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