The medicals of the mission are often not the only men meeting that need.

There are often others, Government officials, or private practitioners, who, from the point of view of medical practice, are doing the same work.

The medical need of a district where the missionary doctor is the only exponent of western medicine is not the same as that of the district where he is competing with Government or private doctors fully trained as he is.

Consequently it is essential in order to understand the position that we should know what other, non-missionary, medical assistance is available, and we need the following table:-- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hospitals.|Qualified|Assistants.|Nurses.|Dispensaries.|Beds.
| |Practi- | | | | tioners.

| | | | -- ------|----------|---------|-----------|-------|-------------|--- | | | | | | Mission-| | | | | | ary| ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ___ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | Non- | | | | | | Mission-| | | | | | ary| ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ___ | | | | | | -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- If any surveyor finds it difficult to fill in such a table, he must make an estimate, but he ought to realise that a table of the kind is a necessary part of any appeal for increased support; for support cannot be reasonably given to his work _on the ground of this medical need_ unless these facts are known.