SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST THE URBAN, RURAL, AND GOLDFIELDS POPULATION, 1881., TABLE LXXXVII.—Showing the Number and Proportion in every 10,000 Living of Persons, Males, and Females suffering from each description of Infirmity in the Colony, in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires, in Places outside Local Jurisdiction, and on the Goldfields., The Numbers in the Colony are made up of the sum of those in Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in Shires, and in Places outside Local Jurisdiction. The Numbers on the Goldfields are more or less scattered over all the other divisions.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
The Colony. |
Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. |
Shires. |
Places outside Local Jurisdiction. |
Goldfields. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| NUMBERS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
19,012 |
11,170 |
7,842 |
11,507 |
6,733 |
4,774 |
7,464 |
4,411 |
3,053 |
41 |
26 |
15 |
5,874 |
3,607 |
2,267 |
| Sickness |
13,203 |
7,381 |
5,822 |
8,515 |
4,752 |
3,763 |
4,656 |
2,610 |
2,046 |
32 |
19 |
13 |
4,128 |
2,446 |
1,682 |
| Accidents |
1,364 |
1,162 |
202 |
773 |
659 |
114 |
585 |
498 |
87 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
439 |
393 |
46 |
| Deafmuteism |
287 |
168 |
119 |
175 |
105 |
70 |
110 |
61 |
49 |
2 |
2 |
|
68 |
41 |
27 |
| Blindness |
742 |
502 |
240 |
536 |
376 |
160 |
206 |
126 |
80 |
|
|
|
185 |
133 |
52 |
| Lunacy |
2,833 |
1,590 |
1,243 |
1,192 |
652 |
540 |
1,641 |
938 |
703 |
|
|
|
893 |
500 |
393 |
| Idiocy |
161 |
108 |
53 |
69 |
39 |
30 |
92 |
69 |
23 |
|
|
|
46 |
29 |
17 |
| Epilepsy |
290 |
176 |
114 |
176 |
107 |
69 |
113 |
69 |
44 |
1 |
|
1 |
66 |
37 |
29 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c. |
132 |
83 |
49 |
71 |
43 |
28 |
61 |
40 |
21 |
|
|
|
49 |
28 |
21 |
| PROPORTIONS PER 10,000 LIVING. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
220.47 |
247.08 |
191.14 |
264.26 |
314.35 |
215.77 |
177.28 |
188.78 |
162.94 |
69.74 |
61.33 |
91.52 |
254.35 |
292.43 |
210.69 |
| Sickness |
153.11 |
163.27 |
141.91 |
195.55 |
221.86 |
170.07 |
110.58 |
111.70 |
109.20 |
54.43 |
44.82 |
79.32 |
178.75 |
198.31 |
156.32 |
| Accidents |
15.82 |
25.70 |
4.92 |
17.75 |
30.77 |
5.15 |
13.89 |
21.31 |
4.64 |
10.21 |
11.79 |
6.10 |
19.01 |
31.86 |
4.28 |
| Deafmuteism |
3.33 |
3.72 |
2.90 |
4.02 |
4.90 |
3.16 |
2.62 |
2.61 |
2.61 |
3.40 |
4.72 |
|
2.94 |
3.32 |
2.51 |
| Blindness |
8.60 |
11.10 |
5.85 |
12.31 |
17.55 |
7.23 |
4.89 |
5.40 |
4.27 |
|
|
|
8.01 |
10.78 |
4.83 |
| Lunacy |
32.85 |
35.17 |
30.30 |
27.37 |
30.44 |
24.41 |
38.98 |
40.15 |
37.52 |
|
|
|
38.67 |
40.54 |
36.52 |
| Idiocy |
1.87 |
2.39 |
1.29 |
1.59 |
1.82 |
1.36 |
2.19 |
2.95 |
1.23 |
|
|
|
1.99 |
2.35 |
1.58 |
| Epilepsy |
3.36 |
3.89 |
2.78 |
4.04 |
5.00 |
3.12 |
2.68 |
2.95 |
2.35 |
1.70 |
|
6.10 |
2.86 |
3.00 |
2.70 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c. |
1.53 |
1.84 |
1.19 |
1.63 |
2.01 |
1.27 |
1.45 |
1.71 |
1.12 |
|
|
|
2.12 |
2.27 |
1.95 |