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	2	0	0	0	0
Measles	301	574	260	136	65
Scarlet Fever	84	229	228	207	176
Diphtheria	9	23	11	9	6
Whooping-cough	355	276	104	60	22
Typhus	0	0	1	0	1
Enteric Fever	2	9	6	14	19
Simple Continued Fever	2	1	8	4	6
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,067	366	53	24	9
Cholera	2	1	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	285	204	44	15	13
Phthisis	48	54	19	11	8
Other Tuberculosis	186	144	70	37	24
Diseases of Nervous System	1,588	310	150	85	62
Diseases of Circulatory System	18	1	2	1	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,214	1,196	443	251	160
Diseases of Digestive System	741	312	43	25	14
Diseases of Urinary System	11	31	23	13	12
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	58	60	43	34	20
Other Causes	2,990	209	53	27	16

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	2	0	0
Measles	268	570	262	123	56
Scarlet Fever	43	146	147	143	97
Diphtheria	27	47	42	31	20
Whooping-cough	473	342	134	68	42
Typhus	0	1	1	4	2
Enteric Fever	2	10	14	17	12
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	1	2	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,317	370	37	10	7
Cholera	41	10	2	0	0
Cancer	1	2	1	1	1
Tabes Mesenterica	378	215	52	23	13
Phthisis	27	27	22	15	15
Other Tuberculosis	434	261	103	38	32
Diseases of Nervous System	1,846	391	160	89	57
Diseases of Circulatory System	23	6	2	1	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,483	1,152	438	238	149
Diseases of Digestive System	1,479	451	92	34	29
Diseases of Urinary System	20	21	10	11	11
Diseases of Generative System	2	4	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	87	58	69	50	35
Other Causes	3,640	193	65	26	17

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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