§ Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the number of medical practitioners in Nigeria, and what is the proportion borne by this number to the total population?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe number of registered medical practitioners in Nigeria, including Mandated Territory, on the 1st January, 1937, was 224. This number bears to the total population a proportion of one medical practitioner to every 89,500 persons approximately.