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	23	32	37
Other TB	305	199	154
Typhus & Typhoid	28	56	106
Scarlet Fever	42	89	250
Gastro-intestinal	396	135	69
Smallpox	66	44	80
Whooping Cough	111	102	69
Measles	59	140	116
Diptheria	14	23	42
Lungs	648	314	211
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	67	23	78
Other	2,919	391	301

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	27	20	30
Other TB	489	346	184
Typhus & Typhoid	25	54	122
Scarlet Fever	69	162	513
Gastro-intestinal	510	131	41
Smallpox	71	29	57
Whooping Cough	137	99	84
Measles	70	171	129
Diptheria	12	11	33
Lungs	782	426	297
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	63	30	66
Other	3,321	484	345

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	61	40	29
Other TB	496	340	178
Typhus & Typhoid	16	40	113
Scarlet Fever	65	181	511
Gastro-intestinal	659	231	50
Smallpox	75	26	79
Whooping Cough	157	122	86
Measles	60	147	120
Diptheria	7	16	27
Lungs	927	470	269
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	53	30	76
Other	3,956	671	409

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	12	19	20
Other TB	272	188	109
Typhus & Typhoid	1	4	32
Scarlet Fever	21	51	174
Gastro-intestinal	327	112	29
Smallpox	6	1	2
Whooping Cough	147	102	75
Measles	76	121	116
Diptheria	4	12	36
Lungs	590	320	262
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	27	19	47
Other	2,490	362	200

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	15	12	11
Other TB	232	109	80
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	18
Scarlet Fever	1	9	48
Gastro-intestinal	371	106	17
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	100	75	60
Measles	52	135	77
Diptheria	11	21	49
Lungs	504	256	141
Cancer	2	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	42	7	45
Other	1,989	259	170

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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