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	1	0	0	0	1
Measles	78	150	81	60	43
Scarlet Fever	13	25	44	31	33
Diphtheria	3	1	3	3	12
Whooping-cough	136	123	41	33	15
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	1	0	3
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	507	77	11	2	6
Cholera	1	0	0	0	1
Cancer	2	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	54	17	11	3	2
Phthisis	62	35	20	15	4
Other Tuberculosis	136	68	25	22	8
Diseases of Nervous System	654	103	34	22	18
Diseases of Circulatory System	2	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	667	350	140	84	40
Diseases of Digestive System	224	76	16	6	5
Diseases of Urinary System	14	8	5	7	5
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	43	21	11	14	5
Other Causes	1,183	49	14	5	6

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	89	165	76	44	19
Scarlet Fever	2	14	27	20	21
Diphtheria	1	4	11	16	12
Whooping-cough	140	97	35	23	4
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	1	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	520	73	8	4	0
Cholera	16	2	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	58	13	4	2	1
Phthisis	13	14	10	5	5
Other Tuberculosis	120	68	32	21	5
Diseases of Nervous System	475	72	33	24	16
Diseases of Circulatory System	30	0	2	1	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	665	313	106	61	41
Diseases of Digestive System	240	64	17	6	3
Diseases of Urinary System	5	2	4	1	1
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	31	22	12	9	4
Other Causes	1,495	67	21	10	14

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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