HC Deb 23 January 1957 vol 563 cc62-3W
133. Mr. W. Griffiths

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations the number of registered medical practitioners in each of the High Commission Territories; the number of hospitals; and the number of nursing staff in each territory.

Mr. Alport

There are 29 registered medical practitioners in Basutoland; 20 in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and 36 in Swaziland. Of this number two in Basutoland and 10 in Swaziland are nonresident. There are 13 hospitals in Basutoland, 14, including health centres with in-patient accommodation, in the Bechuanaland Protectorate and seven in Swaziland. Including probationers, there are 154 nursing staff in Basutoland, 146 in the Bechuanaland Protectorate and 130 in Swaziland.

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