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	28	5	11	7	4
Measles	246	487	236	144	82
Scarlet Fever	22	60	85	102	77
Diphtheria	25	59	65	68	64
Whooping-cough	580	495	218	133	61
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	5	6	10	13
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	2	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,066	181	27	7	6
Cholera	21	6	0	1	0
Cancer	0	1	0	1	3
Tabes Mesenterica	480	138	55	17	8
Phthisis	80	46	28	22	18
Other Tuberculosis	289	208	95	59	35
Diseases of Nervous System	1,624	397	136	69	51
Diseases of Circulatory System	29	8	4	4	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,972	1,138	442	275	181
Diseases of Digestive System	472	175	25	14	14
Diseases of Urinary System	16	7	7	6	10
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	184	29	19	23	11
Other Causes	3,072	143	51	23	21

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	306	519	202	135	79
Scarlet Fever	13	18	23	24	12
Diphtheria	33	119	118	118	116
Whooping-cough	490	411	144	82	49
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	3	1	4	4
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,489	243	20	8	3
Cholera	32	6	1	1	0
Cancer	2	4	0	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	353	98	29	11	7
Phthisis	49	43	13	10	10
Other Tuberculosis	380	205	108	61	51
Diseases of Nervous System	1,412	270	119	65	28
Diseases of Circulatory System	53	8	5	10	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,217	1,117	345	198	113
Diseases of Digestive System	745	172	47	23	14
Diseases of Urinary System	6	2	3	6	4
Diseases of Generative System	3	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	301	31	28	20	10
Other Causes	3,729	219	63	26	19

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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