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	3	5	2	0	0
Measles	163	315	132	61	42
Scarlet Fever	54	117	131	127	103
Diphtheria	11	26	23	31	16
Whooping-cough	324	243	88	53	25
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	5	4	8	14
Simple Continued Fever	5	6	7	6	6
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	694	187	28	11	3
Cholera	12	2	1	0	1
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	166	108	40	9	11
Phthisis	47	31	21	15	14
Other Tuberculosis	215	192	75	41	37
Diseases of Nervous System	1,826	427	164	98	72
Diseases of Circulatory System	9	3	2	2	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,685	1,009	341	163	118
Diseases of Digestive System	485	290	32	17	10
Diseases of Urinary System	12	12	11	0	6
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	68	19	17	29	19
Other Causes	2,411	179	55	23	19

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	22	10	7	9	3
Measles	227	359	153	86	43
Scarlet Fever	16	43	54	57	53
Diphtheria	16	40	41	62	53
Whooping-cough	266	207	62	24	19
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	10	7	8	5
Simple Continued Fever	4	3	4	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	737	132	15	4	4
Cholera	61	13	2	1	0
Cancer	2	2	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	105	66	28	14	8
Phthisis	20	31	12	9	12
Other Tuberculosis	185	162	69	44	38
Diseases of Nervous System	1,335	279	97	44	37
Diseases of Circulatory System	29	6	4	4	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,817	884	250	121	83
Diseases of Digestive System	625	253	34	16	16
Diseases of Urinary System	14	13	6	1	8
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	161	27	21	17	14
Other Causes	2,461	192	64	21	11

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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