Table showing the number of cases of Sickness and Accident at the time of the Census (1901) in relation to the principal classes of Occupation.
| Occupations. |
Cases of Sickness and Accident (All Ages). |
| Class. |
Persons. |
No. |
Equivalent Number of Days Sickness and Suffering from Accident pre head per year for each Class.* |
|
|
|
Days. |
| All Classes |
172,475 |
1,404 |
3.49 |
| Bread-winners— |
|
|
|
| Professional |
4,997 |
35 |
2.56 |
| Domestic |
7,937 |
46 |
1.98‡ |
| Commercial |
7,497 |
59 |
2.87 |
| Transport |
4,848 |
44 |
3.31 |
| Industrial |
18,750 |
247 |
4.81 |
| Agricultural, Pastoral, and other Primary Producers |
27,899 |
347 |
4.54 |
| TOTAL BREAD-WINNERS |
73,494 |
836 |
4.15 |
| Dependents— |
|
|
|
| Wives and Daughters engaged in Domestic Duties |
33,541 |
200 |
2.18 |
| Children and Relatives |
63,863 |
825 |
1.86 |
| Inmates of Public Institutions |
1,577 |
43 |
9.95† |
| TOTAL DEPENDANTS |
98,981 |
568 |
2.09‡ |