SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY., Sickness and Infirmity., TABLE I.—Number of Sick and Infirm, and Proportion per 10,000 of the living Population of each Sex at the Census, 1881, under each description of Infirmity.
|
Number of Sick and Infirm. |
Proportion per 10,000 living. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Totals |
2,646 |
1,491 |
1,155 |
228.68 |
243.77 |
211.75 |
|
Nature of Infirmity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sickness |
1,751 |
912 |
838 |
151.33 |
149.28 |
153.64 |
| Accident (suffering from) |
225 |
179 |
46 |
19.44 |
29.27 |
8.43 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
63 |
31 |
32 |
5.44 |
5.08 |
5.87 |
| Blindness |
185 |
131 |
54 |
18.00 |
21.42 |
9.90 |
| Lunacy |
346 |
206 |
140 |
29.90 |
33.68 |
25.68 |
| Idiotcy |
76 |
31 |
45 |
6.57 |
5.06 |
8.25 |