Sickness and Infirmity, 1871-1901.—Numbers and Proportions., TABLE XI.—Showing the Numbers 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. |
1871. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
| Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
Persons. |
Males. |
Females. |
| NUMBERS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
13,065 |
7,984 |
5,081 |
19,012 |
11,170 |
7,842 |
23,916 |
14,675 |
9,241 |
26,817 |
16,046 |
10,771 |
| Sickness |
8,844 |
5,047 |
3,797 |
13,335 |
7,464 |
5,871 |
12,924 |
7,590 |
5,334 |
15,190 |
8,912 |
6,278 |
| Accidents |
1,320 |
1,149 |
171 |
1,364 |
1,162 |
202 |
1,668 |
1,379 |
289 |
2,750 |
2,142 |
608 |
| Deafmuteism |
202 |
121 |
81 |
287 |
168 |
119 |
364 |
204 |
160 |
410 |
212 |
198 |
| Blindness |
502 |
364 |
138 |
742 |
502 |
240 |
995 |
612 |
383 |
1,082 |
645 |
437 |
| Eye affections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
94 |
90 |
773 |
519 |
254 |
| Lunacy |
1,868 |
1,121 |
747 |
2,833 |
1,590 |
1,243 |
3,770 |
2,077 |
1,693 |
4,925 |
2,627 |
2,298 |
| Idiocy |
108 |
58 |
50 |
161 |
108 |
53 |
355 |
214 |
141 |
|
|
|
| Epilepsy |
221 |
124 |
97 |
290 |
176 |
114 |
420 |
203 |
217 |
457 |
239 |
218 |
| Paralysis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,097 |
650 |
447 |
1,230 |
750 |
480 |
| Lameness, multilation, deformity, &c.* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,139 |
1,652 |
487 |
|
|
|
| PROPORTIONS PER 10,000 LIVING. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
178.60 |
199.08 |
153.75 |
220.47 |
247.08 |
191.14 |
209.71 |
245.23 |
170.50 |
223.22 |
265.71 |
180.28 |
| Sickness |
120.90 |
125.84 |
114.90 |
154.64 |
165.11 |
143.10 |
113.33 |
126.84 |
98.42 |
126.44 |
147.58 |
105.08 |
| Accidents |
18.04 |
28.65 |
5.17 |
15.82 |
25.70 |
4.92 |
14.63 |
23.04 |
5.33 |
22.89 |
35.47 |
10.18 |
| Deafmuteism |
2.76 |
3.02 |
2.45 |
3.33 |
3.72 |
2.90 |
3.19 |
3.41 |
2.95 |
3.41 |
3.51 |
3.31 |
| Blindness |
6.86 |
9.08 |
4.18 |
8.60 |
11.10 |
5.85 |
8.72 |
10.23 |
7.07 |
9.01 |
10.68 |
7.32 |
| Eye affections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.61 |
1.57 |
1.66 |
6.43 |
8.59 |
4.25 |
| Lunacy |
25.54 |
27.95 |
22.60 |
32.85 |
35.17 |
30.30 |
33.06 |
34.71 |
31.24 |
41.00 |
43.50 |
38.46 |
| Idiocy |
1.48 |
1.45 |
1.51 |
1.87 |
2.39 |
1.29 |
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 |
3.80 |
3.96 |
3.65 |
| Paralysis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.62 |
10.86 |
8.25 |
10.24 |
12.42 |
8.03 |
| Lameness, multilation, deformity, &c.* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.76 |
27.61 |
8.98 |
|
|
|