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	36	32	49
Other TB	262	169	156
Typhus & Typhoid	16	29	125
Scarlet Fever	28	57	232
Gastro-intestinal	546	77	39
Smallpox	46	23	58
Whooping Cough	168	153	148
Measles	54	92	112
Diptheria	2	7	27
Lungs	467	199	153
Cancer	1	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	33	17	31
Other	2,024	359	259

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	45	54	64
Other TB	260	174	175
Typhus & Typhoid	14	11	63
Scarlet Fever	23	71	230
Gastro-intestinal	722	148	23
Smallpox	37	18	35
Whooping Cough	198	170	120
Measles	56	122	140
Diptheria	11	23	76
Lungs	600	282	202
Cancer	0	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	57	15	34
Other	2,242	434	353

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	51	38	43
Other TB	213	163	148
Typhus & Typhoid	2	8	30
Scarlet Fever	14	52	144
Gastro-intestinal	729	113	25
Smallpox	13	5	17
Whooping Cough	173	141	109
Measles	63	95	79
Diptheria	1	10	24
Lungs	774	384	221
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	83	12	35
Other	2,263	339	226

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	14	25	26
Other TB	240	159	143
Typhus & Typhoid	0	5	6
Scarlet Fever	12	33	92
Gastro-intestinal	582	96	18
Smallpox	0	1	1
Whooping Cough	213	167	136
Measles	74	172	165
Diptheria	10	6	62
Lungs	731	467	301
Cancer	1	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	91	15	35
Other	2,144	319	167

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	18	18	16
Other TB	249	134	142
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	2
Scarlet Fever	4	0	6
Gastro-intestinal	669	131	15
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	120	78	51
Measles	85	174	138
Diptheria	7	12	67
Lungs	714	363	236
Cancer	2	1	9
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	105	17	27
Other	2,348	228	134

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	6	12	21
Other TB	102	91	126
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	1	1	2
Gastro-intestinal	354	49	9
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	89	64	43
Measles	51	91	97
Diptheria	4	3	26
Lungs	535	259	145
Cancer	4	0	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	107	21	34
Other	1,704	178	108

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

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