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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	10	23	16	5	2
Scarlet Fever	1	1	3	4	1
Diphtheria	1	1	3	1	1
Whooping-cough	25	21	13	2	2
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	22	4	0	0	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	29	10	5	0	1
Phthisis	7	8	4	2	3
Other Tuberculosis	53	32	11	1	1
Diseases of Nervous System	55	12	5	8	4
Diseases of Circulatory System	3	0	0	0	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	100	59	18	20	2
Diseases of Digestive System	31	6	2	1	1
Diseases of Urinary System	0	0	0	0	1
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	7	2	4	3	0
Other Causes	229	17	5	3	0

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	4	9	3	2	1
Scarlet Fever	1	0	1	1	0
Diphtheria	0	6	1	4	11
Whooping-cough	20	17	4	0	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	43	7	1	0	1
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	18	5	3	0	0
Phthisis	5	4	0	2	0
Other Tuberculosis	21	17	7	5	8
Diseases of Nervous System	55	11	8	2	2
Diseases of Circulatory System	1	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	110	52	16	10	6
Diseases of Digestive System	27	8	0	0	2
Diseases of Urinary System	2	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	6	1	2	2	0
Other Causes	268	10	4	0	0

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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