OCCUPATIONS OF THE SICK AND INFIRM.—MALES., TABLE VI.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Numbers and Occupations of Males suffering from each description of Infirmity, arranged in Classes, Orders, and Sub-orders, and Distinct Occupations—continued.
Class. Order. Sub-order. Occupations. Total Cases of Infirmity. Sickness. Accidents. Deafmuteism. Blindness. Eye Affections. Lunacy. Idiocy. Epilepsy. Paralysis. Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c.
DISTINCT CALLINGS—continued.
IV. 18 3 Brassfounder, moulder, worker, finisher ; brazier 8 5 1 1 1
Tinker 2 2
Others working in metals other than gold and silver 12 3 5 4
19 1 Gasworks service (all branches) 16 13 1 2
Firewood chopper, sawyer 2 2
Charcoal-burner 3 2 1
Others working in fuel, light, or electric or hydraulic energy 1 1
20 1 Builder, building contractor, foreman, measurer, clerk 39 31 3 2 3
Stone, marble mason ; mason 89 60 7 5 1 5 11
Bricklayer 84 47 14 4 1 12 2 4
Plasterer 58 36 6 1 2 6 1 2 4
Slater, tiler, shingler, thatcher 5 4 1
Mason's, bricklayer's, plasterer's, slater's labourer ; hodman 11 2 5 4
Carpenter, joiner, turner 387 239 46 5 6 4 39 1 2 18 27
Others working in houses and buildings 10 2 1 1 1 5
2 Contractor for railway, road, dock, or undefined 64 37 16 1 1 1 1 7
Foreman, inspector, ganger, time-keeper clerk to do. 1 1
Navvy, excavator ; railway, road—labourer 58 15 21 1 2 1 1 3 14
Paviour 2 2
Stone-breaker, stone-breaking machine worker 10 3 2 5
Dredging, landing silt—engaged in 1 1
3 Cemetery keeper, clerk, labourer ; grave-digger 1 1
Chimney-sweep 2 1 1
Nightman, night-cart driver 2 1 1
21 1 Labourer (undefined) 2,198 1,081 145 8 58 13 643 27 22 54 147
Engine (undefined) proprietor, driver, stoker, cleaner 60 45 7 1 1 6
Manager (undefined) 8 5 1 2
Mechanic (undefined) 6 1 2 1 1 1
Watchman (undefined) 17 10 2 1 4
Liftman 1 1
Manufacturer 1 1
Apprentice 2 2
Assistant (undefined) 3 3
Factory proprietor 1 1
V. 22 1 Department of Agriculture—officer of (not scientific expert) 1 1
Farmer, market-gardener 1,012 534 116 6 43 6 85 6 9 46 161
Son, relative—assisting 179 48 34 18 6 1 4 18 15 8 27
Farm bailiff, overseer 4 2 2
Farm servant, labourer ; ploughman 223 108 34 7 3 18 7 2 4 35
Fruit-grower, orchard-keeper, worker 10 5 1 4
Tobacco-grower, worker 3 1 2
Wine-grower, vigneron, worker 10 4 1 5
Gardener (not domestic servant or market-gardener) 193 126 13 4 23 1 1 10 15
Park, public garden, reserve—custodian, worker 10 2 2 3 3
Others engaged in agricultural pursuits 2 1 1
2 Squatter, grazier, dairy farmer 117 62 15 1 2 4 8 25
Son, relative—assisting 9 3 1 1 1 3
Station, grazing or dairy farm—manager, overseer, superintendent, storekeeper, clerk 9 4 2 1 2
Shepherd, stock-rider, milker, servant, labourer on do. 88 44 8 2 2 18 1 1 1 11
Shearer 10 6 3 1
Herdsman (not on grazing or other farm) 2 2
Drover 22 12 3 2 1 4
Others engaged in pastoral pursuits or breeding animals 5 4 1