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	65	106	49	28	19
Scarlet Fever	26	56	97	97	96
Diphtheria	6	7	5	10	5
Whooping-cough	147	120	44	29	11
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	2	5	2	6
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	7	4	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	535	93	19	6	3
Cholera	4	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	154	47	14	7	3
Phthisis	21	19	8	7	6
Other Tuberculosis	72	61	37	22	17
Diseases of Nervous System	979	167	32	44	21
Diseases of Circulatory System	3	2	1	2	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	855	510	161	94	51
Diseases of Digestive System	221	81	8	8	7
Diseases of Urinary System	4	6	3	5	6
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	49	17	11	21	17
Other Causes	1,231	98	39	16	8

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	78	153	63	47	20
Scarlet Fever	9	14	14	18	7
Diphtheria	2	15	17	21	23
Whooping-cough	156	88	41	27	5
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	3	3	6
Simple Continued Fever	4	0	1	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	912	148	14	4	0
Cholera	3	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	115	25	11	3	5
Phthisis	21	24	13	11	9
Other Tuberculosis	78	60	36	20	29
Diseases of Nervous System	661	110	37	20	17
Diseases of Circulatory System	7	4	1	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,043	446	144	76	43
Diseases of Digestive System	345	93	10	9	7
Diseases of Urinary System	8	3	6	6	4
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	86	36	35	27	39
Other Causes	1,390	91	29	16	11

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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