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Category of hospitals

Government hospitals

Government dispensaries

Government-assisted hospitals

Private hospitals

Private maternity homes

Private nursing/maternity homes

Total

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Appendix 26

(Chapter 7: Health)

Hospital Beds

235

ין

As at end of year

1973

1974

1975

6,507

6,311

7,127

420

432

425

7,868

8,165

7,849

1,849

1,938

2,023

162

143

113

42

45

43

16,848

17,034

17,580

Appendix 27

(Chapter 7: Health)

Professional Medical Personnel

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As at end of year

In Government service

Total registered

1973

1974 1975

1973 1974

1975

Medical doctors

Provisionally registered medical doctors

(house officers)

Dentists

Pharmacists

_715*

743* 767*

2,533

2,723 2,880

115

123

116

163

171

199

A

63

65

62

496

513

541

..

25

25

27

209

220

234

Midwives (without nursing qualifications) ...

277

293

312

862

893

931

Nurses (general, male and female, excluding

student nurses)

2,269

2,374

2,436 6,366

6,906 7,581

with midwifery qualifications

1,582

1,561 1,523 4,169

without midwifery qualifications

687

813

913

4,391 4,691

2,197 2,515 2,890

Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,

excluding student nurses)

222

232

238

204

228

265

* Including unregistrable assistant medical officers.