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 |
3
|
4
|
3
|
| Other TB |
44
|
35
|
25
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
1
|
6
|
8
|
| Scarlet Fever |
8
|
31
|
51
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
36
|
11
|
8
|
| Smallpox |
9
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping Cough |
13
|
13
|
7
|
| Measles |
5
|
10
|
15
|
| Diptheria |
1
|
6
|
19
|
| Lungs |
82
|
38
|
35
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
3
|
2
|
8
|
| Other |
410
|
52
|
79
|
| 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 |
5
|
10
|
4
|
| Other TB |
38
|
30
|
20
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
1
|
1
|
11
|
| Scarlet Fever |
8
|
13
|
53
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
39
|
9
|
2
|
| Smallpox |
11
|
3
|
4
|
| Whooping Cough |
30
|
17
|
11
|
| Measles |
7
|
21
|
11
|
| Diptheria |
6
|
6
|
11
|
| Lungs |
107
|
43
|
27
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
7
|
4
|
6
|
| Other |
372
|
55
|
58
|
| 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 |
5
|
3
|
7
|
| Other TB |
32
|
25
|
9
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
1
|
2
|
13
|
| Scarlet Fever |
6
|
16
|
61
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
33
|
7
|
3
|
| Smallpox |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping Cough |
19
|
17
|
12
|
| Measles |
7
|
16
|
10
|
| Diptheria |
0
|
2
|
8
|
| Lungs |
135
|
43
|
30
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
10
|
1
|
10
|
| Other |
455
|
60
|
55
|
| 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 |
5
|
3
|
9
|
| Other TB |
29
|
16
|
10
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Scarlet Fever |
3
|
5
|
20
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
48
|
9
|
2
|
| Smallpox |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Whooping Cough |
27
|
21
|
10
|
| Measles |
14
|
18
|
17
|
| Diptheria |
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Lungs |
117
|
47
|
40
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
5
|
1
|
4
|
| Other |
498
|
56
|
46
|
| 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 |
2
|
3
|
4
|
| Other TB |
75
|
41
|
25
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
1
|
0
|
3
|
| Scarlet Fever |
7
|
5
|
26
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
31
|
4
|
4
|
| Smallpox |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping Cough |
24
|
13
|
9
|
| Measles |
15
|
17
|
17
|
| Diptheria |
2
|
5
|
8
|
| Lungs |
140
|
52
|
26
|
| Cancer |
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
5
|
2
|
1
|
| Other |
589
|
44
|
40
|
| 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 |
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Other TB |
42
|
21
|
18
|
| Typhus & Typhoid |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Scarlet Fever |
0
|
3
|
5
|
| Gastro-intestinal |
28
|
7
|
0
|
| Smallpox |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Whooping Cough |
29
|
13
|
9
|
| Measles |
5
|
10
|
5
|
| Diptheria |
0
|
0
|
19
|
| Lungs |
101
|
26
|
15
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Violence |
6
|
3
|
5
|
| Other |
518
|
56
|
29
|
| Date | Source |
|---|---|
| 1851 - 1910 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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The Registrar General's Decennial Supplements used five different classifications of causes of death over the six decades 1851-1910. Here we present a simplified overall classification developed by Graham Mooney of Johns Hopkins University, as applied to deaths of children under 5, merging ages 2-4. The 'Other' category is inevitably large but the main epidemic diseases are consistently reported.