| | | | |men |women| | |
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(ii) In terms of population.

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District. |Population. |
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Proportion of | | |
Medicals to | | |
Population. | | |
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Proportion of | | |
Assistants to | | |
Population. | | |
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Proportion of | | |
Nurses to | | |
Population. | | |
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Proportion of | | |
Beds to | | |
Population. | | |
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Proportion of | | |
Dispensaries to | | |
Population. | | |
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It will be observed that in this second table the items are not
identical with those in the preceding table. In the place of hospitals
we have beds; because in relation to the area the thing of importance is
the number of the hospitals; but in relation to population the thing of
importance is the number of beds available. Two hospitals in a single
area are probably not in the same place and imply more widespread
influence; but if each has twenty beds, in proportion to population it
is of no importance whether the forty beds are in one place or two:
forty in-patients fill the beds.

But in medical work, when we are considering the need of the district,
another factor of importance often enters. The medicals of the mission
are often not the only men meeting that need. There are often others,
Government officials, or private practiti