473
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THE EXAMINATION OF PATHOLOGICAL MATERIAL SENT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS.
Table V shows the work done. The rats examined for Plague are shown in Table VI.
TUMOURS AND OTHER MATERIAL SENT FOR EXAMINATION.
Table VII shows the tumours examined, there has been a large increase of work under this head, there being 36 examinations compared with 10 last year. Previous to this exact records were not kept. Four disinfectants have been tested for their carbolic acid coefficient and eleven other reports have been issued on various materials sent for diagnosis.
RESEARCH.
This is contained in special reports which are sent at six-monthly intervals to the Secretary of State. A report was sent in April and another in October.
Table I.-Vaccine Statistics.
Year.
Tubes issued.
Tubes issued free.
Revenue from tubes sold.
1902,
4,616
3,972
$ 315
1903,
5,361
2,876
899
1904,
6,893
4,709
778
1905,
7,639
3,246
1,485
1906,
8,797
4,540
1,130
1907,
13,665
5,975
2,463
Table II.-Free. Issues of Vaccine during 1907.
Tubes.
The Victoria Gaol,
1,450
The Tung Wah Hospital,.
1,345
The Civil Hospital,...
550
The Alice Memorial Hospital,
288
The New Territories,
400
The Sanitary Department,
234
The Berlin Foundling House,
50
The Victoria Hospital,
11
The Nethersole Hospital,
336
C. P. Disp. Hunghom,
50
Do.
Kowloon,..
144
Do.
Yaumati,
275
Do.
Central,
265
Do.
Eastern,....
292
Do.
Western,
285
5,975 Value $2,587.