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