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	101	204	92	40	25
Scarlet Fever	19	47	57	55	49
Diphtheria	1	9	15	14	14
Whooping-cough	241	143	59	33	19
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	0	3	4	7
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	2	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	338	68	14	11	4
Cholera	8	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	2	0
Tabes Mesenterica	105	36	14	12	3
Phthisis	40	25	14	12	6
Other Tuberculosis	195	125	46	23	26
Diseases of Nervous System	751	172	79	36	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	24	4	3	1	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,230	552	218	113	78
Diseases of Digestive System	313	101	29	13	18
Diseases of Urinary System	9	3	4	4	4
Diseases of Generative System	2	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	60	31	25	29	18
Other Causes	2,722	156	41	27	18

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	95	174	65	43	31
Scarlet Fever	2	12	19	17	14
Diphtheria	15	26	43	64	56
Whooping-cough	234	139	48	24	15
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	0	0	1	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	0	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	353	60	7	11	2
Cholera	10	1	1	0	0
Cancer	2	2	0	2	0
Tabes Mesenterica	88	18	8	7	3
Phthisis	21	21	9	9	2
Other Tuberculosis	143	78	29	26	19
Diseases of Nervous System	597	86	46	23	15
Diseases of Circulatory System	35	3	0	5	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,062	424	138	74	59
Diseases of Digestive System	389	86	12	12	12
Diseases of Urinary System	9	4	0	2	3
Diseases of Generative System	4	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	72	22	33	24	17
Other Causes	2,391	106	37	21	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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