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	6	0	0
Measles	277	481	319
Scarlet fever	19	49	230
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	33	14	19
Whooping cough	499	284	139
Diphtheria	37	76	314
Pyrexia	4	0	4
Enteric fever	0	3	15
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,866	289	82
Pulmonary tuberculosis	29	39	32
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	16	13	25
Tuberculous meningitis	191	166	180
Tuberculous peritonitis	196	96	79
Tabes mesenterica	188	52	28
Other tuberculous diseases	139	95	82
Cancer	3	4	14
Septic diseases	45	7	5
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	1	8
Pneumonia	1,279	781	424
Bronchitis	1,147	290	87
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	197	96	198
Other Causes	9,093	879	601

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	6	0	0
Measles	283	460	305
Scarlet fever	14	64	219
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	19	8	14
Whooping cough	583	336	255
Diphtheria	26	87	278
Pyrexia	2	3	2
Enteric fever	2	6	19
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,506	295	63
Pulmonary tuberculosis	17	17	33
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	7	11	18
Tuberculous meningitis	171	146	179
Tuberculous peritonitis	149	84	57
Tabes mesenterica	119	29	33
Other tuberculous diseases	125	63	72
Cancer	2	2	7
Septic diseases	48	4	7
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	1	1	7
Pneumonia	946	654	399
Bronchitis	933	292	112
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	206	67	146
Other Causes	6,903	735	538

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

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