of Circulatory System	11	4	4	4	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,010	579	215	118	73
Diseases of Digestive System	368	129	27	19	9
Diseases of Urinary System	8	7	12	8	3
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	62	27	40	18	22
Other Causes	2,095	211	64	29	18

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	156	241	86	65	24
Scarlet Fever	7	21	34	37	36
Diphtheria	20	44	58	52	43
Whooping-cough	249	192	77	57	17
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	6	2	3
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	849	155	20	2	1
Cholera	37	5	2	0	0
Cancer	1	2	3	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	162	58	18	13	10
Phthisis	14	26	15	10	8
Other Tuberculosis	139	112	49	47	25
Diseases of Nervous System	1,149	205	76	39	25
Diseases of Circulatory System	26	3	0	3	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,218	671	207	105	61
Diseases of Digestive System	1,089	197	41	14	17
Diseases of Urinary System	24	9	6	6	4
Diseases of Generative System	3	0	0	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	174	37	32	22	22
Other Causes	2,218	160	39	19	9

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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