OCCUPATIONS OF LUNATICS AND IDIOTS, 1881.
Males. Females.
Government officers, police 15 1
Soldiers 6
Clergyman 1
Lawyers, law clerks 4
Medical men, druggists 10
Schoolmasters, mistresses 11 10
Artists 4
Musicians, actors 4 1
Domestic duties, and children 75 511
Scholars 2 1
Hotel, lodging-house—keepers 13 2
Servants 9 252
Merchants, agents, clerks 34
Shopkeepers, hawkers 16 1
Railway officials 2
Dray, cab, omnibus-drivers, conductors 16
Ships' officers, sailors 44
Errand boy 1
Farmers, squatters, farm servants, &c. 215 2
Booksellers, printers, &c. 4
Watchmaker 1
Philosophical instrument-maker 1
Mechanical engineers, coachbuilders 7 1
Shipbuilders, sailmakers 4
Builders, carpenters, cabinet-makers 69
Workers and dealers in textile fabrics, dress and fibrous materials 58 121
Dealers in food and drinks 39 1
Fellmongers, curriers, &c. 7
Wood-dealers, splitters, sawyers 15 1
Goldminers 134
Quarrymen, brickmakers, &c. 15
Workers in metals 45
Labourers 489
Gentleman 1
Inmate of Industrial School 1
Prisoners 4 2
Miscellaneous pursuits 11 1
No occupation stated 312 387
Total 1,698 1,296