Sickness and Infirmity.,TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Sick and Infirm, and Proportion per 10000 of the living Population of Persons, Males and Females, at the last two Censuses, 1891 and 1901, under each description of Infirmity.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
Number of Sick and Infirm. |
Proportion per 10000 living. |
| 1901. |
1891. |
1901. |
1891. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Totals |
3,432 |
1,993 |
1,439 |
3,416 |
2,097 |
1,319 |
199.00 |
222.40 |
173.70 |
232.90 |
270.37 |
190.86 |
| Totals, less Epileptics, Crippled, and Deformed |
2,092 |
1,225 |
867 |
1,969 |
1,136 |
833 |
121.30 |
136.70 |
104.65 |
134.24 |
146.47 |
120.54 |
| Sick |
1,127 |
618 |
509 |
1,169 |
659 |
510 |
65.36 |
68.98 |
61.44 |
79.70 |
84.97 |
73.80 |
| Accident (suffering from) |
277 |
238 |
39 |
152 |
132 |
20 |
16.06 |
26.56 |
4.71 |
10.36 |
17.02 |
2.89 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
75 |
41 |
34 |
54 |
27 |
27 |
4.35 |
4.57 |
4.11 |
3.68 |
3.48 |
3.91 |
| Blind |
173 |
97 |
76 |
165 |
97 |
68 |
10.03 |
10.82 |
9.18 |
11.25 |
12.51 |
9.84 |
| Insane |
421 |
225 |
196 |
383 |
204 |
179 |
24.41 |
25.11 |
23.66 |
26.11 |
26.30 |
25.90 |
| Idiotic |
19 |
6 |
13 |
46 |
17 |
29 |
1.10 |
0.66 |
1.56 |
3.14 |
2.19 |
4.20 |
| Epileptic |
14 |
5 |
9 |
37 |
21 |
16 |
0.81 |
0.55 |
1.08 |
2.52 |
2.71 |
2.31 |
| Crippled, Deformed, and other Infirmities |
1,326 |
763 |
563 |
1,410 |
940 |
470 |
76.88 |
85.15 |
67.96 |
96.14 |
121.19 |
68.01 |