Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910:

Sex = Male	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	1	0	2
Measles	121	192	133
Scarlet fever	4	9	37
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	4	2	2
Whooping cough	177	120	58
Diphtheria	14	20	81
Pyrexia	0	0	1
Enteric fever	1	2	6
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	955	129	14
Pulmonary tuberculosis	14	13	8
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	5	3	9
Tuberculous meningitis	76	66	59
Tuberculous peritonitis	44	30	28
Tabes mesenterica	52	11	7
Other tuberculous diseases	41	15	19
Cancer	1	1	2
Septic diseases	21	3	1
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	4
Pneumonia	608	288	156
Bronchitis	427	90	36
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	149	14	92
Other Causes	3,501	256	181

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	5	0	0
Measles	83	175	160
Scarlet fever	2	5	39
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	2	3	5
Whooping cough	184	112	94
Diphtheria	3	12	102
Pyrexia	0	0	0
Enteric fever	2	0	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	822	133	20
Pulmonary tuberculosis	13	17	16
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	6	7	8
Tuberculous meningitis	53	43	57
Tuberculous peritonitis	33	21	22
Tabes mesenterica	36	11	7
Other tuberculous diseases	15	14	14
Cancer	0	0	5
Septic diseases	18	4	1
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	4
Pneumonia	476	278	178
Bronchitis	354	114	45
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	136	20	58
Other Causes	2,580	223	153

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1901 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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