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	6	1	0	0	0
Measles	233	422	211	134	82
Scarlet Fever	41	84	96	99	57
Diphtheria	15	37	37	49	38
Whooping-cough	520	446	186	116	52
Typhus	0	1	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	1	3	4	7	7
Simple Continued Fever	3	3	2	5	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,017	402	61	13	14
Cholera	4	3	2	0	0
Cancer	0	2	2	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	212	86	21	12	11
Phthisis	26	35	11	8	9
Other Tuberculosis	216	141	50	38	22
Diseases of Nervous System	1,532	428	171	97	67
Diseases of Circulatory System	15	7	2	3	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,431	1,304	489	263	175
Diseases of Digestive System	550	159	37	17	8
Diseases of Urinary System	12	14	6	14	6
Diseases of Generative System	3	0	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	484	52	21	16	18
Other Causes	4,423	366	90	27	24

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	1	0	0	1
Measles	254	496	201	124	69
Scarlet Fever	9	16	18	30	24
Diphtheria	30	91	76	107	90
Whooping-cough	590	459	166	90	49
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	7	11	4	14
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	2	3	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,922	434	63	19	14
Cholera	58	13	2	0	0
Cancer	1	3	1	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	294	102	43	14	7
Phthisis	42	21	15	16	6
Other Tuberculosis	261	153	66	43	35
Diseases of Nervous System	1,966	417	154	65	54
Diseases of Circulatory System	53	2	5	6	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,988	1,503	457	227	124
Diseases of Digestive System	1,834	360	62	30	20
Diseases of Urinary System	23	21	6	10	6
Diseases of Generative System	5	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	427	41	12	10	16
Other Causes	5,338	285	77	35	22

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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