GENERAL SUMMARY., TABLE I.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Persons, Males and Females, suffering from each Description of Infirmity.
| Nature of Infirmity. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| Total cases of Infirmity |
23,916 |
14,675 |
9,241 |
| Sickness— |
|
|
|
| Paralysis |
1,097 |
650 |
447 |
| Epilepsy |
420 |
203 |
217 |
| Leprosy |
3 |
3 |
|
| Eye Affections |
184 |
94 |
90 |
| Other and undefined |
12,921 |
7,587 |
5,334 |
| Total Sickness |
14,625 |
8,537 |
6,088 |
| Accidents— |
|
|
|
| Fractures and Contusions |
157 |
114 |
43 |
| Gunshot Wounds |
2 |
2 |
|
| Cuts |
5 |
1 |
4 |
| Burns |
1 |
|
1 |
| Sunstroke |
4 |
|
4 |
| Lightning |
1 |
1 |
|
| Snakebite |
1 |
1 |
|
| Undefined |
1,497 |
1,260 |
237 |
| Total Accidents |
1,668 |
1,379 |
289 |
| Deafmuteism— |
|
|
|
| Deaf and Dumb * |
354 |
196 |
158 |
| Deaf and Dumb and Blind |
1 |
1 |
|
| Deaf and Dumb and Blind and Paralytic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Deaf and Dumb and Paralytic |
3 |
3 |
|
| Deaf and Dumb and Epileptic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Deaf and Dumb and Crippled |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Total Deafmuteism † |
364 |
204 |
160 |
| Blindness— |
|
|
|
| Blind |
948 |
569 |
379 |
| Blind and Paralytic |
35 |
34 |
1 |
| Blind and Epileptic |
1 |
1 |
|
| Blind and Deaf |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| Blind and Deaf and Crippled |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Blind and Crippled |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Total Blindness ‡ |
995 |
612 |
383 |
| Lunacy |
3,770 |
2,077 |
1,693 |
| Idiocy |
355 |
214 |
141 |
| Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c. § |
2,139 |
1,652 |
487 |