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	162	271	106	49	27
Scarlet Fever	19	92	84	85	66
Diphtheria	5	22	10	8	10
Whooping-cough	218	158	57	13	10
Typhus	0	1	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	2	5	5	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	2	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	483	87	12	7	6
Cholera	10	3	1	1	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	87	48	23	5	2
Phthisis	14	23	9	1	3
Other Tuberculosis	136	88	32	24	18
Diseases of Nervous System	804	197	72	39	35
Diseases of Circulatory System	10	1	0	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,057	523	167	120	69
Diseases of Digestive System	343	96	19	13	8
Diseases of Urinary System	9	5	1	8	7
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	39	23	29	23	11
Other Causes	1,352	72	22	11	11

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	1	1	0
Measles	142	173	49	34	20
Scarlet Fever	13	37	42	35	37
Diphtheria	21	42	42	53	45
Whooping-cough	186	118	45	20	11
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	4	1	6
Simple Continued Fever	4	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	464	72	14	3	2
Cholera	32	8	0	0	1
Cancer	1	0	1	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	85	32	12	2	2
Phthisis	9	9	8	4	2
Other Tuberculosis	140	73	38	14	15
Diseases of Nervous System	668	143	44	25	20
Diseases of Circulatory System	16	1	2	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,012	468	164	88	68
Diseases of Digestive System	520	126	20	11	4
Diseases of Urinary System	10	2	4	3	2
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	46	26	20	20	9
Other Causes	1,388	56	21	12	12

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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