TABLE II.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBER of PERSONS (MALES and FEMALES) in the PROVINCE SUFFERING from each DESCRIPTION of INFIRMITY at DATE of CENSUS 1881 and 1891, and the PROPORTION in every 10,000 of the POPULATION (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| Infirmity. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| 1881. |
1891. |
1881. |
1891. |
1881. |
1891. |
| No. |
Per 10,000. |
No. |
Per 10,000. |
No. |
Per 10,000. |
No. |
Per 10,000. |
No. |
Per 10,000. |
No. |
Per 10,000. |
| Sickness |
4,941 |
172.63 |
3,506 |
109.42 |
2,633 |
172.08 |
1,950 |
116.90 |
2,308 |
173.27 |
1,556 |
101.28 |
| Accident* |
|
|
432 |
13.48 |
|
|
354 |
21.22 |
|
|
78 |
5.08 |
| Deafmuteism† |
230 |
8.04 |
234 |
7.30 |
132 |
8.63 |
134 |
8.03 |
98 |
7.36 |
100 |
6.51 |
| Blindness |
204 |
7.13 |
247 |
7.71 |
129 |
8.43 |
142 |
8.51 |
75 |
5.63 |
105 |
6.83 |
| Eye affections* |
|
|
117 |
3.65 |
|
|
68 |
4.08 |
|
|
49 |
3.19 |
| Lunacy |
656 |
22.92 |
852 |
26.59 |
368 |
24.05 |
489 |
29.32 |
288 |
21.62 |
363 |
23.63 |
| Idiocy |
|
|
84 |
2.62 |
|
|
49 |
2.94 |
|
|
35 |
2.28 |
| Epilepsy* |
|
|
138 |
4.31 |
|
|
77 |
4.62 |
|
|
61 |
3.97 |
| Paralysis* |
|
|
300 |
9.36 |
|
|
173 |
10.37 |
|
|
127 |
8.27 |
| Lameness, &c. |
223 |
7.79 |
776 |
24.22 |
153 |
10.00 |
607 |
36.39 |
70 |
5.25 |
169 |
11.00 |
| Total |
6,254 |
218.51 |
6,686 |
208.66 |
3,415 |
223.19 |
4,043 |
242.38 |
2,839 |
213.13 |
2,643 |
172.04 |