SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY.—TOTAL POPULATION, CHINESE, AND ABORIGINES., TABLE I.—Showing at various periods of Age the Number of Males and Females inclusive of Chinese and Aborigines, also of Chinese and Aborigines, suffering from each description of Infirmity.
Nature of Infirmity.		All Ages.	Under 1	1 to 2	2 to 3	3 to 4	4 to 5	5 to 6	6 to 7	7 to 8	8 to 9	9 to 10	10 to 11	11 to 12	12 to 13	13 to 14	14 to 15	15 to 16	16 to 17	17 to 18	18 to 19	19 to 20	20 to 21	21 to 25	25 to 30	30 to 35	35 to 40	40 to 45	45 to 50	50 to 55	55 to 60	60 to 65	65 to 70	70 to 75	75 to 80	80 to 85	85 and upwards	Unspecified.
POPULATION, INCLUSIVE OF CHINESE AND ABORIGINES.
Total cases of Infirmity	persons	19,012	162	170	87	137	142	159	161	173	134	178	174	188	207	225	190	194	198	229	253	200	224	906	933	995	1,202	1,496	1,751	1,820	1,422	1,472	1,053	934	602	331	160	120
	males	11,170	88	100	42	77	79	88	87	91	71	101	96	103	111	120	110	98	107	121	128	105	102	412	480	508	644	800	1,096	1,140	976	986	712	611	398	226	84	72
	females	7,842	74	70	45	60	63	71	74	82	63	77	78	85	96	105	80	96	91	108	125	125	122	494	453	487	558	696	655	680	446	486	341	323	204	105	76	48
Sickness	males	7,381	88	96	39	66	66	67	63	59	57	69	55	71	64	77	71	54	64	78	70	60	59	223	244	255	337	443	647	719	697	735	565	499	340	197	73	14
Sickness	females	5,822	74	68	42	55	51	60	56	66	47	55	60	70	72	86	59	64	61	94	99	96	96	383	333	319	356	451	455	480	345	383	288	269	172	93	59	5
Accidents	males	1,162		1	2	4	4	9	8	13	8	5	19	8	20	18	13	18	24	18	22	19	17	77	68	57	76	81	110	132	106	85	64	36	10	10
Accidents	females	202		1	2	1	6	1	7	3	3	3	5	2	7	7	2	9	6	2	6	5	3	11	7	7	6	15	12	8	10	10	8	9	9	3	5	1
Deafmuteism	males	168			1	5	5	5	5	9	2	7	5	10	12	7	8	6	4	4	4	5	5	21	10	4	3	2	2	3	6	2	4		2
Deafmuteism	females	119			1			4	5	7	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	8	3	4	5	3	11	12	4	3	1	5	3	1	2
Blindness	males	502		2		1	2	1	3	2	1	3	3	3	4	3	4	6	1	3	11	11	3	18	17	13	20	22	56	52	54	45	39	44	31	14	10
Blindness	females	240		1		2	1	3		2	1	3	1	4	3		6	6	3	2	6	5	6	17	13	12	10	10	15	12	15	18	15	18	16	6	8
Lunacy	males	1,590							1			4	1	4		1	1	2	3	2	5	3	4	42	115	165	196	236	257	210	106	104	29	26	11	5	1	56
Lunacy	females	1,243							1	1		4	1	1	1	4		4	2	4	5	8	9	52	75	129	172	213	160	167	68	64	27	21	5	2	2	41
Idiocy	males	Illegible				1		1	2	2		3	3	2	3	6	7	6	3	4	6	3	10	9	12	3	5	3	4	5		1	2		1			1
Idiocy	females	53				1		1	1	1	2	3	2		2		3	2	1			1	1	5	4	6	1	1	1	2	2	3		3	1		2	1
Epilepsy	males	176		1				2	3	3	2	4	8	3	5	4	6	5	5	10	7	3	3	15	11	10	2	12	18	13	4	8	7	2
Epilepsy	females	114				1	1	1	1		3	3		4	4	4	5	5	6	3	4	4	3	14	8	8	6	4	6	5	3	5	1	2
Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c.*	males	83					2	3	2	3	1	6	2	2	3	4		1	3	2	3	1	1	7	3	1	5	1	2	6	3	6	2	4	3			1
Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c.*	females	49					4	1	3	2	2	1	3		3			2	4		1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1
CHINESE.
Total cases of Infirmity	persons	251		1													1							2	2	12	18	37	44	39	32	31	10	11	5	2		4
	males	248																						2	2	12	18	37	44	39	32	31	9	11	5	2		4
	females	3		1													1																1
Sickness	males	135																						1	2	2	5	9	23	22	22	26	7	10	4	2
Sickness	females	3		1													1																1
Accidents	males	12																									2	2	1	3		1	1	1	1
Accidents	females
Deafmuteism	males	2																										1					1
Deafmuteism	females
Blindness	males	12																										3	2	3	4
Blindness	females
Lunacy	males	87																						1		10	11	22	18	11	6	4						4
Lunacy	females
ABORIGINES.
Total cases of Infirmity	persons	30		1	2		2		1				1	1			1				2		1			2	1	5	1	3	2	3	1
	males	10		1	2									1			1				1					1	1	1				1
	females	20					2		1				1								1		1			1		4	1	3	2	2	1
Sickness	males	6		1	2									1			1									1
Sickness	females	18					2		1				1								1					1		3	1	3	2	1	1
Accidents	males	2																			1											1
Accidents	females
Blindness	males	1																									1
Blindness	females	1																												†1
Lunacy	males	1																												1
Lunacy	females
Epilepsy	males
Epilepsy	females	1																							1