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	2	0	0	0	1
Measles	193	316	148	100	58
Scarlet Fever	37	68	111	107	98
Diphtheria	25	33	68	86	102
Whooping-cough	720	418	141	70	28
Typhus	0	0	0	2	0
Enteric Fever	6	13	19	26	20
Simple Continued Fever	4	2	2	6	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,627	226	40	21	18
Cholera	8	6	1	0	0
Cancer	0	2	6	6	1
Tabes Mesenterica	424	147	40	25	15
Phthisis	176	112	28	29	28
Other Tuberculosis	381	249	98	58	48
Diseases of Nervous System	2,002	490	157	103	63
Diseases of Circulatory System	28	9	4	3	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,846	1,282	457	279	195
Diseases of Digestive System	811	281	46	25	32
Diseases of Urinary System	40	15	9	9	4
Diseases of Generative System	9	4	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	157	71	62	54	38
Other Causes	8,782	523	128	52	36

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	1	0	0	1	0
Measles	215	273	166	75	57
Scarlet Fever	27	35	55	65	52
Diphtheria	30	72	111	144	135
Whooping-cough	849	467	168	82	39
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	6	9	16	17
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,821	240	27	10	6
Cholera	13	2	0	0	0
Cancer	2	1	7	5	2
Tabes Mesenterica	328	100	31	18	10
Phthisis	53	45	24	14	11
Other Tuberculosis	340	196	100	59	63
Diseases of Nervous System	1,823	318	131	60	55
Diseases of Circulatory System	70	7	7	2	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,720	1,155	334	216	99
Diseases of Digestive System	1,280	261	57	38	26
Diseases of Urinary System	34	8	11	8	7
Diseases of Generative System	6	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	171	64	68	56	50
Other Causes	8,553	526	108	67	50

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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