257
Appendix 26 (Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals
1975
8 108
As at end of year
1976
8618
1977
8 788
Government dispensaries
425
423
393
Government-assisted hospitals
7849
7913
8 199
Private hospitals
2023
2175
2289
Private maternity homes
113
74
98
67
Private nursing/maternity homes
43
43
43
Total
18561
19 270
19 779
Appendix 27 (Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1975
1976 1977
1975 1976
1977
Medical doctors
"
767*
792* 850*
2880
3127
3356
Provisionally registered medical doctors
(house officers)
116
155
122
199
210
202
Dentists
62
68
76
541
576
633
Pharmacists
27
29
28
234
258
284
Midwives (without nursing qualifications)
312
345
348
931
974
982
Nurses (general, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
2 543
2758
3 099
7581
8226
8919
with midwifery qualifications
1 391†
1 489+
1555
4691
4931
5179
without midwifery qualifications
1 152†
1 269†
1544
2890
3 295
3740
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
238
243
258
265
282
302
* Including unregistrable assistant medical officers.
† Revised figures.