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	129	207	126	90	54
Scarlet Fever	50	115	144	128	84
Diphtheria	2	4	7	8	7
Whooping-cough	238	139	61	41	16
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	5	5	15
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	2	1	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	232	62	6	4	2
Cholera	1	1	0	1	0
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	104	56	25	8	6
Phthisis	28	24	15	8	12
Other Tuberculosis	122	86	45	22	23
Diseases of Nervous System	1,600	176	65	47	24
Diseases of Circulatory System	3	3	0	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,193	647	250	162	97
Diseases of Digestive System	232	105	35	12	10
Diseases of Urinary System	3	8	7	5	3
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	20	25	28	16	18
Other Causes	1,455	141	43	14	8

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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	105	235	82	52	34
Scarlet Fever	16	50	41	39	24
Diphtheria	28	62	75	93	66
Whooping-cough	255	158	52	32	15
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	3	6	4
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	358	72	13	1	1
Cholera	2	0	1	0	0
Cancer	1	1	2	2	0
Tabes Mesenterica	117	39	12	7	2
Phthisis	20	21	16	12	11
Other Tuberculosis	109	63	48	33	28
Diseases of Nervous System	1,933	215	74	43	25
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	2	1	2	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,189	653	235	147	81
Diseases of Digestive System	421	108	17	12	14
Diseases of Urinary System	7	12	9	3	6
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	38	34	27	25	28
Other Causes	1,769	136	33	16	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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