HC Deb 14 February 1940 vol 357 c780W
Dr. H. Guest

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the numbers of European and African medical officers employed by the following Colonial Administrations: The Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, and Nigeria, to the latest convenient date?

Mr. M. MacDonald

The numbers of medical officers, including those engaged in administrative and specialist duties, provided in the present establishments of the Governments of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, and Nigeria, are as follow:

European. African.
Gambia 5 2
Sierra Leone 19 11
Gold Coast 72 12
Nigeria 116 19

Dr. Guest

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the numbers of European and African medical officers employed by the following Colonial administrations: Kenya, Tanganyika, and Nyasaland?

Mr. MacDonald

The numbers of medical officers (including those engaged in administrative and specialist duties) provided in the respective Estimates for 1940 are:

European. Asiatic. African.
Kenya 53 28
Tanganyika 49 55 1
Nyasaland 18 10

These figures necessarily do not include the comparatively large numbers of Africans employed as hospital assistants, compounders, dressers, and similar capacities.