Category of hospitals
Government hospitals
Government dispensaries
Government-assisted hospitals
Private hospitals
Private maternity homes
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
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Appendix 26
(Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
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As at end of year
1973
1974
1975
6,507
6,311
7,127
420
432
425
7,868
8,165
7,849
1,849
1,938
2,023
162
143
113
42
45
43
16,848
17,034
17,580
Appendix 27
(Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
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As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1973
1974 1975
1973 1974
1975
Medical doctors
Provisionally registered medical doctors
(house officers)
Dentists
Pharmacists
_715*
743* 767*
2,533
2,723 2,880
115
123
116
163
171
199
A
63
65
62
496
513
541
..
25
25
27
209
220
234
Midwives (without nursing qualifications) ...
277
293
312
862
893
931
Nurses (general, male and female, excluding
student nurses)
2,269
2,374
2,436 6,366
6,906 7,581
with midwifery qualifications
1,582
1,561 1,523 4,169
without midwifery qualifications
687
813
913
4,391 4,691
2,197 2,515 2,890
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
222
232
238
204
228
265
* Including unregistrable assistant medical officers.