TABLE I.—SUMMARY showing the NUMBER of PERSONS (MALES and FEMALES) in the STATE SUFFERING from each DESCRIPTION of INFIRMITY at DATE of CENSUS, 1901, and the PROPORTION in every 10,000 of the POPULATION (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| Name of Infirmity. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| Number. |
Per 10,000. |
Number. |
Per 10,000. |
Number. |
Per 10,000. |
| Sickness— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Paralysis |
271 |
7.47 |
167 |
9.06 |
104 |
5.84 |
| Epilepsy |
56 |
1.54 |
24 |
1.30 |
32 |
1.80 |
| Other and undefined |
2,793 |
77.03 |
1,616 |
87.62 |
1,177 |
66.06 |
| Total |
3,120 |
86.04 |
1,807 |
97.98 |
1,313 |
73.70 |
| Accidents |
360 |
9.93 |
293 |
15.89 |
67 |
3.76 |
| Deafmuteism* |
351 |
9.68 |
187 |
10.14 |
164 |
9.20 |
| Blindness |
315 |
8.69 |
185 |
10.03 |
130 |
7.29 |
| Lunacy |
997 |
27.49 |
584 |
31.67 |
413 |
23.18 |
| Idiocy |
108 |
2.98 |
62 |
3.36 |
46 |
2.58 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c. |
224 |
6.18 |
160 |
8.68 |
64 |
3.59 |
| Grand total |
5,475 |
150.99 |
3,278 |
177.75 |
2,197 |
123.30 |