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	1	1	0	0	0
Measles	284	429	160	72	51
Scarlet Fever	40	73	98	118	84
Diphtheria	13	20	19	21	20
Whooping-cough	249	184	70	36	17
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	0	4	6	10	8
Simple Continued Fever	13	7	8	6	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,134	211	38	14	6
Cholera	26	7	4	2	2
Cancer	0	2	2	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	261	133	40	21	8
Phthisis	31	28	9	11	11
Other Tuberculosis	148	98	37	28	21
Diseases of Nervous System	1,599	316	96	70	62
Diseases of Circulatory System	18	4	6	4	9
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,056	1,017	333	174	129
Diseases of Digestive System	743	284	46	20	22
Diseases of Urinary System	13	7	10	3	10
Diseases of Generative System	5	0	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	46	33	32	20	23
Other Causes	2,680	152	31	18	15

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	302	414	143	75	44
Scarlet Fever	22	83	95	89	57
Diphtheria	43	48	70	78	92
Whooping-cough	368	220	81	42	24
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	7	5	13	17
Simple Continued Fever	2	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,300	213	28	8	4
Cholera	113	27	5	2	1
Cancer	1	1	2	1	4
Tabes Mesenterica	237	112	25	17	16
Phthisis	43	40	15	14	6
Other Tuberculosis	172	119	43	32	15
Diseases of Nervous System	1,357	292	114	71	50
Diseases of Circulatory System	24	4	2	4	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,303	1,210	329	192	106
Diseases of Digestive System	1,329	342	65	27	32
Diseases of Urinary System	34	28	11	7	13
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	112	42	49	43	35
Other Causes	2,999	151	40	18	10

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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