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	12	2	2	2	1
Measles	162	263	126	71	55
Scarlet Fever	81	159	186	195	178
Diphtheria	33	38	59	85	76
Whooping-cough	740	413	170	76	35
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	11	13	20	19
Simple Continued Fever	4	5	3	5	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,683	224	48	30	28
Cholera	12	6	4	1	0
Cancer	0	2	2	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	534	159	59	30	17
Phthisis	98	74	18	20	19
Other Tuberculosis	345	227	105	72	73
Diseases of Nervous System	3,600	592	200	114	98
Diseases of Circulatory System	25	4	2	7	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,390	1,445	479	257	193
Diseases of Digestive System	1,075	434	77	33	34
Diseases of Urinary System	25	26	6	13	5
Diseases of Generative System	5	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	132	95	86	58	46
Other Causes	6,678	393	97	69	38

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	2	2	1	0	1
Measles	222	304	129	42	37
Scarlet Fever	27	41	53	47	43
Diphtheria	42	44	67	103	99
Whooping-cough	700	356	134	53	24
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	10	5	10	13
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	1	3	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,983	252	27	17	5
Cholera	138	31	3	0	1
Cancer	4	1	1	4	3
Tabes Mesenterica	417	93	36	14	6
Phthisis	72	51	22	17	15
Other Tuberculosis	436	217	109	70	63
Diseases of Nervous System	3,082	401	138	67	64
Diseases of Circulatory System	42	9	9	4	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,169	1,284	371	183	145
Diseases of Digestive System	1,668	338	61	27	26
Diseases of Urinary System	52	12	6	5	5
Diseases of Generative System	10	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	167	84	89	78	68
Other Causes	6,650	344	91	56	33

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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