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	0	0	1
Measles	115	190	111
Scarlet fever	7	9	29
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	8	3	3
Whooping cough	186	134	88
Diphtheria	16	32	66
Pyrexia	0	0	0
Enteric fever	0	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	538	138	32
Pulmonary tuberculosis	14	19	31
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	7	9	11
Tuberculous meningitis	93	87	80
Tuberculous peritonitis	32	45	39
Tabes mesenterica	41	26	19
Other tuberculous diseases	16	27	41
Cancer	0	2	2
Septic diseases	18	3	4
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	1
Pneumonia	566	378	232
Bronchitis	573	163	46
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	123	25	96
Other Causes	3,679	448	279

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	0	0	0
Measles	82	181	124
Scarlet fever	4	14	31
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	2	0	3
Whooping cough	254	150	125
Diphtheria	15	27	51
Pyrexia	0	0	0
Enteric fever	1	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	414	131	44
Pulmonary tuberculosis	6	20	26
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	5	15	19
Tuberculous meningitis	61	78	105
Tuberculous peritonitis	25	31	37
Tabes mesenterica	39	29	12
Other tuberculous diseases	22	20	42
Cancer	2	2	7
Septic diseases	25	1	3
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	1	0	1
Pneumonia	442	319	208
Bronchitis	429	141	65
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	125	30	104
Other Causes	2,922	412	256

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

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