234
Government Hospitals
Government Dispensaries
Government-Assisted Hospitals
Private Hospitals
Private Maternity Homes
Private Nursing/Maternity Homes
Total
***
Appendix 24
(Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
:
:.
:
:.
:
:
:
:
14
1970
1971
1972
6,299
6,364
6,534
489
485
503
7,533
7,664
7,621
1,806
1,888
1,838
302
246
195
42
42
42
16,471
16,689
16,733
Appendix 25
(Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
(as at end of year)
1970
1971
-
1972
Total Registered
In Government Service
Total Registered
In Government Service
Total
In Government
Registered Service
Medical doctors
Provisionally registered medical
doctors (house officers)
Dentists
1,996
610*
2,161
639* 2,333
670*
180
108
-
181
109
194
128
:
486
69
480
67
485
61
Pharmacists
180
18
186
22
198
24
Midwives (without nursing
qualifications)
726
226
747
232
776
258
+
Nurses (general, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
...
5,120
1,834
5,472
2,064
5,851
2,160
(a) with midwifery qualifications
3,492
1,331
3,763
1,365
3,969 1,450
(b) without midwifery
qualifications
1,628
503
1,709
699
1,882
710
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
135
182
173
241
184
218
* Including unregisterable assistant medical officers.