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	15	5	26
Other TB	172	177	114
Typhus & Typhoid	2	11	33
Scarlet Fever	56	85	252
Gastro-intestinal	136	61	35
Smallpox	32	24	28
Whooping Cough	112	72	50
Measles	45	82	86
Diptheria	11	6	21
Lungs	507	158	124
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	15	9	53
Other	1,769	280	185

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	8	11	16
Other TB	383	308	159
Typhus & Typhoid	17	34	97
Scarlet Fever	90	183	488
Gastro-intestinal	314	136	44
Smallpox	45	19	35
Whooping Cough	140	118	65
Measles	65	177	156
Diptheria	18	12	49
Lungs	495	214	125
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	23	19	45
Other	3,086	448	282

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	24	16	22
Other TB	530	381	151
Typhus & Typhoid	25	52	115
Scarlet Fever	83	165	538
Gastro-intestinal	388	202	45
Smallpox	55	16	53
Whooping Cough	201	132	86
Measles	69	139	132
Diptheria	7	10	28
Lungs	958	419	257
Cancer	0	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	31	19	49
Other	3,831	457	293

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	6	4	10
Other TB	346	183	118
Typhus & Typhoid	4	12	23
Scarlet Fever	28	52	217
Gastro-intestinal	369	97	17
Smallpox	1	1	2
Whooping Cough	173	86	59
Measles	77	132	101
Diptheria	7	5	14
Lungs	944	448	306
Cancer	0	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	18	19	40
Other	3,121	397	237

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	5	8	11
Other TB	205	116	96
Typhus & Typhoid	2	2	25
Scarlet Fever	15	26	69
Gastro-intestinal	438	112	20
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	165	99	50
Measles	134	186	115
Diptheria	6	14	61
Lungs	1,063	494	272
Cancer	1	1	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	28	18	30
Other	3,718	415	208

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	2	6	12
Other TB	247	117	82
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	11
Scarlet Fever	4	10	49
Gastro-intestinal	673	150	22
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	150	82	66
Measles	79	154	99
Diptheria	8	20	90
Lungs	961	408	208
Cancer	2	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	19	17	43
Other	3,270	320	222

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

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