Number of Infirm, and Number per 10,000 of the Population, 1861 and 1871., TABLE II.—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 |
9.08 |
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 |
199.08 |
153.75 |