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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	143	211	88	50	25
Scarlet Fever	30	81	82	76	52
Diphtheria	6	21	19	9	13
Whooping-cough	256	179	64	36	23
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	8	7	10
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,954	207	13	4	1
Cholera	3	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	1	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	201	70	15	10	4
Phthisis	42	17	9	6	9
Other Tuberculosis	234	127	45	27	13
Diseases of Nervous System	1,870	341	76	63	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	17	3	0	5	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,327	714	234	131	68
Diseases of Digestive System	273	80	12	8	2
Diseases of Urinary System	16	16	10	5	4
Diseases of Generative System	0	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	173	28	27	28	19
Other Causes	3,140	187	31	14	12

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	2	1	1	2	3
Measles	191	341	130	100	42
Scarlet Fever	13	46	60	78	60
Diphtheria	36	114	139	149	113
Whooping-cough	351	226	66	50	15
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	4	8	4	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,532	253	24	3	1
Cholera	7	1	0	0	1
Cancer	1	1	5	5	4
Tabes Mesenterica	284	59	19	10	5
Phthisis	50	24	10	8	7
Other Tuberculosis	266	121	51	31	27
Diseases of Nervous System	1,508	250	78	49	24
Diseases of Circulatory System	44	4	4	4	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,602	776	258	158	82
Diseases of Digestive System	846	170	20	21	14
Diseases of Urinary System	22	13	6	5	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	3	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	243	38	41	27	25
Other Causes	3,582	150	37	17	13

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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