Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

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	10	16	24
Other TB	50	58	50
Typhus & Typhoid	18	31	88
Scarlet Fever	35	66	188
Gastro-intestinal	73	19	25
Smallpox	25	9	28
Whooping Cough	67	43	33
Measles	48	86	87
Diptheria	1	1	6
Lungs	360	226	204
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	14	19	33
Other	2,002	306	222

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	11	33	34
Other TB	173	155	110
Typhus & Typhoid	16	27	113
Scarlet Fever	31	92	321
Gastro-intestinal	164	64	41
Smallpox	48	11	36
Whooping Cough	184	124	85
Measles	92	192	168
Diptheria	3	8	14
Lungs	904	544	365
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	31	17	84
Other	3,495	538	360

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	19	18	15
Other TB	208	128	110
Typhus & Typhoid	3	10	45
Scarlet Fever	63	159	427
Gastro-intestinal	435	110	37
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	264	159	101
Measles	160	292	216
Diptheria	4	10	28
Lungs	1,692	853	595
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	57	38	101
Other	5,016	575	278

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	22	28	38
Other TB	296	121	96
Typhus & Typhoid	3	12	44
Scarlet Fever	42	71	219
Gastro-intestinal	1,303	245	40
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	456	225	145
Measles	349	455	332
Diptheria	57	166	471
Lungs	2,619	1,178	704
Cancer	0	2	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	84	53	188
Other	8,548	706	401

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	35	45	49
Other TB	292	139	109
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	15
Scarlet Fever	24	67	173
Gastro-intestinal	1,949	320	56
Smallpox	0	0	1
Whooping Cough	458	227	149
Measles	317	449	337
Diptheria	59	143	355
Lungs	2,764	1,273	573
Cancer	0	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	96	64	201
Other	8,907	661	430

Date:	Source:
1861 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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