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	93	70	85
Other TB	341	270	206
Typhus & Typhoid	31	39	122
Scarlet Fever	51	134	465
Gastro-intestinal	633	211	108
Smallpox	73	41	92
Whooping Cough	215	189	189
Measles	85	164	218
Diptheria	14	17	31
Lungs	1,037	495	347
Cancer	2	2	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	80	34	48
Other	2,846	574	505

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	87	71	78
Other TB	551	352	235
Typhus & Typhoid	50	76	228
Scarlet Fever	84	190	703
Gastro-intestinal	975	246	99
Smallpox	85	41	60
Whooping Cough	367	337	239
Measles	123	252	229
Diptheria	46	51	117
Lungs	1,365	711	480
Cancer	0	1	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	165	57	58
Other	3,842	749	670

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	52	27	45
Other TB	458	203	147
Typhus & Typhoid	12	24	73
Scarlet Fever	31	87	294
Gastro-intestinal	812	137	29
Smallpox	72	16	84
Whooping Cough	302	248	191
Measles	92	209	213
Diptheria	18	14	56
Lungs	1,256	619	404
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	132	31	41
Other	2,919	526	410

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	43	28	35
Other TB	568	248	188
Typhus & Typhoid	7	6	22
Scarlet Fever	34	127	506
Gastro-intestinal	806	151	37
Smallpox	107	54	141
Whooping Cough	379	336	265
Measles	164	345	385
Diptheria	17	54	195
Lungs	1,448	858	593
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	238	23	68
Other	3,769	550	379

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	27	28	29
Other TB	567	223	170
Typhus & Typhoid	4	2	19
Scarlet Fever	32	145	529
Gastro-intestinal	1,109	174	31
Smallpox	2	1	0
Whooping Cough	397	299	220
Measles	199	414	354
Diptheria	99	280	800
Lungs	1,473	695	425
Cancer	0	5	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	248	49	84
Other	4,436	460	294

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	22	19	28
Other TB	234	140	135
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	5
Scarlet Fever	32	60	169
Gastro-intestinal	971	168	26
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	313	211	153
Measles	194	358	308
Diptheria	42	115	273
Lungs	1,138	522	293
Cancer	1	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	260	38	84
Other	3,490	327	217

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

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