Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	36	25	20
Other TB	71	40	54
Typhus & Typhoid	5	20	83
Scarlet Fever	18	32	95
Gastro-intestinal	100	20	13
Smallpox	21	15	28
Whooping Cough	65	27	25
Measles	19	35	61
Diptheria	4	6	11
Lungs	260	88	77
Cancer	1	2	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	9	35
Other	968	139	168

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	20	16	14
Other TB	65	41	25
Typhus & Typhoid	2	10	50
Scarlet Fever	20	40	113
Gastro-intestinal	198	28	27
Smallpox	6	0	3
Whooping Cough	58	35	20
Measles	28	37	50
Diptheria	12	14	36
Lungs	296	109	74
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	16	21
Other	968	166	149

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	30	16	12
Other TB	83	48	47
Typhus & Typhoid	3	5	29
Scarlet Fever	9	25	68
Gastro-intestinal	172	26	6
Smallpox	5	1	1
Whooping Cough	69	32	43
Measles	30	72	69
Diptheria	0	5	2
Lungs	301	111	51
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	10	18
Other	893	139	95

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	20	9	8
Other TB	53	30	26
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	6
Scarlet Fever	7	8	21
Gastro-intestinal	107	15	4
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	85	48	35
Measles	34	39	51
Diptheria	1	3	20
Lungs	334	147	107
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	25	9	11
Other	851	128	81

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	12	5	4
Other TB	64	19	24
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	6
Scarlet Fever	1	6	27
Gastro-intestinal	133	21	6
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	75	48	34
Measles	31	55	51
Diptheria	5	7	30
Lungs	334	121	84
Cancer	1	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	29	9	15
Other	907	97	63

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	2	4	4
Other TB	40	17	18
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	3	25
Gastro-intestinal	75	8	4
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	54	23	14
Measles	26	32	32
Diptheria	4	1	23
Lungs	235	86	48
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	22	8	6
Other	683	72	43

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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