461. Serology-The Kahn reaction-95,547 gera were tested, representing an increase of 73% over last year's figures. The Berger-Kahn modification was used in all ante-natal cases.
Table 40
Eramination of Blood Sera for Syphilis.
463. Bacteriological Examniations-Blood clot culture- Bact. typhosum was isolated from the Widal clot in 152 instances, paratyphoid A 45 times.
464. Faeces-6,270 stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms.
Strong Positive Positive
- ་ ་
*
Weak Positive
Doubtful ...
Negative ...
..
++
༥
་་་
+
2,677
6,745
4+
2,938
♣
3,591
.79,596
...05,547
Table 42
Examination of Stools for Organisms.
Positive
Negative
Total
Grand total ...
462. Agglutination tests-2,812 sera were examined for the presence of agglutinins against various organisms. All the positive findings for Br. abortus occurred in pigs.
Bact. typhosur
36
4,017
4,103
Bact. paratyphosum A
1$
13
B. dysenteriae (Group)
1.326
1.330
Cytology typical of bacillary
dysentery
121
121
Table 41
Agglutination. Tests.
B. dysenteriae (Flexner)
478
47%
B. dysenteriae (Shiga)
1
7
Organismus
Positive Negative
Doubl ful
Total
B. dysenteriae (Sonne)
I
પ
Salmonella group
45
159
108
Bact. typhosom
Bact. paratyphosum A
H
YO
C
NJ
Enteric fever (type undetermined)
Br. melitensis
Br. abortua
Weil-Felix reaction
ཧྰུཾཌསྨ ཁ
820
1,186
118
2.124
84
V. cholerac
29
84
11
2
1
81
2
112
3 240 160
Grand total
G
751
5,519
6,270
A
352 153
Grand tolal
1.114
1,579
119
2,812
168
465. Sputum-22,705 sputa were examined for the presence of the tubercle bacillus. In addition, gastric lavage from 287 patients gave 21 positive results.
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