AN ARMY FOR HEALTH
, More than' 1,500,000 persons :an the United States^are employed directly or indirectly;; in caring''fbr>'^he sick: and preventing ■;,. diseaise^--about one for every 80 (persons:- otherwise engaged. The Mist- includes- ; 16i,000~ legally-quali-fied | physicians, • 24,000 attendants, 294,000 nurses, 150,000:, "practical nurses," nearly 5000 physiotherapists, clinical-laboratory' workers and masseurs; 70.000 dentists^ 14;000 dentists'.assistants,/; 2000 oral ;;hygienists,= 20,000 dental technicians, --and assistants of various kinds,'; approximately; 36,000 osteopaths, chiropractor's, and "healers,'' i 47,000 midwives, 5000 . chiropodists, 20,000 optometrists,- .553,000 hospital superintendents and other, hospital personnel, 5000 clinical attendants, 11,500 health department workers, and several thousands in private health organisations; 125,000 • registered; pharmacists, 17,000 assistant pharmacists, 60,000 ap. prentice pharmacists, and 2500 medical social wnrks.- .- » . .
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Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 4
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113AN ARMY FOR HEALTH Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 4
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