Appendix 26
(Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals
Government dispensaries
Government-assisted hospitals
Private hospitals
Private maternity homes
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
Appendix 27
(Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
277
As at end of year
1976
1977
1978
8 618
8 788
8987
423
393
393
7913
8 199
8347
2175
2 289
2320
98
74
67
45
43
43
43
19 270
19 779
20 135
As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1976
1977
1978
1976
1977 1978
Medical doctors
792*
850*
915*
3 127
3356
3 029†
Provisionally registered medical doctors
(house officers)
155
122
138
210
202
214
Dentists
68
76
90
576
633
611†
Pharmacists
29
Ј
28
31
258
284
240+
Midwives (without nursing qualifications)
345
348
338
974
982
982
Nurses (general, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
2758
3 099
3 219
8 226
8 919
9407
with midwifery qualifications
1 489
1 555
1681
4931
5 179
5421
without midwifery qualifications
1 269
1 544
1538
3 295
3740
3986
Nurses (psychiatric, male and female,
excluding student nurses)
243
258
286
282
302
327
Nurses (mentally sub-normal,
excluding student nurses)
1
Note:* Including unregistrable assistant medical officers.
↑ The decrease in number is due to the removal from the register of the names of persons who are deceased or
have not obtained a practising certificate.
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