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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	61	81	22	29	10
Scarlet Fever	31	40	40	42	50
Diphtheria	3	3	8	11	15
Whooping-cough	199	103	46	25	18
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	5	6	4
Simple Continued Fever	1	3	2	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	123	28	6	3	1
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	47	15	6	4	2
Phthisis	35	24	10	9	13
Other Tuberculosis	47	39	25	29	25
Diseases of Nervous System	1,759	136	72	50	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	1	2	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	720	396	142	107	72
Diseases of Digestive System	197	59	17	6	6
Diseases of Urinary System	2	6	1	3	6
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	15	16	24	18	11
Other Causes	1,026	53	15	15	15

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	92	105	52	27	23
Scarlet Fever	12	21	22	31	16
Diphtheria	19	42	42	40	52
Whooping-cough	181	83	30	16	9
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	3	4	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	151	15	5	1	0
Cholera	2	2	0	1	1
Cancer	4	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	32	18	9	6	3
Phthisis	26	15	9	4	10
Other Tuberculosis	85	60	36	24	28
Diseases of Nervous System	1,810	119	53	33	13
Diseases of Circulatory System	5	0	2	2	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	936	347	140	67	58
Diseases of Digestive System	399	90	17	12	12
Diseases of Urinary System	9	6	3	7	6
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	26	28	28	26	18
Other Causes	1,393	63	22	8	6

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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