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	10	9	10
Other TB	59	39	32
Typhus & Typhoid	1	7	14
Scarlet Fever	17	32	120
Gastro-intestinal	76	13	16
Smallpox	19	5	10
Whooping Cough	62	27	21
Measles	20	30	36
Diptheria	2	2	9
Lungs	178	67	51
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	24	5	25
Other	885	105	138

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	12	7	12
Other TB	61	34	34
Typhus & Typhoid	4	9	21
Scarlet Fever	15	34	86
Gastro-intestinal	76	13	3
Smallpox	5	0	0
Whooping Cough	52	21	10
Measles	16	26	23
Diptheria	3	1	19
Lungs	202	58	53
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	20	8	32
Other	862	96	86

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	9	10	6
Other TB	126	59	43
Typhus & Typhoid	3	6	13
Scarlet Fever	11	30	107
Gastro-intestinal	131	16	9
Smallpox	2	0	1
Whooping Cough	62	45	19
Measles	26	47	36
Diptheria	1	2	21
Lungs	308	104	74
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	14	14	29
Other	1,163	139	120

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	16	12	8
Other TB	117	64	45
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	8
Scarlet Fever	11	21	58
Gastro-intestinal	143	18	5
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	93	45	29
Measles	38	66	56
Diptheria	6	9	12
Lungs	399	163	129
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	9	25
Other	1,248	149	106

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	6	11	8
Other TB	120	46	42
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	3
Scarlet Fever	3	6	33
Gastro-intestinal	196	26	6
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	85	41	25
Measles	39	80	40
Diptheria	3	16	42
Lungs	374	176	108
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	5	30
Other	1,445	156	91

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	11	11	3
Other TB	66	36	37
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	0	7	25
Gastro-intestinal	144	16	1
Smallpox	1	1	0
Whooping Cough	66	43	26
Measles	14	46	30
Diptheria	3	10	45
Lungs	364	108	66
Cancer	2	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	8	19
Other	1,225	111	72

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

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