262
Appendix 26 (Chapter 8: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
As at end of year
1977
1978
1979
Government hospitals
8,788
8,987
9,055
Government dispensaries
393
393
390
Government-assisted hospitals
8,199
8,347
8,630
Private hospitals
2,289
2,320
2,443
Private maternity homes
67
45
45
Private nursing/maternity homes
43
43
43
Total
19,779
20,135
20,606
Appendix 27 (Chapter 8: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
ار
As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1977
1978 1979
1977
1978 1979
Medical doctors
850*
915* 972*
3,356
3,029† 3,291
Provisionally registered medical doctors
(house officers) -
122
138
131
202
214
201
Dentists
76
90
98
633
611†
667
Pharmacists
28
31
31
284
240+ 278
Midwives (without nursing qualifications)
348
338
329
982
982
981
Nurses (general, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
3,099 3,219 3,446
with midwifery qualifications
without midwifery qualifications
1,555 1,681 1,631 1,544 1,538 1,815
8,919 5,179 5,421 5,668 3,740 3,986 4,429
9,407 10,097
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
258
286
294
302
327
361
Nurses (mentally sub-normal, excluding
student nurses)
1
2
Note:
* Including unregistrable medical officers.
† The decrease in number is due to the removal from the register of the names of persons who are deceased or have not
obtained a practising certificate.