Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1870s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	215	48	43	73	83
Measles	503	923	499	270	158
Scarlet Fever	284	712	808	698	572
Diphtheria	48	79	56	81	71
Whooping-cough	987	683	271	145	85
Typhus	0	2	5	7	7
Enteric Fever	37	79	126	125	101
Simple Cont Fever	21	52	51	52	41
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,443	401	93	39	19
Cholera	27	7	4	2	1
Cancer	0	1	4	4	1
Scrofula	182	103	46	28	31
Tabes Mesenterica	506	367	136	57	39
Phthisis	216	292	157	65	61
Hydrocephalus	405	376	153	111	95
Diseases of Nervous System	8,781	1,131	430	241	160
Diseases of Circulatory System	21	6	8	8	8
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,365	2,275	882	453	251
Diseases of Digestive System	471	109	41	39	34
Diseases of Urinary System	17	25	31	28	23
Diseases of Generative System	1	1	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violence	168	143	155	112	108
Other Causes	7,752	1,329	466	301	186

Date:	Source:
1871 - 1880	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1871 - 1880	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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