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	75	41	21
Other TB	42	23	18
Typhus & Typhoid	8	12	42
Scarlet Fever	8	18	88
Gastro-intestinal	243	58	32
Smallpox	28	13	23
Whooping Cough	59	38	25
Measles	27	46	43
Diptheria	1	1	1
Lungs	216	103	70
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	9	18
Other	954	113	93

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	76	52	30
Other TB	82	52	30
Typhus & Typhoid	7	14	37
Scarlet Fever	31	46	115
Gastro-intestinal	332	72	14
Smallpox	27	8	16
Whooping Cough	64	52	34
Measles	19	46	41
Diptheria	3	5	8
Lungs	275	97	76
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	9	15
Other	1,295	153	106

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	124	54	24
Other TB	118	39	35
Typhus & Typhoid	7	11	41
Scarlet Fever	20	38	131
Gastro-intestinal	368	48	14
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	82	39	26
Measles	18	32	30
Diptheria	0	7	14
Lungs	349	127	63
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	9	6	14
Other	1,121	117	136

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	46	14	6
Other TB	119	41	29
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	4
Scarlet Fever	9	26	92
Gastro-intestinal	315	48	5
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	73	55	33
Measles	16	43	43
Diptheria	3	6	28
Lungs	351	175	155
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	16	3	13
Other	1,292	131	86

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	4	5	4
Other TB	78	28	33
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	4
Scarlet Fever	0	10	25
Gastro-intestinal	280	32	7
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	68	25	24
Measles	26	43	39
Diptheria	2	9	47
Lungs	266	137	110
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	5	14
Other	1,169	102	61

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	8	4	7
Other TB	46	28	20
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	0	0	5
Gastro-intestinal	238	23	4
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	43	21	16
Measles	26	53	59
Diptheria	5	7	31
Lungs	234	113	68
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	3	9
Other	1,035	76	59

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

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