384
Appendix 30 (Chapter 10: Health) Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals*
Government-assisted hospitals
Government maternity homes/clinics
Private hospitals
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
Note:
1986
As at end of year
1987
11 880
12 2521
1988
12 302
405
379
385
9 601
9 540
9 577
2 599
2 660
2 749
65
65
44
| ]24 550
24 896
25 057
* Including correctional institutions and drug addiction treatment centres.
Revised figure.
Appendix 31
(Chapter 10: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
==
As at end of year
In Government service
1986
1987
1988
1986
Total registered
1987
1988
Medical Doctors
1 491+
1 568+
1 643†
5 147*
5 484*
5 785*
Interns on provisional register
192
223
213
192
223
214
Externs on provisional register
149
104
70
149
104
71
Dental Dentists
147
162
165
1 158*
1 240*
1 346*
Dental hygienists
3
4
5
67
73
79
Nursing Registered nurses (general)
5 796
6 229
6 332
15 229
16 159
16 991
Registered nurses (mental)
1687
817
859
896
1 046
1 124
Registered nurses
(mental subnormal)
6
8
10
Registered nurses (sick children)
1
2
2
Enrolled nurses (general)
1 327
1 414
1 412
5 422
5 764
6 123
380
387
412
447
464
502
Enrolled nurses (mental)
Midwives Midwives (without
nursing qualification)
254
249
236
981
981
981
Pharmacy and Poisons-Pharmacists
59
66
62
588
623
646
Note: Annual re-registration is required only for doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
† Including unregistrable medical officers.
* Including the professional medical personnel on both the local and overseas lists.
Revised figure.