SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF REGISTRATION

IN MEDICINE.

FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1909.

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

APPROVED BY

THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLICATION.

Fees paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth, including the fees from applicants registered under chapter 526 of the Acts of 1909,

$6,790 00

The number of persons applying for registration this year under chapter 76 of the Revised Laws is 293, all of whom have been examined except 12. Of this number, 270 are graduates from medical schools authorized to confer degrees in medicine, and 23 were undergraduates. The percentage of graduates registered on first examination is 77, of undergraduates 20.

Of the graduates (261) applying and examined this year, 220 have been registered, 201 by first examination and 19 by re-examination; 41 are on the rejected list. Of the undergraduates (20) applying and examined this year, only 5 have been registered, 4 by first examination and 1 by re-examination : 15 are on the rejected list. The percentages occurring in each examination are shown by the following tabulations :

GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES. Examined. Registered. Rejected.

Percentage

rejected.

The following data apply only to the registration of graduates who were successful in their first examination :