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