HC Deb 27 January 1961 vol 633 c60W
Mr. G. M. Thomson

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many doctors there are per head of the population in each of the High Commission Territories; and to what extent the public medical services are short of their establishment of doctors.

Mr. Alport

In Basutoland there is one doctor per 21,300 people and there are six vacancies for doctors in the Government Medical Service; in the Bechuanaland Protectorate there is one doctor per 14,500 people, and two vacancies; in Swaziland there is one doctor per 8,900 people, and no vacancies.