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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	7	17	9	5	4
Scarlet Fever	1	2	4	0	1
Diphtheria	0	0	0	5	4
Whooping-cough	32	22	6	6	3
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	10	4	1	1	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	12	7	2	1	0
Phthisis	2	5	2	0	2
Other Tuberculosis	8	5	4	2	0
Diseases of Nervous System	59	22	5	5	4
Diseases of Circulatory System	2	2	0	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	81	52	19	7	8
Diseases of Digestive System	27	9	5	1	3
Diseases of Urinary System	1	0	1	0	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	2	1	2	2	0
Other Causes	210	13	6	4	5

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	8	13	6	5	1
Scarlet Fever	0	2	2	5	3
Diphtheria	1	0	2	5	3
Whooping-cough	18	5	11	1	0
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	30	4	0	0	1
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	5	3	1	0	1
Phthisis	5	5	1	0	1
Other Tuberculosis	14	2	2	1	2
Diseases of Nervous System	39	10	6	3	2
Diseases of Circulatory System	3	0	0	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	74	26	14	12	8
Diseases of Digestive System	24	4	1	1	1
Diseases of Urinary System	1	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	5	2	3	0	3
Other Causes	181	14	8	0	4

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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