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APPENDICES

Appendix VII- Contd

(Chapter 9: Health)

Tuberculosis Statistics

389

Estimated

Tuberculosis

Year

Mid-year Population

death rate

per 100,000

Percentage of all deaths registered

Percentage of TB deaths below five

years of age

1956..

2,440,000

107.0

13.6

25.0

1957 ..

2,583,000

103.6

13.9

21.2

1958 ..

2,748,000

83.3

11.2

19.6

1959..

2,857,000

76.2

10.7

19.0

1960 ..

2,981,000

69.9

10.9

10.6

Qualified Persons on Public Health Registers

Registered Medical Practitioners (excluding Government Personnel)

712

Provisionally registered Medical Practitioners

67

Government Medical Officers

222

Registered Dentists (excluding Government Dental Surgeons)

351

Government Dental Surgeons

42

Registered Pharmacists (excluding Government Pharmacists)

70

Government Pharmacists

20

Registered Nurses (excluding Government Nurses)

1,041

Government Nurses

699

Registered Dressers (excluding Government Dressers)

Government Dressers

Registered Midwives (excluding Government Midwives)

Government Midwives

10

91

:

1,032

673