E I.--_The Blind, by Degree of Blindness and Sex._

+----------------------------+--------+---------+-----------+
| | The | The | The |
| Sex. | Blind. | Totally | Partially |
| | | Blind. | Blind. |
+----------------------------+--------+---------+-----------+
| Number-- | | | |
| Total | 64,763 | 35,645 | 29,118 |
| Male | 37,054 | 20,144 | 16,190 |
| Female | 27,709 | 15,501 | 12,208 |
+----------------------------+--------+---------+-----------+
| Per cent distribution-- | | | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Male | 57.2 | 56.5 | 58.1 |
| Female | 42.8 | 43.5 | 41.9 |
| | | | |
| Number per 1,000,000 | | | |
| population of same sex-- | | | |
| Both sexes | 852 | 469 | 383 |
| Male | 955 | 519 | 436 |
| Female | 745 | 417 | 328 |
+----------------------------+--------+---------+-----------+

TABLE II.--_The Blind, by Degree of Blindness, Age-Periods, Colour and
Nativity._

+--------------------------+----------+----------------------------+----------+
| | | White. | |
| Degree of Blindness and | All +--------+---------+---------+ Coloured.|
| Age-Period. | Classes. | Total. | Native. | Foreign-| |
| | | | | born. | |
+--------------------------+----------+--------+---------+---------+----------+
| Number-- | | | | | |
| The blind | 64,763 | 56,535 | 45,479 | 10,694 | 8228 |
| Under 20 years | 8,308 | 7,252 | 6,937 | 231 | 1056 |
| 20 years and over | 56,165 | 49,067 | 38,388 | 10,420 | 7098 |
| Age unknown | 290 | 216 | 154 | 43 | 74 |
+--------------------------+----------+--------+---------+---------+----------