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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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MEDICINE.
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS INCLUDING MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS of all kinds following the profession of medicine in 1911 was 136, of whom two were women. "Midwives,. vaccinators, compounders, nurses, masseurs, etc., numbered 88 of whom 36 were women". The 1931 census recorded 440 persons including 19 women as " registered medical practitioners " including oculists. Midwives, vaccinators, compounders, etc., numbered 15 of whom ten were men and five women. The census of 1951 recorded 858
persons including 224 women as engaged in medical and other health services. These were composed of:-
|
Category. |
Men. |
Women. |
Total. |
|
Registered medical practitioners |
173 |
13 |
186 |
|
Vaids and Hakims |
128 |
4 |
132 |
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Dentists |
8 |
-- |
8 |
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Veterinary surgeons |
23 |
-- |
23 |
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Vacinators |
26 |
-- |
26 |
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Hospitals and Health services |
149 |
93 |
242 |
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Compounders |
125 |
3 |
128 |
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Nurses |
2 |
111 |
113 |
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Total |
634 |
224 |
858 |
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