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	11	2	1	5	4
Measles	1,291	2,266	990	638	393
Scarlet Fever	515	1,101	1,274	1,177	974
Diphtheria	79	172	217	292	292
Whooping-cough	3,142	1,851	753	432	230
Typhus	0	0	2	1	2
Enteric Fever	24	42	60	88	82
Simple Continued Fever	14	22	28	25	21
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	3,454	720	126	59	34
Cholera	33	10	1	5	3
Cancer	8	3	7	3	0
Tabes Mesenterica	1,191	605	223	85	78
Phthisis	461	426	201	127	125
Other Tuberculosis	1,362	944	481	319	321
Diseases of Nervous System	21,803	2,515	968	618	388
Diseases of Circulatory System	98	28	19	12	26
Diseases of Respiratory System	13,854	6,817	2,539	1,602	1,084
Diseases of Digestive System	3,682	1,201	266	155	131
Diseases of Urinary System	92	89	79	60	70
Diseases of Generative System	14	3	3	1	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	469	358	406	293	218
Other Causes	20,704	1,402	418	225	164

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	4	0	1	1	0
Measles	1,841	2,699	1,064	642	367
Scarlet Fever	269	516	526	533	465
Diphtheria	361	834	902	991	875
Whooping-cough	3,537	1,870	658	375	198
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	18	45	49	67	76
Simple Continued Fever	15	13	9	6	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	6,549	1,063	148	46	19
Cholera	139	27	6	6	2
Cancer	10	12	12	15	7
Tabes Mesenterica	1,372	526	157	63	53
Phthisis	368	338	182	128	112
Other Tuberculosis	1,652	946	503	343	266
Diseases of Nervous System	24,086	2,259	841	486	354
Diseases of Circulatory System	194	23	23	22	48
Diseases of Respiratory System	17,291	7,762	2,559	1,406	927
Diseases of Digestive System	9,222	1,846	320	184	177
Diseases of Urinary System	133	118	71	72	68
Diseases of Generative System	22	10	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	775	405	485	419	280
Other Causes	26,719	1,332	394	222	162

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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