SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY., TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS (MALES and FEMALES) in the PROVINCE SUFFERING from each DESCRIPTION of INFIRMITY at DATE of CENSUS, 1891, and the PROPORTION in every 10,000 of the POPULATION (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| Nature of Infirmity. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| Number. |
Per 10,000. |
Number. |
Per 10,000. |
Number. |
Per 10,000. |
| Sickness— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Paralysis |
300 |
9.36 |
173 |
10.37 |
127 |
8.27 |
| Epilepsy |
138 |
4.31 |
77 |
4.62 |
61 |
3.97 |
| Eye affections |
117 |
3.65 |
68 |
4.08 |
49 |
3.19 |
| Other and undefined* |
3,506 |
109.42 |
1,950 |
116.90 |
1,556 |
101.28 |
| Total |
4,061 |
126.74 |
2,268 |
135.97 |
1,793 |
116.71 |
| Accidents |
432 |
13.48 |
354 |
21.22 |
78 |
5.08 |
| Deafmuteism† |
234 |
7.30 |
134 |
8.03 |
100 |
6.51 |
| Blindness |
247 |
7.71 |
142 |
8.51 |
105 |
6.83 |
| Lunacy |
852 |
26.59 |
489 |
29.32 |
363 |
23.63 |
| Idiocy |
84 |
2.62 |
49 |
2.94 |
35 |
2.28 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c. |
776 |
24.22 |
607 |
36.79 |
169 |
11.00 |
| Grand Total |
6,686 |
208.66 |
4,043 |
242.38 |
2,643 |
172.04 |