SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY, 1861-1891., TABLE LVII.—Showing the Number and Proportion per 10,000 Living of Persons, Males, and Females suffering from each description of Infirmity at the last four Censuses.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
1861. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| NUMBERS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
3,745 |
3,112 |
633 |
13,065 |
7,984 |
5,081 |
19,012 |
11,170 |
7,842 |
23,916 |
14,675 |
9,241 |
| Sickness |
2,343 |
2,045 |
298 |
8,639 |
4,915 |
3,724 |
13,203 |
7,381 |
5,822 |
12,924 |
7,590 |
5,334 |
| Accidents |
556 |
545 |
11 |
1,320 |
1,149 |
171 |
1,364 |
1,162 |
202 |
1,668 |
1,379 |
289 |
| Deafmuteism |
60 |
37 |
23 |
202 |
121 |
83 |
287 |
168 |
119 |
364 |
204 |
160 |
| Blindness |
126 |
88 |
38 |
502 |
364 |
138 |
742 |
502 |
240 |
995 |
612 |
383 |
| Eye affections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
94 |
90 |
| Lunacy |
660 |
397 |
263 |
1,868 |
1,121 |
747 |
2,833 |
1,590 |
1,243 |
3,770 |
2,077 |
1,693 |
| Idiocy |
|
|
|
108 |
58 |
50 |
161 |
108 |
53 |
355 |
214 |
141 |
| Epilepsy |
|
|
|
221 |
124 |
97 |
290 |
176 |
114 |
420 |
203 |
217 |
| Paralysis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,097 |
650 |
447 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c.* |
|
|
|
205 |
132 |
73 |
132 |
83 |
49 |
2,139 |
1,652 |
487 |
| PROPORTION PER 10,000 LIVING. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
69.30 |
94.70 |
29.92 |
178.60 |
199.08 |
153.75 |
220.47 |
247.08 |
191.14 |
209.71 |
245.23 |
170.50 |
| Sickness |
43.36 |
62.23 |
14.08 |
118.10 |
122.55 |
112.69 |
153.11 |
163.27 |
141.91 |
113.33 |
126.84 |
98.42 |
| Accidents |
10.29 |
16.58 |
0.52 |
18.04 |
28.65 |
5.17 |
15.82 |
25.70 |
4.92 |
14.63 |
23.04 |
5.33 |
| Deafmuteism |
1.11 |
1.13 |
1.09 |
2.76 |
3.02 |
2.45 |
3.33 |
3.72 |
2.90 |
3.19 |
3.41 |
2.95 |
| Blindness |
2.33 |
2.68 |
1.80 |
6.86 |
9.08 |
4.18 |
8.60 |
11.10 |
5.85 |
8.72 |
10.23 |
7.07 |
| Eye affections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.61 |
1.57 |
1.66 |
| Lunacy |
12.21 |
12.08 |
12.43 |
25.54 |
27.95 |
22.60 |
32.85 |
35.17 |
30.30 |
33.06 |
34.71 |
31.24 |
| Idiocy |
|
|
|
1.48 |
1.45 |
1.51 |
1.87 |
2.39 |
1.19 |
3.11 |
3.57 |
2.60 |
| Epilepsy |
|
|
|
3.02 |
3.09 |
2.94 |
3.36 |
3.89 |
2.78 |
3.68 |
3.39 |
4.00 |
| Paralysis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.62 |
10.86 |
8.25 |
| Lameness, mutilation, deformity, &c.* |
|
|
|
2.80 |
3.29 |
2.21 |
1.53 |
1.84 |
1.19 |
18.76 |
27.61 |
8.98 |