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	1	1
Measles	25	37	25	13	6
Scarlet Fever	5	15	20	21	14
Diphtheria	0	10	15	13	15
Whooping-cough	106	65	24	12	8
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	2	1	1	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	226	37	4	5	2
Cholera	2	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	36	18	7	1	2
Phthisis	3	4	3	2	3
Other Tuberculosis	68	38	14	15	10
Diseases of Nervous System	192	64	19	10	7
Diseases of Circulatory System	10	1	1	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	261	143	35	26	24
Diseases of Digestive System	100	44	7	6	2
Diseases of Urinary System	3	5	2	1	2
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	35	7	2	3	4
Other Causes	570	40	7	7	6

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	25	46	18	13	6
Scarlet Fever	3	6	14	8	12
Diphtheria	12	26	38	53	53
Whooping-cough	79	50	23	11	6
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	1	1	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	298	35	3	1	0
Cholera	8	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	36	20	7	3	1
Phthisis	6	3	2	4	2
Other Tuberculosis	58	39	19	13	7
Diseases of Nervous System	184	28	13	6	7
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	3	0	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	301	121	39	28	11
Diseases of Digestive System	159	31	9	3	2
Diseases of Urinary System	6	1	1	0	0
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	45	10	7	5	3
Other Causes	669	33	11	8	6

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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