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	0
Measles	321	534	239	124	72
Scarlet Fever	29	97	113	92	75
Diphtheria	10	22	28	18	26
Whooping-cough	465	335	145	97	46
Typhus	1	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	12	9	8
Simple Continued Fever	5	9	9	7	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,418	372	46	17	9
Cholera	25	8	1	0	1
Cancer	0	1	0	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	238	109	49	16	12
Phthisis	30	28	17	14	11
Other Tuberculosis	173	132	84	36	32
Diseases of Nervous System	2,020	376	191	130	80
Diseases of Circulatory System	15	4	4	2	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,451	1,339	481	293	208
Diseases of Digestive System	702	293	39	25	18
Diseases of Urinary System	11	21	10	11	9
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	56	38	50	50	39
Other Causes	3,438	199	66	22	28

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	1	0	0
Measles	353	548	229	113	48
Scarlet Fever	20	69	76	84	76
Diphtheria	18	43	56	48	41
Whooping-cough	471	347	144	65	46
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	6	5	7	15
Simple Continued Fever	3	0	3	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,175	386	38	13	14
Cholera	65	18	2	0	1
Cancer	2	0	3	1	2
Tabes Mesenterica	483	158	40	20	11
Phthisis	29	19	15	13	10
Other Tuberculosis	218	125	80	45	33
Diseases of Nervous System	2,124	404	157	82	59
Diseases of Circulatory System	43	3	8	1	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,557	1,275	387	237	140
Diseases of Digestive System	1,208	303	52	29	13
Diseases of Urinary System	26	21	11	8	4
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	3	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	78	74	75	56	35
Other Causes	3,605	189	59	31	28

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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