282
Appendix 26 (Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
As at end of year
1978
1979
1980
Government hospitals
8,987
9,055
9,297
Government dispensaries
393
390
387
Government-assisted hospitals
8,347
8,630
8,585
Private hospitals
2,320
2,443
2,479
Private maternity homes
45
45
36
Private nursing/maternity homes
43
43
22
Total
20,135
20,606
20,806
Appendix 27 (Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
1
11
As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1978
1979 1980
1978
1979 1980
Medical doctors
915*
972* 1,040*
3,029
3,291
3,632
Provisionally registered medical doctors 1
(house officers)
138
131
130
214
201
204
Dentists
90
98
104
611
667
763
Pharmacists
31
31
35
240
278
335
Midwives (without nursing qualifications)
338
329
322
982
981
981
Nurses (general, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
3,219 3,446 3,687
9,407 10,097 10,729
with midwifery qualifications
1,681
without midwifery qualifications
1,538
1,631 1,621 1,815 2,066
5,421
5,668 5,929
3,986
4,429 4,800
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
286
294
310
327
361
397
Nurses (mentally sub-normal, excluding
student nurses)
1
2
2
Note: Including unregistrable medical officers.