THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2240, 18 November 1907, Page 1

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

GB7 DOCTORS IN NEW ZEALAND. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. (Special to Times). WELLLINGTON, Novombor IG. A return presented to the Legislative Council shows that there aro 687 .registered medical practitioners in tho Dominion, as compared with 506 in 1901. They are distributed as follows :—Auckland 88, Wellington 85, Christchurch 53, Dunedin G 3. Outside tlio cities the numbers are Auckland 162, Taranaki 30, Hawke’s Bay 33, Wellington 169, Marlborough 10, Nelson 23, Westland 12, Canterbury 111, Otago 137. It is stated in a note that the figures for tlio cities may ho inaccurate, ns medical men state their addresses when registering hut seldom alter them when, commencing practice. Tlie figures do not include 83 doctors who were found in 1906 to liavo left Now Zealand; 52 whoso addresses wer unknown, and 79 whoso letters were returned as out of Now Zealand. .

There aro 149 medical students, 507 registered nurses,' and 522 hospital nurses. Registered midwives are located as follows :—Auckland City 92, Wellington City 92, Christchurch 25, Dunedin 35, - Auckland province 229, Taranaki 25, Hawke’s Bay 31, Wellington provinco 203, Marlborough nil. Nelson 18, Westland 34, Canterbury 51, Otago 139; total 725.