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	542	203	178	148	129
Measles	5,007	9,758	4,754	2,646	1,520
Scarlet Fever	719	1,908	2,274	2,220	1,766
Diphtheria	589	1,510	1,596	1,694	1,459
Whooping-cough	10,476	8,873	3,946	2,208	1,170
Typhus	3	2	3	4	6
Enteric Fever	55	105	124	153	166
Simple Continued Fever	34	26	53	41	51
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	21,738	3,933	572	183	111
Cholera	466	122	28	21	8
Cancer	25	39	32	30	30
Tabes Mesenterica	8,728	2,745	900	342	187
Phthisis	1,398	944	477	366	293
Other Tuberculosis	7,239	4,687	2,185	1,404	968
Diseases of Nervous System	27,733	6,672	2,591	1,557	1,013
Diseases of Circulatory System	674	168	103	97	124
Diseases of Respiratory System	39,466	23,624	9,022	4,879	3,005
Diseases of Digestive System	10,956	3,699	744	395	305
Diseases of Urinary System	188	177	170	159	157
Diseases of Generative System	75	38	9	3	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	7,142	1,053	817	676	533
Other Causes	58,284	3,564	1,173	576	426

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	10	5	0	0	2
Measles	5,429	10,470	4,387	2,515	1,395
Scarlet Fever	424	1,039	1,353	1,293	925
Diphtheria	1,334	3,543	3,538	3,516	3,028
Whooping-cough	8,904	7,087	2,843	1,502	828
Typhus	1	1	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	29	39	48	61	77
Simple Continued Fever	15	8	12	7	8
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	25,880	4,038	425	153	65
Cholera	572	124	22	9	7
Cancer	42	43	43	48	40
Tabes Mesenterica	6,831	1,776	552	252	153
Phthisis	996	938	434	315	249
Other Tuberculosis	6,494	4,136	2,122	1,291	1,013
Diseases of Nervous System	22,545	4,179	1,625	986	631
Diseases of Circulatory System	1,007	201	109	127	140
Diseases of Respiratory System	39,523	20,172	6,651	3,312	1,874
Diseases of Digestive System	18,776	3,831	754	427	308
Diseases of Urinary System	237	157	98	114	96
Diseases of Generative System	79	31	11	10	2
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	8,526	1,129	978	758	545
Other Causes	64,860	3,703	1,140	593	424

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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