The present state of the medical profession in Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand / by Ludwig Bruck.

  • Bruck, Ludwig.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The present state of the medical profession in Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand / by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    1 546 inbabitants. Melbourne has 110 medical men, or one to 659 persons ; the suburbs 180 or one to every 2,875 persons; and Greater Melbourne 290 medical men, or one to every 1,724 inhabitants. Perth, the capital city ol Western Australia, has 12 practitioners, or one to every 708 of its inhabitants. Hobart, the capital ot Tasmania, has 29 practitioners, or one to every 1 172 persons, and Launceston, the principal city in' the north of the little island, has 13 medical men, or one to 1.692 persons. Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, supports 30 medical men, or one to every 1,133 persons, and Auckland, the former capital, has 40 practitioners, or one to every 1,300 inhabitants. Other chief towns in the South Island are Christchurch, which can boast of 29 practitioners, or one to 1,655 persons ; Dunedin with 33 medical men, or one to 1,394 persons, and Nelson, with one practitioner to every 831 persons ; and in the North Island tliere is also Napier, with one to every 933 inhabitants. As regards other principal towns in Australia, we have in Victoria the important cities of Ballarat (with Ballarat East), with one medical man to every 2,000 inhabitants, Bendigo with one practi- tioner to every 1,588 persons, and Geelong with one medical man to every 1,600 persons. In South Australia there is Port Pirie, which had one practitioner to every 2,025 inhabitants. In Queensland I name Rockhampton, with one prac- titioner to every 1,958 inhabitants, Townsville with one practitioner to every 1,633persons, Toowoomba with one practitioner to every 881 persons, and Charters Towers with one to every 581 inliabitants. In New South Wales there is Broken Hill with one to every 2,182 persons, Goulburn with one to every 1,571 persons, Bathurst with one to every 1,321 persons, Maitland (East and West) with one to every 1,312 persons, and Newcastle with one practitioner to every 929 persons. It will be noticed that the capital cities of Australia, in comparison with their suburbs, have three times as many practitioners in proportion to their popula- tion, which is due to various reasons : firstly, there are a number of specialists, and persons holding official positions in connection with the colonial and municipal governments, metropolitan