Occupations of the Sick and Infirm, 1901.,TABLE IX.—Showing in respect of Breadwinners and Dependants, and the various Classes of Occupations, the Number and Proportion per 10,000 living in each Class of Persons suffering from each Description of Infirmity, according to the Census Returns for 1901.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
All Classes. |
Breadwinners. |
Dependants. |
| Professional. |
Domestic. |
Commercial. |
Transport. |
Industrial. |
Agricultural, Pastoral, and other Primary Producers. |
Indefinite. |
Total Breadwinners. |
Wives and Daughters, Domestic Duties. |
Children and Relatives. |
Inmates of Public Institutions. |
Total Dependants. |
| Total |
3,432 |
69 |
103 |
116 |
82 |
598 |
591 |
138 |
1,695 |
371 |
700 |
666 |
1,737 |
| Sickness |
1,127 |
22 |
36 |
47 |
23 |
168 |
266 |
48 |
610 |
188 |
288 |
41 |
517 |
| Accident |
277 |
13 |
7 |
12 |
21 |
79 |
81 |
13 |
226 |
12 |
37 |
2 |
51 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
75 |
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
15 |
1 |
31 |
10 |
32 |
2 |
44 |
| Deaf only |
193 |
1 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
30 |
48 |
7 |
108 |
61 |
24 |
|
85 |
| Blind |
173 |
7 |
|
9 |
|
45 |
14 |
25 |
100 |
|
71 |
2 |
73 |
| Insane |
421 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
410 |
417 |
| Idiotic |
19 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
| Epileptic |
14 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
8 |
2 |
10 |
| Paralytic |
52 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
28 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
| Crippled |
43 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
|
16 |
2 |
25 |
|
27 |
| Lost a Limb |
19 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
|
17 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Lost sight of one Eye |
6 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Other Infirmities |
1,013 |
21 |
43 |
28 |
31 |
244 |
141 |
34 |
542 |
98 |
166 |
207 |
471 |
| Per 10000 living in each Class. |
| Total |
199.00 |
134.10 |
129.76 |
154.74 |
169.14 |
318.90 |
211.89 |
88.14 |
230.68 |
119.65 |
108.25 |
867.20 |
175.55 |
| Sickness |
65.36 |
44.04 |
45.35 |
62.69 |
47.44 |
89.60 |
95.36 |
30.65 |
83.02 |
56.06 |
44.54 |
53.39 |
52.24 |
| Accident |
16.06 |
26.02 |
8.82 |
16.00 |
43.31 |
42.10 |
29.05 |
8.30 |
30.76 |
3.57 |
5.72 |
2.62 |
5.15 |
| Deaf and Dumb |
4.35 |
|
3.78 |
1.33 |
2.06 |
5.33 |
5.37 |
0.68 |
0.42 |
2.98 |
4.94 |
2.62 |
4.44 |
| Deaf only |
11.19 |
2.00 |
10.00 |
16.00 |
4.12 |
16.00 |
17.20 |
4.47 |
14.70 |
18.18 |
3.71 |
|
8.68 |
| Blind |
10.03 |
14.01 |
|
12.00 |
|
24.00 |
5.02 |
15.96 |
13.61 |
|
10.98 |
2.52 |
7.37 |
| Insane |
24.41 |
|
|
|
2.06 |
|
|
1.91 |
0.04 |
|
1.08 |
533.90 |
2.13 |
| Idiotic |
1.10 |
|
2.51 |
|
|
|
0.71 |
|
0.04 |
|
2.31 |
|
0.15 |
| Epileptic |
0.81 |
|
|
|
|
1.60 |
0.36 |
|
0.04 |
|
1.23 |
2.62 |
0.10 |
| Paralytic |
3.01 |
4.00 |
2.51 |
6.67 |
4.12 |
3.20 |
1.43 |
4.47 |
0.38 |
|
3.71 |
|
2.43 |
| Crippled |
2.49 |
2.00 |
1.25 |
|
|
3.73 |
2.51 |
|
0.21 |
0.59 |
3.86 |
|
2.74 |
| Lost a Limb |
1.10 |
|
1.25 |
2.67 |
2.06 |
1.60 |
3.58 |
|
0.23 |
|
0.30 |
|
0.62 |
| Lost sight of one Eye |
0.34 |
|
|
|
|
1.60 |
0.71 |
|
0.06 |
|
0.15 |
|
0.61 |
| Other Infirmities |
58.75 |
42.04 |
54.16 |
37.35 |
63.94 |
130.12 |
50.56 |
21.70 |
73.76 |
29.24 |
25.67 |
|
47.59 |