TABLE II.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBERS of PERSONS (MALES and FEMALES) in the STATE SUFFERING from each DESCRIPTION of INFIRMITY at DATE of CENSUS, 1891 and 1901 respectively, and the PROPORTION in every 10,000 of the POPULATION (exclusive of ABORIGINES).
| Infirmity. |
PERSONS. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| 1891. |
1901. |
1891. |
1901. |
1891. |
1901. |
| 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 |
3,506 |
109.42 |
2,793 |
77.03 |
1,950 |
116.90 |
1,616 |
87.62 |
1,556 |
101.28 |
1,177 |
66.06 |
| Accident |
432 |
13.48 |
360 |
9.93 |
354 |
21.22 |
293 |
15.89 |
78 |
5.08 |
67 |
3.76 |
| Deafmuteism |
234 |
7.30 |
351 |
9.68 |
134 |
8.03 |
187 |
10.14 |
100 |
6.51 |
164 |
9.20 |
| Blindness |
247 |
7.71 |
315 |
8.69 |
142 |
8.51 |
185 |
10.03 |
105 |
6.83 |
130 |
7.29 |
| Eye affections* |
117 |
3.65 |
|
|
68 |
4.08 |
|
|
49 |
3.19 |
|
|
| Lunacy |
852 |
26.59 |
997 |
27.49 |
489 |
29.32 |
584 |
31.67 |
363 |
23.63 |
413 |
23.18 |
| Idiocy |
84 |
2.62 |
108 |
2.98 |
49 |
2.94 |
62 |
3.36 |
35 |
2.28 |
46 |
2.58 |
| Epilepsy |
138 |
4.31 |
56 |
1.54 |
77 |
4.62 |
24 |
1.30 |
61 |
3.97 |
32 |
1.80 |
| Paralysis |
300 |
9.36 |
271 |
7.47 |
173 |
10.37 |
167 |
9.06 |
127 |
8.27 |
104 |
5.84 |
| Lameneas, &c. |
776 |
24.22 |
224 |
6.18 |
607 |
36.39 |
160 |
8.68 |
169 |
11.00 |
64 |
3.59 |
| Total |
6,686 |
208.66 |
5,475 |
150.99 |
4,043 |
242.38 |
3,278 |
177.75 |
2,643 |
172.04 |
2,197 |
123.30 |