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	0	0	3	2
Measles	151	306	127	63	45
Scarlet Fever	24	73	80	73	68
Diphtheria	8	29	25	41	36
Whooping-cough	331	212	80	45	19
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	4	5	9	4
Simple Continued Fever	1	3	2	6	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	908	117	28	6	3
Cholera	6	2	0	0	1
Cancer	0	0	2	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	111	52	19	11	4
Phthisis	47	39	13	12	6
Other Tuberculosis	173	108	61	43	42
Diseases of Nervous System	1,603	250	85	58	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	1	1	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,507	686	230	131	95
Diseases of Digestive System	358	60	15	14	9
Diseases of Urinary System	7	6	4	2	3
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	1	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	87	51	34	29	27
Other Causes	2,179	140	52	9	13

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	184	298	116	75	41
Scarlet Fever	24	50	56	60	45
Diphtheria	42	113	173	150	143
Whooping-cough	454	269	90	58	24
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	2	3	4	13
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,290	167	14	6	4
Cholera	27	5	0	1	0
Cancer	0	1	2	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	225	74	11	11	1
Phthisis	71	42	27	12	9
Other Tuberculosis	259	146	72	56	31
Diseases of Nervous System	2,045	261	82	46	46
Diseases of Circulatory System	20	4	4	2	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,876	861	235	140	86
Diseases of Digestive System	1,203	214	37	15	20
Diseases of Urinary System	19	10	6	6	8
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	145	43	52	66	38
Other Causes	2,916	137	46	19	13

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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