Table 8.—Principal Causes of Sickness and Infirmity (exclusive of Deaf-mutism and Blindness) amongst Breadwinners at Three Age-Groups.

Class.	Disease.	AGE GROUPS.								Total.
		Under 20.		20 to 65.		65 and over.		Unspecified.
		M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
I.	Influenza	23	11	217	49	118	15			358	75
	Typhoid Fever	29	17	109	23	2				140	40
	Diarrhoeal Diseases	1	1	15	9	7				23	10
	Pyaemia, Septieaemia	3		18	1	5	1			26	2
	Other Zymotic	4	6	18	6	4				26	12
II.	Hydatids, &c.	2		26	4	2				30	4
III.	Dietic Diseases			4		1				5
IV.	Rheumatic Fever	4	1	19	8			1		24	9
	Rheumatism	8	4	303	73	681	98			992	175
	Gout			80	12	174	21			254	33
	Cancer			18	2	34	3			52	5
	Phthisis	6	6	341	31	150	3			497	40
	Tuberculosis, Scrofula, &c.	14	2	36	5	4	1			54	8
	Other Constitutional		7	11	13	7	1			18	21
V.	Old Age, &c.			7	3	991	157			998	160
VI.	Paralysis	4	2	192	25	251	31		1	447	59
	General Paralysis (Insanity)	6		114	2	24	1			144	3
	Epilepsy	14	2	92	17	20	3			126	22
	Other Diseases of Nervous System	5	6	111	39	32	6			148	51
	Diseases of Ear	16	5	328	135	248	56	2		594	196
	Diseases of Eye	7	3	234	19	121	13	1	1	363	36
	Diseases of Circulatory System	6	2	119	24	115	16			240	42
	Asthma	12	2	147	15	133	15	1		293	32
	Bronchitis	4	1	93	14	111	12			208	27
	Other Diseases of Respiratory System	11	1	111	23	20				142	24
	Dyspepsia	1	1	33	3	19	3			53	7
	Hernia	1		27		60				88
	Liver Diseases		2	23	12	19	5	1		43	19
	Other Diseases of Digestive System	6	4	55	13	13	1			74	18
	Bright's Disease			19	1	18	1			37	2
	Diseases of Bladder, &c.		1	8	1	16				24	2
	Other Diseases of Kidney, &c.	2		24	3	24	2			50	5
	Diseases of Locomotion System	3	2	75	29	62	20			140	51
	Skin Diseases (chiefly Eczema)			29	4	18	1			47	5
	Other Local Diseases			6	3	1				7	3
VII.	Accidents	131	10	966	84	528	49	6		1,631	143
VIII.	Dropsy			13	2	22	6			35	8
	Debility, &c.	5	2	101	58	1				107	60
	Others	9	1	146	39	85	6	1		241	46
	Total	337	102	4,288	804	4,141	547	13	2	8,779	1,455