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	6	5	1	3	1
Measles	80	155	57	43	21
Scarlet Fever	35	102	89	142	106
Diphtheria	5	10	11	18	6
Whooping-cough	217	159	66	37	13
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	7	7	4	12	8
Simple Continued Fever	3	2	2	6	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	936	173	21	10	2
Cholera	3	2	0	0	0
Cancer	1	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	269	92	18	11	8
Phthisis	35	22	18	13	10
Other Tuberculosis	109	85	47	23	21
Diseases of Nervous System	1,300	252	91	45	41
Diseases of Circulatory System	5	2	0	2	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,087	640	238	124	61
Diseases of Digestive System	280	103	13	5	5
Diseases of Urinary System	10	8	9	6	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	50	14	15	17	6
Other Causes	1,950	152	31	23	16

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	8	2	3	3
Measles	162	282	115	85	60
Scarlet Fever	18	42	44	52	44
Diphtheria	14	28	26	32	24
Whooping-cough	227	185	70	25	14
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	1	9	5	9
Simple Continued Fever	3	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,707	222	26	9	5
Cholera	14	2	1	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	3	0
Tabes Mesenterica	267	61	22	8	1
Phthisis	22	20	15	13	9
Other Tuberculosis	117	61	34	27	14
Diseases of Nervous System	1,554	262	89	38	37
Diseases of Circulatory System	15	4	3	2	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,342	644	214	119	61
Diseases of Digestive System	546	158	20	9	12
Diseases of Urinary System	7	9	5	2	2
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	106	20	17	15	17
Other Causes	2,597	135	28	19	17

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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