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	7	1	0	0	1
Measles	338	547	228	128	90
Scarlet Fever	101	194	224	230	191
Diphtheria	17	36	41	48	54
Whooping-cough	744	433	191	98	42
Typhus	0	1	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	7	7	14	18	23
Simple Continued Fever	8	6	4	11	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,483	273	40	11	9
Cholera	12	3	0	1	1
Cancer	0	0	0	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	551	264	73	29	16
Phthisis	65	50	25	22	19
Other Tuberculosis	417	257	111	70	76
Diseases of Nervous System	4,157	627	260	150	127
Diseases of Circulatory System	21	3	9	3	11
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,518	1,715	639	319	258
Diseases of Digestive System	963	383	65	40	46
Diseases of Urinary System	20	20	18	14	16
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	157	87	80	65	57
Other Causes	5,645	273	111	51	44

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	31	4	1	3	4
Measles	484	800	274	162	104
Scarlet Fever	47	81	137	124	92
Diphtheria	32	75	81	104	78
Whooping-cough	693	403	155	81	44
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	3	8	12	9
Simple Continued Fever	2	2	1	2	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,098	338	37	14	9
Cholera	33	6	0	0	0
Cancer	3	0	4	5	3
Tabes Mesenterica	597	218	55	28	21
Phthisis	63	58	19	23	11
Other Tuberculosis	506	296	119	72	65
Diseases of Nervous System	3,853	519	215	119	81
Diseases of Circulatory System	49	9	3	7	10
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,923	1,699	513	276	183
Diseases of Digestive System	1,869	455	73	51	39
Diseases of Urinary System	28	20	13	6	12
Diseases of Generative System	6	1	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	240	85	84	79	67
Other Causes	6,816	322	86	56	50

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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