CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1891.—SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY., TABLE I.—Showing, at date of Census, 5th April, 1891, the number of Persons, Males and Females, suffering from each description of Infirmity (exclusive of Aborigines).
| NATURE OF INFIRMITY. |
General Population. |
Chinese. |
Population, exclusive of Aborigines. |
| Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| Total Cases of Infirmity |
13,739 |
8,320 |
22,059 |
187 |
5 |
192 |
13,926 |
8,325 |
22,251 |
| Sickness— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Paralysis |
528 |
321 |
849 |
2 |
|
2 |
530 |
321 |
851 |
| Epilepsy |
209 |
130 |
339 |
|
|
|
209 |
130 |
339 |
| Leprosy |
5 |
|
5 |
10 |
|
10 |
15 |
|
15 |
| Other and undefined |
5,676 |
4,383 |
10,059 |
56 |
2 |
58 |
5,732 |
4,385 |
10,117 |
| Total Sickness |
6,418 |
4,834 |
11,252 |
68 |
2 |
70 |
6,486 |
4,836 |
11,322 |
| Other Infirmities— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Accident |
1,242 |
211 |
1,453 |
6 |
|
6 |
1,248 |
211 |
1,459 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
209 |
173 |
382 |
1 |
|
1 |
210 |
173 |
383 |
| Dumb only |
3 |
6 |
9 |
|
|
|
3 |
6 |
9 |
| Deaf only |
775 |
568 |
1,343 |
5 |
|
5 |
780 |
568 |
1,348 |
| Blind |
411 |
325 |
736 |
5 |
|
5 |
416 |
325 |
741 |
| Insane |
1,854 |
1,202 |
3,056 |
72 |
1 |
73 |
1,926 |
1,203 |
3,129 |
| Idiotic |
160 |
122 |
282 |
4 |
|
4 |
164 |
122 |
286 |
| Crippled |
1,170 |
591 |
1,761 |
12 |
2 |
14 |
1,182 |
593 |
1,775 |
| Lost a Limb |
*561 |
69 |
630 |
5 |
|
5 |
566 |
69 |
635 |
| Lost sight of an Eye |
936 |
219 |
1,155 |
9 |
|
9 |
945 |
219 |
1,164 |