Scikness and Infirmity in Urban and Rural Districts, 1891., TABLE VIII.—Showing the Number and Proportion in every 10000 living of Persons, Males, and Females suffering from each description of Infirmity in the Colony, in Urban, and in Rural Districts.

Nature of Infirmity.	Numerical.									Proportion per 10000 living.
	The Colony.			Urban Districts.			Rural Districts.			The Colony.			Urban Districts.			Rural Districts.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total	3,416	2,097	1,319	1,178	712	466	2,238	1,385	853	232.90	270.37	190.86	279.72	347.00	215.85	214.05	242.83	179.50
Sickness	1,169	659	510	585	334	251	584	325	259	79.70	84.97	73.80	138.90	162.77	116.27	55.86	56.98	54.51
Accident	152	132	20	57	46	11	95	86	9	10.36	17.02	2.89	13.53	22.42	5.10	9.09	15.08	1.89
Deaf and Dumb	54	27	27	13	7	6	41	20	21	3.68	3.48	3.91	3.09	3.41	2.78	3.92	3.51	4.42
Deaf only	229	124	105	64	30	34	165	94	71	15.61	15.99	15.19	15.20	14.62	15.75	15.78	16.48	14.94
Blind	165	97	68	55	34	21	110	63	47	11.25	12.51	9.84	13.06	16.57	9.73	10.52	11.05	9.89
Insane	383	204	179	38	34	4	345	170	175	26.11	26.30	25.90	9.02	16.57	1.85	33.00	29.81	36.83
Idiotic	46	17	29	14	4	10	32	13	19	3.14	2.19	4.20	3.32	1.95	4.63	3.06	2.28	4.00
Epileptic	37	21	16	8	3	5	29	18	11	2.52	2.71	2.31	1.90	1.46	2.32	2.77	3.16	2.31
Paralytic	156	91	65	49	28	21	107	63	44	10.64	11.73	9.41	11.63	13.65	9.73	10.23	11.05	9.26
Crippled	98	75	23	22	15	7	76	60	16	6.68	9.67	3.33	5.22	7.31	3.24	7.27	10.52	3.37
Lost a Limb	95	86	9	23	20	3	72	66	6	6.48	11.09	1.30	5.46	9.75	1.39	6.89	11.57	1.26
Lost sight of one Eye	291	222	69	71	46	25	220	176	44	19.84	28.62	9.99	16.86	22.42	11.58	21.04	30.86	9.26
Other Infirmities	541	342	199	179	111	68	362	231	131	36.89	44.10	28.80	42.50	54.10	31.50	34.62	40.50	27.57