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APPENDICES

Appendix VII — Contd

(Chapter 9: Health)

Tuberculosis Statistics

% TB

Estimated TB Death

Deaths

% TB Deaths

Total Number

Under Treatment

Year

Mid-year

Population

Rate per 100,000

Govern-

under

5 years

of all Deaths

of TB Beds

ment Clinics

1952

2,250,000

158.8

34.3

18.4

890

399

1957

2,583,000

103.6 ---

21.2

13.9

1,730

13,851

1962

-

3,400,300

55.3

5.7

10.0

1,748

29,904

Public Health

Registered Medical Practitioners (excluding Government Personnel)

Provisionally registered Medical Practitioners

843

68

Government Medical Officers

278

Registered Dentists (excluding Government Dental Surgeons)

368

Government Dental Surgeons

42

Registered Pharmacists (excluding Government Pharmacists)

83

Government Pharmacists

20

Registered Nurses (excluding Government Nurses)

1,232

824

:

Government Nurses ..

Registered Dressers (excluding Government Dressers)

Government Dressers

Registered Midwives (excluding Government Midwives)

Government Midwives

:

:

:

12

112

1,856

146