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	1	1	0	0	0
Measles	21	15	15	11	2
Scarlet Fever	9	21	32	31	33
Diphtheria	1	10	6	11	10
Whooping-cough	104	48	19	14	7
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	1	1	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	92	13	0	1	2
Cholera	0	1	0	1	0
Cancer	1	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	20	14	7	6	1
Phthisis	10	7	8	3	5
Other Tuberculosis	42	24	16	9	13
Diseases of Nervous System	572	65	42	21	14
Diseases of Circulatory System	6	2	2	0	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	345	159	63	37	27
Diseases of Digestive System	116	20	11	7	5
Diseases of Urinary System	5	1	2	4	3
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	15	13	25	9	4
Other Causes	742	54	10	14	7

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	0
Measles	15	20	8	4	3
Scarlet Fever	4	2	3	6	7
Diphtheria	10	10	7	8	11
Whooping-cough	82	42	16	5	2
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	80	7	3	2	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	24	11	5	1	1
Phthisis	6	4	1	2	3
Other Tuberculosis	20	20	15	6	5
Diseases of Nervous System	475	62	22	11	6
Diseases of Circulatory System	8	0	1	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	307	104	42	22	16
Diseases of Digestive System	94	12	3	5	11
Diseases of Urinary System	4	0	2	1	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	16	8	11	13	4
Other Causes	700	39	15	3	6

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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