Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	46	28	42
Other TB	240	191	171
Typhus & Typhoid	32	25	92
Scarlet Fever	54	129	340
Gastro-intestinal	469	185	51
Smallpox	47	34	66
Whooping Cough	196	132	79
Measles	126	210	174
Diptheria	5	9	14
Lungs	604	311	216
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	23	70
Other	3,026	667	540

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	22	29	43
Other TB	301	233	141
Typhus & Typhoid	25	46	90
Scarlet Fever	83	204	629
Gastro-intestinal	592	167	50
Smallpox	35	19	36
Whooping Cough	208	171	110
Measles	136	250	196
Diptheria	21	19	40
Lungs	1,010	437	281
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	24	65
Other	3,337	752	597

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	37	47	34
Other TB	448	297	228
Typhus & Typhoid	23	24	108
Scarlet Fever	81	178	571
Gastro-intestinal	654	174	57
Smallpox	15	6	6
Whooping Cough	227	177	113
Measles	185	302	264
Diptheria	13	19	48
Lungs	1,346	678	348
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	23	69
Other	3,353	635	558

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	16	20	25
Other TB	307	215	155
Typhus & Typhoid	5	5	18
Scarlet Fever	14	45	140
Gastro-intestinal	297	87	27
Smallpox	14	1	7
Whooping Cough	214	143	107
Measles	105	152	95
Diptheria	5	13	43
Lungs	1,154	633	431
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	26	51
Other	2,689	482	367

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	16	12	26
Other TB	178	119	115
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	4
Scarlet Fever	11	31	106
Gastro-intestinal	337	58	16
Smallpox	4	0	2
Whooping Cough	177	130	83
Measles	143	191	133
Diptheria	18	34	121
Lungs	1,025	523	320
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	43	23	54
Other	2,508	327	196

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	5	7	15
Other TB	134	81	108
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	4	18	54
Gastro-intestinal	300	56	13
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	132	85	72
Measles	105	149	103
Diptheria	12	32	122
Lungs	702	318	175
Cancer	1	3	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	12	53
Other	2,261	266	160

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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