§ Dr. H. Guestasked 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. MacDonaldThe 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. Guestasked 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. MacDonaldThe 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.