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	10	5	11
Other TB	42	21	24
Typhus & Typhoid	6	9	46
Scarlet Fever	8	16	62
Gastro-intestinal	82	17	7
Smallpox	7	3	4
Whooping Cough	26	10	14
Measles	14	26	35
Diptheria	2	1	3
Lungs	181	71	48
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	9	10	20
Other	572	106	97

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	4	2	4
Other TB	47	36	19
Typhus & Typhoid	2	6	15
Scarlet Fever	7	13	62
Gastro-intestinal	79	20	14
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	25	12	9
Measles	11	12	21
Diptheria	0	1	5
Lungs	170	69	35
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	8	8	17
Other	519	83	76

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	4	1
Other TB	36	14	11
Typhus & Typhoid	0	3	7
Scarlet Fever	0	7	16
Gastro-intestinal	88	11	6
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	28	22	11
Measles	13	14	12
Diptheria	0	0	4
Lungs	182	64	47
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	4	15
Other	462	62	61

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	1	0	4
Other TB	17	12	18
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	4
Scarlet Fever	2	1	11
Gastro-intestinal	37	11	4
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	42	18	10
Measles	13	18	10
Diptheria	0	0	8
Lungs	151	68	33
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	5	12
Other	396	62	37

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	2	2	4
Other TB	39	15	13
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	1	5
Gastro-intestinal	47	4	2
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	29	8	7
Measles	5	16	14
Diptheria	0	0	10
Lungs	102	34	26
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	6	10
Other	329	35	18

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	2	0	2
Other TB	11	2	9
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	0	0
Gastro-intestinal	22	5	2
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	28	11	3
Measles	6	6	10
Diptheria	0	0	3
Lungs	59	21	12
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	7	1	2
Other	239	20	14

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

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