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	38	22	16	12	8
Measles	316	613	291	162	85
Scarlet Fever	50	118	148	161	123
Diphtheria	45	139	145	151	126
Whooping-cough	735	569	254	140	65
Typhus	0	1	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	6	4	8	10
Simple Continued Fever	0	2	6	1	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,367	228	33	9	7
Cholera	24	8	1	2	1
Cancer	1	1	3	3	2
Tabes Mesenterica	413	136	41	15	7
Phthisis	71	62	34	21	22
Other Tuberculosis	537	309	134	94	62
Diseases of Nervous System	1,965	442	180	109	75
Diseases of Circulatory System	36	12	5	1	8
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,432	1,463	543	304	173
Diseases of Digestive System	733	240	46	29	19
Diseases of Urinary System	14	10	11	11	7
Diseases of Generative System	7	4	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	318	103	78	65	41
Other Causes	4,147	260	87	47	35

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	300	563	258	164	85
Scarlet Fever	42	120	126	140	84
Diphtheria	110	294	289	312	259
Whooping-cough	616	437	176	88	43
Typhus	1	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	6	1	7
Simple Continued Fever	1	2	1	2	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,694	242	29	13	4
Cholera	62	12	1	1	0
Cancer	3	4	3	3	5
Tabes Mesenterica	341	100	30	15	3
Phthisis	86	70	39	23	24
Other Tuberculosis	438	275	133	84	76
Diseases of Nervous System	1,417	259	97	65	37
Diseases of Circulatory System	74	19	9	17	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,466	1,176	397	192	122
Diseases of Digestive System	1,274	240	35	30	20
Diseases of Urinary System	15	9	5	5	4
Diseases of Generative System	5	5	0	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	541	106	100	75	41
Other Causes	4,572	258	63	50	21

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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