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	44	59	24
Other TB	126	93	57
Typhus & Typhoid	38	29	103
Scarlet Fever	35	65	185
Gastro-intestinal	434	151	66
Smallpox	84	38	61
Whooping Cough	91	67	55
Measles	78	166	193
Diptheria	9	12	22
Lungs	944	437	279
Cancer	1	2	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	40	34	82
Other	2,640	398	320

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	21	25
Other TB	169	121	47
Typhus & Typhoid	26	43	121
Scarlet Fever	53	169	440
Gastro-intestinal	493	179	59
Smallpox	66	42	49
Whooping Cough	141	97	52
Measles	49	120	114
Diptheria	16	14	27
Lungs	929	428	275
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	38	32	75
Other	3,093	453	324

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	23	8	13
Other TB	248	128	68
Typhus & Typhoid	10	20	63
Scarlet Fever	53	149	423
Gastro-intestinal	454	161	51
Smallpox	90	23	68
Whooping Cough	156	81	65
Measles	70	133	114
Diptheria	4	11	26
Lungs	889	429	243
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	32	31	72
Other	3,122	444	281

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	9	5	8
Other TB	337	130	77
Typhus & Typhoid	20	13	22
Scarlet Fever	23	74	201
Gastro-intestinal	404	116	35
Smallpox	6	0	2
Whooping Cough	195	122	94
Measles	114	180	163
Diptheria	4	1	18
Lungs	780	371	321
Cancer	0	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	45	31	65
Other	2,731	379	213

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	4	9	11
Other TB	236	106	61
Typhus & Typhoid	6	3	11
Scarlet Fever	7	30	86
Gastro-intestinal	506	129	26
Smallpox	4	0	1
Whooping Cough	163	104	79
Measles	97	197	167
Diptheria	11	19	40
Lungs	814	347	237
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	59	18	49
Other	2,980	338	195

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	10	19	14
Other TB	161	66	59
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	2
Scarlet Fever	5	28	69
Gastro-intestinal	313	57	31
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	132	64	60
Measles	86	173	150
Diptheria	2	10	55
Lungs	732	320	220
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	52	25	41
Other	2,552	279	175

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

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