DOCTORS AND NURSES.
'A return presented to the Legislative -Council shows that there aro 687 registered : -medical practitioners in the Dominion, ■as with 506 in 1901. They are distributed \as follows:— , ; . ; Auckland 88, Wellington 85, Christchurch '53, Dimedin 63. Outside tho cities the numbers are:—Auckland 162, ' Taranaki 30 Hawke's Bay 33, Wellington 169, Marlborough 10, Nelson 23, Westland 12, Canterbury 111, Otago 137. It is_ stated in a note that the figures for the citie3 may bo inaccurate, as medical men state their addresses ;when- registering,, but seldom alter them when commencing practice. The figures do not include-83 doctors who were found in .1906 to have left New Zealand, 52 whose addresses wero unknown, and 79 who were returned as "but of New Zealand. , '. .■,•••■
Thero are 149 medical students, 507 registered nurses, and 522 hospital nurses. Registered midwives are located as follow :—Auckland City 92, Wellington City 92 Christchurch 25, and. Dunedin 35: Auckland Provinco 229, Taranaki 25, Hawke's Bay 31. (Wellington Province 203, Marlborough nil, Nelson 13, Westland 34, Canterbury 51 end Otago 139; total, 725.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 45, 16 November 1907, Page 6
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177DOCTORS AND NURSES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 45, 16 November 1907, Page 6
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