Millard County Chronicle | 1949-08-11 | Page 11 | Doctor Population Rose in 1948, Census Claims

Doctor Population Rose In 1948, Census Claims CHICAGO. The nation's physician physi-cian population increased 3 367 in 1948, the American Medical association asso-ciation reports. The census, announced in the A.M.A. Journal by the association's associa-tion's council on medical education educa-tion and hospitals, showed 6,597 new doctors were licensed last year and 3,230 died. The council estimated that there were 202,516 physicians in the continental con-tinental United States April 15 this year. Of this number, 151,888 were believed to be in private practice. The over-all figure included doctors doc-tors doing full-time research, teaching, and administration. It also included retired physicians, interns, and residents in hospitals and those in government service.