Sickness and Infirmity, 1901.—Numbers., TABLE XLI.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, suffering from each description of Infirmity, at three Age Periods, at the Census of 1901.
| Ages. |
Total Population. |
Total Cases of Infirmity. |
Sickness. |
Accidents. |
Deafmuteism. |
Blindness. |
Eye Affections. |
Lunacy and Idiocy. |
Epilepsy. |
Paralysis. |
| PERSONS. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Ages |
1,201,341 |
26,817 |
15,190 |
2,750 |
410 |
1,082 |
773 |
4,925 |
457 |
1,230 |
| Under 20 years |
528,051 |
3,711 |
2,110 |
484 |
181 |
98 |
192 |
376 |
137 |
133 |
| 20 years to 65 years |
603,774 |
13,307 |
6,394 |
1,431 |
218 |
479 |
344 |
3,648 |
276 |
517 |
| 65 years and upwards |
66,071 |
9,572 |
6,663 |
831 |
11 |
503 |
234 |
710 |
44 |
576 |
| Unspecified |
3,445 |
227 |
23 |
4 |
|
2 |
3 |
191 |
|
4 |
| MALES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Ages |
603,883 |
16,046 |
8,912 |
2,142 |
212 |
645 |
519 |
2,627 |
239 |
750 |
| Under 20 years |
265,646 |
1,963 |
1,056 |
338 |
89 |
59 |
75 |
199 |
71 |
76 |
| 20 years to 65 years |
299,353 |
7,788 |
3,522 |
1,176 |
118 |
285 |
277 |
1,956 |
140 |
314 |
| 65 years and upwards |
36,822 |
6,186 |
4,322 |
625 |
5 |
300 |
105 |
382 |
28 |
359 |
| Unspecified |
2,062 |
109 |
12 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
90 |
|
1 |
| FEMALES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Ages |
597,458 |
10,771 |
6,278 |
608 |
198 |
437 |
254 |
2,298 |
218 |
480 |
| Under 20 years |
262,405 |
1,748 |
1,054 |
146 |
92 |
39 |
117 |
177 |
66 |
57 |
| 20 years to 65 years |
304,421 |
5,519 |
2,872 |
255 |
100 |
194 |
67 |
1,692 |
136 |
203 |
| 65 years and upwards |
29,249 |
3,386 |
2,341 |
206 |
6 |
203 |
69 |
328 |
16 |
217 |
| Unspecified |
1,383 |
118 |
11 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
101 |
|
3 |