Appendix 25
(Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals
...
Government dispensaries
Government-assisted hospitals
Private hospitals
•
Private maternity homes
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
...
:
י
241
As at end of year
1972
1973
1974
6,534
6,507
6,311
503
420
432
7,621
7,868
8,165
-1,838
1,849
1,938
195
162
143
42
42
45
16,733
16,848
17,034
Appendix 26
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Professional Medical Personnel
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As at end of year
In Government service
-
Total registered
1972
1973 1974
1972 1973
1974
Medical doctors
670*
715*
743*
2,333 2,533
2,723
Provisionally registered medical doctors
(house officers)
|-
128
115
123
194
163
171
Dentists
61
63
65
485
496
513
Pharmacists
24
25
25
198
209
220
Midwives (without nursing qualifications)
258
277
293
776
862
893
Nurses (general, male and female, excluding
student nurses)
2,160
2,269 2,374
5,851 6,366 6,906
with midwifery qualifications
1,450
1,582 1,561
without midwifery qualifications
710
687
3,969 4,169 4,391 813 1,882
2,197 2,515
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
218
222
232
184
204
228
...
* Including unregistrable assistant medical officers.