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	3	1	1	0	0
Measles	96	191	87	50	23
Scarlet Fever	47	126	128	102	120
Diphtheria	13	6	12	12	9
Whooping-cough	221	123	62	25	15
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	9	13	4	8	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	2	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	600	201	24	11	5
Cholera	1	2	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	58	49	19	10	7
Phthisis	32	41	9	23	10
Other Tuberculosis	124	128	34	19	13
Diseases of Nervous System	1,106	200	78	50	35
Diseases of Circulatory System	4	2	1	0	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,192	540	194	106	67
Diseases of Digestive System	304	124	15	6	5
Diseases of Urinary System	4	13	5	5	2
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	40	14	17	14	15
Other Causes	1,753	107	32	12	9

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	0	0
Measles	171	351	137	72	42
Scarlet Fever	24	56	70	58	28
Diphtheria	16	31	27	25	25
Whooping-cough	246	141	51	22	8
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	12	5	6	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	920	232	22	6	4
Cholera	91	25	4	0	1
Cancer	0	0	3	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	133	64	22	7	3
Phthisis	24	24	13	12	3
Other Tuberculosis	229	130	56	27	19
Diseases of Nervous System	1,264	218	63	41	26
Diseases of Circulatory System	12	2	1	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,627	720	187	127	56
Diseases of Digestive System	551	146	21	9	9
Diseases of Urinary System	11	16	13	3	6
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	149	21	26	20	20
Other Causes	2,043	105	25	10	9

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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