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	11	5	12
Other TB	76	58	47
Typhus & Typhoid	13	17	48
Scarlet Fever	25	44	146
Gastro-intestinal	154	44	17
Smallpox	25	13	16
Whooping Cough	52	31	18
Measles	21	64	47
Diptheria	9	5	20
Lungs	203	99	67
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	13	8	31
Other	1,380	174	148

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	7	3	8
Other TB	91	73	49
Typhus & Typhoid	15	17	83
Scarlet Fever	13	38	132
Gastro-intestinal	233	86	30
Smallpox	11	7	17
Whooping Cough	70	52	32
Measles	21	47	53
Diptheria	8	12	34
Lungs	251	116	89
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	24	11	28
Other	1,663	231	165

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	18	14	8
Other TB	185	99	49
Typhus & Typhoid	4	19	32
Scarlet Fever	25	49	199
Gastro-intestinal	261	51	16
Smallpox	14	4	15
Whooping Cough	84	65	34
Measles	32	46	51
Diptheria	1	5	10
Lungs	471	210	127
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	14	27
Other	1,796	229	167

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	8	7	12
Other TB	158	67	44
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	9
Scarlet Fever	5	39	109
Gastro-intestinal	279	64	11
Smallpox	1	0	1
Whooping Cough	134	75	43
Measles	32	51	61
Diptheria	1	4	16
Lungs	579	259	174
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	21	9	26
Other	1,533	200	110

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	7	13	12
Other TB	240	97	51
Typhus & Typhoid	2	3	7
Scarlet Fever	4	25	86
Gastro-intestinal	536	102	8
Smallpox	0	3	1
Whooping Cough	119	68	33
Measles	75	150	127
Diptheria	3	21	59
Lungs	692	299	194
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	12	35
Other	2,535	288	127

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	11	11	19
Other TB	133	102	90
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	3
Scarlet Fever	1	3	41
Gastro-intestinal	813	180	30
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	157	99	58
Measles	92	142	124
Diptheria	8	16	50
Lungs	762	328	194
Cancer	1	0	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	40	16	54
Other	2,700	331	175

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

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