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	1
Measles	17	26	10	13	5
Scarlet Fever	3	5	8	1	3
Diphtheria	0	1	2	2	0
Whooping-cough	68	34	8	2	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	56	9	2	3	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	19	7	3	2	1
Phthisis	36	20	3	1	1
Other Tuberculosis	22	18	11	3	3
Diseases of Nervous System	197	59	14	12	12
Diseases of Circulatory System	0	0	0	3	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	147	82	28	17	11
Diseases of Digestive System	59	19	4	1	2
Diseases of Urinary System	3	1	3	0	2
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	14	6	3	5	1
Other Causes	510	30	5	4	3

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	13	38	7	5	1
Scarlet Fever	0	0	7	4	6
Diphtheria	1	5	4	4	4
Whooping-cough	25	14	5	3	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	85	12	1	3	2
Cholera	1	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	15	6	3	1	3
Phthisis	15	6	4	4	2
Other Tuberculosis	44	17	10	2	3
Diseases of Nervous System	194	24	12	2	7
Diseases of Circulatory System	7	0	0	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	174	82	22	11	5
Diseases of Digestive System	76	10	2	3	1
Diseases of Urinary System	1	0	0	1	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	17	6	10	4	9
Other Causes	368	10	5	1	2

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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