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	9	1	2	0	2
Measles	197	401	163	77	65
Scarlet Fever	48	164	195	171	193
Diphtheria	6	15	20	11	34
Whooping-cough	445	374	150	87	47
Typhus	1	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	3	11	10	9	8
Simple Continued Fever	6	4	2	3	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,649	305	49	13	7
Cholera	23	4	1	0	0
Cancer	4	2	0	0	3
Tabes Mesenterica	329	124	49	17	9
Phthisis	27	32	16	12	18
Other Tuberculosis	311	227	90	81	49
Diseases of Nervous System	2,241	471	178	97	54
Diseases of Circulatory System	19	3	4	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,129	1,318	473	265	166
Diseases of Digestive System	488	256	47	20	11
Diseases of Urinary System	16	23	14	14	10
Diseases of Generative System	3	1	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	231	54	46	43	44
Other Causes	3,688	332	92	37	25

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	9	0	0	0	1
Measles	274	492	223	122	80
Scarlet Fever	23	35	65	82	65
Diphtheria	28	69	84	92	83
Whooping-cough	346	292	122	71	37
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	5	3	5
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,948	351	41	12	5
Cholera	36	5	1	0	0
Cancer	0	5	2	7	2
Tabes Mesenterica	394	159	41	24	18
Phthisis	31	39	23	14	15
Other Tuberculosis	265	242	134	63	57
Diseases of Nervous System	2,378	363	122	68	34
Diseases of Circulatory System	32	7	6	3	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,481	1,379	452	246	152
Diseases of Digestive System	954	332	62	22	10
Diseases of Urinary System	8	16	11	13	8
Diseases of Generative System	4	2	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	135	73	88	77	52
Other Causes	3,899	356	89	43	25

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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