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	35	15	18
Other TB	82	62	50
Typhus & Typhoid	3	10	15
Scarlet Fever	8	20	73
Gastro-intestinal	137	38	25
Smallpox	3	2	7
Whooping Cough	45	32	29
Measles	13	21	22
Diptheria	5	6	37
Lungs	249	85	57
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	9	12	25
Other	834	93	115

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	14	8	16
Other TB	109	66	56
Typhus & Typhoid	2	6	20
Scarlet Fever	10	29	83
Gastro-intestinal	172	34	16
Smallpox	10	2	3
Whooping Cough	113	56	31
Measles	38	45	50
Diptheria	6	10	29
Lungs	286	109	50
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	8	26
Other	950	115	128

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	9	12	6
Other TB	115	91	64
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	13
Scarlet Fever	10	21	64
Gastro-intestinal	153	40	22
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	118	84	48
Measles	30	44	41
Diptheria	4	5	33
Lungs	345	143	79
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	12	5	14
Other	934	123	111

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	13	12	4
Other TB	113	59	53
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	2
Scarlet Fever	2	5	13
Gastro-intestinal	130	24	9
Smallpox	0	1	0
Whooping Cough	73	46	18
Measles	26	38	32
Diptheria	3	4	39
Lungs	306	148	87
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	10	18
Other	833	134	88

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	14	9	8
Other TB	105	48	48
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	1
Scarlet Fever	1	0	12
Gastro-intestinal	144	26	7
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	110	42	19
Measles	34	45	21
Diptheria	5	19	75
Lungs	290	96	77
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	30	13	17
Other	1,059	94	79

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	10	9	4
Other TB	55	59	34
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	0	0	3
Gastro-intestinal	142	20	8
Smallpox	2	0	0
Whooping Cough	73	49	33
Measles	15	30	30
Diptheria	5	10	33
Lungs	229	100	38
Cancer	1	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	23	7	8
Other	877	60	53

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

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