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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	67	82	39	17	9
Scarlet Fever	10	24	23	29	28
Diphtheria	6	1	9	9	7
Whooping-cough	151	93	30	16	7
Typhus	0	0	0	0	1
Enteric Fever	2	3	7	5	8
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	1	1	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	615	68	10	5	2
Cholera	51	2	0	0	1
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	101	34	16	9	1
Phthisis	8	10	8	4	6
Other Tuberculosis	90	53	27	26	25
Diseases of Nervous System	569	103	27	23	18
Diseases of Circulatory System	7	2	1	2	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	582	273	86	50	30
Diseases of Digestive System	261	72	5	5	5
Diseases of Urinary System	4	4	2	2	3
Diseases of Generative System	0	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	57	11	10	12	10
Other Causes	1,192	61	27	11	10

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	0	0	0	0	1
Measles	63	90	37	18	19
Scarlet Fever	2	6	6	6	7
Diphtheria	3	7	13	10	18
Whooping-cough	146	85	24	17	8
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	2	2	5
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	1	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	770	93	4	7	6
Cholera	37	4	1	0	0
Cancer	0	1	2	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	51	25	12	6	4
Phthisis	10	6	3	5	5
Other Tuberculosis	76	65	35	33	19
Diseases of Nervous System	672	88	28	26	7
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	2	2	0	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	562	257	75	52	26
Diseases of Digestive System	454	93	10	6	3
Diseases of Urinary System	6	4	5	2	0
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	62	17	25	17	8
Other Causes	1,241	58	16	18	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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