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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	21	38	15	5	1
Scarlet Fever	3	4	3	5	3
Diphtheria	0	0	3	2	2
Whooping-cough	42	12	3	5	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	2	1	3	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	99	22	7	1	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	22	9	4	3	0
Phthisis	2	0	0	0	0
Other Tuberculosis	21	13	7	2	2
Diseases of Nervous System	184	35	10	12	6
Diseases of Circulatory System	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	175	94	20	16	9
Diseases of Digestive System	57	9	1	0	2
Diseases of Urinary System	2	0	0	0	2
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	6	3	3	3	1
Other Causes	388	24	6	1	0

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	0	0	1
Measles	23	50	25	13	2
Scarlet Fever	2	4	4	6	4
Diphtheria	12	43	39	54	30
Whooping-cough	39	22	3	1	1
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	1	0	1
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	73	12	1	0	0
Cholera	0	0	0	0	0
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	19	4	1	0	0
Phthisis	4	4	3	0	1
Other Tuberculosis	10	10	8	2	2
Diseases of Nervous System	155	25	5	4	6
Diseases of Circulatory System	0	0	0	3	0
Diseases of Respiratory System	210	101	33	10	8
Diseases of Digestive System	93	28	7	3	3
Diseases of Urinary System	3	4	1	0	1
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	14	4	2	4	1
Other Causes	442	15	4	2	0

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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