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	1	0	1
Measles	394	651	272	134	88
Scarlet Fever	47	160	185	161	131
Diphtheria	9	22	28	17	30
Whooping-cough	605	435	156	80	44
Typhus	0	0	1	1	1
Enteric Fever	1	4	8	9	12
Simple Continued Fever	5	9	14	15	7
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,440	368	63	29	11
Cholera	18	4	1	0	1
Cancer	0	0	2	3	4
Tabes Mesenterica	284	166	64	24	13
Phthisis	53	56	36	27	9
Other Tuberculosis	424	331	147	96	49
Diseases of Nervous System	3,053	762	289	142	120
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	3	1	7	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,150	1,813	615	324	204
Diseases of Digestive System	951	450	61	25	38
Diseases of Urinary System	14	19	13	13	16
Diseases of Generative System	3	3	3	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	167	48	52	40	42
Other Causes	5,039	387	108	46	34

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	13	4	7	3	4
Measles	177	313	145	72	35
Scarlet Fever	22	62	69	86	74
Diphtheria	15	25	31	28	36
Whooping-cough	364	246	108	51	19
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	2	0	3	6
Simple Continued Fever	4	0	1	3	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,341	270	24	9	6
Cholera	23	6	0	2	2
Cancer	1	2	0	3	1
Tabes Mesenterica	168	87	42	9	15
Phthisis	32	30	14	19	13
Other Tuberculosis	190	181	83	50	41
Diseases of Nervous System	1,560	312	114	74	44
Diseases of Circulatory System	33	1	3	3	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,855	953	294	154	86
Diseases of Digestive System	833	260	35	19	16
Diseases of Urinary System	9	5	11	14	6
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	136	42	28	30	24
Other Causes	2,881	199	70	34	24

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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