Report by the Statistical Committee of the General Medical Council containing a summary of statistics regarding medical students registered as such in the year 1871 : with additional tables and diagrams, by way of commencement, having reference to all persons registered in the Medical Students' Register in the decennium from 1871 to 1880.

  • General Medical Council. Statistical Committee.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Report by the Statistical Committee of the General Medical Council containing a summary of statistics regarding medical students registered as such in the year 1871 : with additional tables and diagrams, by way of commencement, having reference to all persons registered in the Medical Students' Register in the decennium from 1871 to 1880. 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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    BEPOET BY THE STATISTICAL COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. Mr. MABSHALIj, Chairman, Dr. HALDANE. Dr. AQ,UILLA SMITH. The Committee appointed by the Council on the 13th of May last, ' to superintend the preparation of Statistical Returns relating to the Medical Profession of the United Kingdom,' have much satisfaction in presenting the following ad interim Report. It was, at the outset, determined, by correspondence between the Chairman, Dr. Haldane, and Dr. Aquilla Smith, that the period selected for the first set of investigations should bo that extending from 1871 to 1880, both years inclusive. The reasons for this determination may be thus stated. It was obviously necessary, at the initial stage of such an inquiry, to make some sort of limitation to it. It was equally needful that the period chosen should not be too brief. By the year 1871, the official registration of Students, and of the Qualifi- cations subsequently obtained by them, had become quite regularly organised, and it has since been carried on with a com- pleteness altogether reliable. Furthoi-moro, the decennial period thus selected may be easily sub-divided into two periods of five