Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, Shires and Road Districts, Places outside Local Jurisdiction.—Numbers., TABLE V.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males, and Females suffering from each description of Infirmity in the Colony of Victoria, in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires and Road Districts, and in Places outside Local Jurisdiction, according to the Census of 1871.
Nature of Infirmity. |
The Colony of Victoria. |
Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. |
Shires and Road Districts. |
Places outside Local Jurisdiction. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Sickness |
8,639 |
4,915 |
3,724 |
6,058 |
3,380 |
2,678 |
2,538 |
1,513 |
1,025 |
43 |
22 |
21 |
Accidents |
1,320 |
1,149 |
171 |
800 |
682 |
148 |
509 |
456 |
53 |
11 |
11 |
|
Deafmuteism |
202 |
121 |
81 |
132 |
76 |
56 |
70 |
45 |
25 |
|
|
|
Blindness |
502 |
364 |
138 |
381 |
275 |
102 |
120 |
89 |
31 |
1 |
|
1 |
Lunacy |
1,868 |
1,121 |
747 |
524 |
301 |
223 |
334 |
196 |
138 |
1,010 |
624 |
386 |
Idiotcy |
108 |
58 |
50 |
59 |
32 |
27 |
44 |
26 |
18 |
5 |
|
5 |
Epilepsy |
221 |
124 |
97 |
142 |
80 |
62 |
74 |
43 |
31 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
Deformity, &c. |
205 |
132 |
73 |
110 |
63 |
47 |
94 |
69 |
25 |
1 |
|
1 |
Total |
13,065 |
7,984 |
5,081 |
8,206 |
4,889 |
3,317 |
3,783 |
2,437 |
1,346 |
1,076 |
658 |
418 |
Total Population |
731,528 |
401,050 |
330,478 |
374,150 |
190,425 |
183,725 |
345,847 |
202,429 |
143,418 |
11,531 |
8,196 |
3,335 |