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	0	0	0
Measles	86	157	46	30	19
Scarlet Fever	13	35	50	39	31
Diphtheria	7	18	14	28	27
Whooping-cough	87	80	32	16	8
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	0	5	3	3
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	353	80	7	6	6
Cholera	17	4	1	0	0
Cancer	1	0	1	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	98	30	13	1	5
Phthisis	38	25	13	8	3
Other Tuberculosis	140	81	30	27	17
Diseases of Nervous System	547	134	53	32	25
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	3	1	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	715	386	118	66	50
Diseases of Digestive System	240	71	17	4	5
Diseases of Urinary System	7	7	3	4	3
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	52	23	9	8	8
Other Causes	1,087	58	21	9	7

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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	93	180	66	26	26
Scarlet Fever	5	22	27	23	22
Diphtheria	5	25	26	29	31
Whooping-cough	172	134	40	24	18
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	4	5	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	605	94	14	9	2
Cholera	20	2	2	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	127	62	19	6	4
Phthisis	10	10	8	5	5
Other Tuberculosis	187	98	31	27	13
Diseases of Nervous System	633	135	42	28	13
Diseases of Circulatory System	19	1	1	3	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	775	354	99	52	37
Diseases of Digestive System	424	105	12	14	9
Diseases of Urinary System	20	7	9	3	3
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	63	18	16	13	13
Other Causes	1,203	64	22	9	8

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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