COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the number of persons, Males and Females, suffering from each description of infirmity, and the number per 10,000 of the living population at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
1861. |
1871. |
| Number of Infirm. |
Number of Infirm per 10,000 living. |
Number of Infirm. |
Number of Infirm per 10,000 living. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Sickness |
2,343 |
2,045 |
298 |
43.36 |
62.23 |
14.08 |
8,639 |
4,915 |
3,724 |
118.10 |
122.55 |
112.69 |
| Accidents |
556 |
545 |
11 |
10.29 |
16.58 |
0.52 |
1,320 |
1,149 |
171 |
18.04 |
28.65 |
5.17 |
| Deafmuteism |
60 |
37 |
23 |
1.11 |
1.13 |
1.09 |
202 |
121 |
81 |
2.76 |
3.02 |
2.45 |
| Blindness |
126 |
88 |
38 |
2.33 |
2.68 |
1.80 |
502 |
364 |
138 |
6.86 |
9.07 |
4.18 |
| Lunacy |
660 |
397 |
263 |
12.21 |
12.08 |
12.43 |
1,868 |
1,121 |
747 |
25.54 |
27.95 |
22.60 |
| Idiotcy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
108 |
58 |
50 |
1.48 |
1.45 |
1.51 |
| Epilepsy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
221 |
124 |
97 |
3.02 |
3.09 |
2.94 |
| Deformity, &c. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
205 |
132 |
73 |
2.80 |
3.29 |
2.21 |
| Total |
3,745 |
3,112 |
633 |
69.30 |
94.70 |
29.92 |
13,065 |
7,984 |
5,081 |
178.60 |
199.07 |
153.75 |