Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910:

Sex = Male	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	13	1	3
Measles	2,391	4,471	3,080
Scarlet fever	116	304	1,003
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	208	72	75
Whooping cough	2,990	2,124	1,239
Diphtheria	338	685	1,648
Pyrexia	7	1	0
Enteric fever	5	3	29
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	12,308	1,948	339
Pulmonary tuberculosis	315	349	373
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	63	73	81
Tuberculous meningitis	1,330	1,207	1,459
Tuberculous peritonitis	814	344	300
Tabes mesenterica	703	168	80
Other tuberculous diseases	1,028	635	624
Cancer	31	37	99
Septic diseases	500	69	59
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	13	4	42
Pneumonia	9,301	5,421	2,949
Bronchitis	6,537	1,587	613
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	3,198	519	1,131
Other Causes	47,636	4,256	2,883

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	6	5	3
Measles	1,970	4,006	3,059
Scarlet fever	93	265	875
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	143	64	62
Whooping cough	3,394	2,746	1,845
Diphtheria	256	651	1,645
Pyrexia	6	1	6
Enteric fever	4	5	34
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	10,096	1,836	363
Pulmonary tuberculosis	275	300	340
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	53	44	89
Tuberculous meningitis	1,187	1,061	1,419
Tuberculous peritonitis	600	284	284
Tabes mesenterica	461	128	52
Other tuberculous diseases	817	581	579
Cancer	16	22	74
Septic diseases	511	70	53
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	7	4	49
Pneumonia	7,381	4,994	2,827
Bronchitis	5,236	1,550	596
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	2,877	490	913
Other Causes	35,990	3,600	2,520

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Date:	Source:
1901 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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