SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY ON THE GOLD-FIELDS., TABLE V.—Showing the Number of Males and Females suffering from each description of Infirmity on the Gold-fields.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| TOTAL GOLD-FIELDS |
5,874 |
3,607 |
2,267 |
| Sickness |
4,128 |
2,446 |
1,682 |
| Accidents |
439 |
393 |
46 |
| Deafmuteism |
68 |
41 |
27 |
| Blindness |
185 |
133 |
52 |
| Lunacy |
893 |
500 |
393 |
| Idiocy |
46 |
29 |
17 |
| Epilepsy |
66 |
37 |
29 |
| Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c. |
49 |
28 |
21 |