Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	27	25	57
Other TB	37	34	37
Typhus & Typhoid	15	10	35
Scarlet Fever	37	36	125
Gastro-intestinal	34	17	11
Smallpox	16	4	7
Whooping Cough	108	81	59
Measles	43	36	47
Diptheria	7	6	14
Lungs	175	98	71
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	21	23	67
Other	2,153	329	318

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	38	39	33
Other TB	47	43	33
Typhus & Typhoid	11	11	44
Scarlet Fever	39	52	158
Gastro-intestinal	62	17	6
Smallpox	18	6	8
Whooping Cough	134	85	61
Measles	33	37	42
Diptheria	20	24	68
Lungs	200	107	80
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	17	26	61
Other	2,265	317	307

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	16	20	17
Other TB	94	56	50
Typhus & Typhoid	7	6	17
Scarlet Fever	29	47	148
Gastro-intestinal	98	18	10
Smallpox	4	1	4
Whooping Cough	113	64	40
Measles	33	27	23
Diptheria	7	6	19
Lungs	346	157	102
Cancer	1	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	16	21	45
Other	1,845	253	218

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	10	7	16
Other TB	62	38	52
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	3
Scarlet Fever	9	21	96
Gastro-intestinal	92	14	4
Smallpox	1	1	0
Whooping Cough	104	48	40
Measles	21	15	28
Diptheria	1	10	27
Lungs	345	159	127
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	13	38
Other	1,442	142	144

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	6	4	6
Other TB	44	31	33
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	0
Scarlet Fever	4	2	16
Gastro-intestinal	80	7	5
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	82	42	23
Measles	15	20	15
Diptheria	10	10	26
Lungs	307	104	80
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	16	8	28
Other	1,281	113	90

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	6	1	1
Other TB	25	19	29
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	2	3
Gastro-intestinal	34	6	3
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	80	34	13
Measles	13	19	11
Diptheria	1	0	14
Lungs	189	81	37
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	5	3	28
Other	1,035	82	77

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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