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Table 43
Examination of Sputa for Tuberculosis.
Direct examination
Culture
Grand total
Positive
Negative
Total
4,473 13
4486
17,901 318
18,219
22,374
321
22,705
Table 45
Examination of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Pathogenic Organisms.
Meningococcus
Pneumococcus
M. tuberculosis Negative
**
***
2
18
8
993
1,021
E
466. Urine-2,213 specimens were cultured for pathogenic organisms.
467. Urethral and cervical smears-309 smears were examined for the presence of the gonococcus, with 61 positive findings.
468. Nasal smears, etc. for M. leprae-118 examinations gave 82 positive results.
469. Rat spleen smears-15,475 examinations were made of smears for P. pestis, with no positive findings.
470. Throat swabs-5,029 throat swabs were cultured for C. diphetheriae; and 2,881 were examined for the presence of haemolytic streptococel, with 166 positive recorded.
Table 44
Examination of Throat Swabs for Diphtheria,
Positive
Negative
Grand total
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504
+
4,625
5,029
471. Cerebrospinal fluid-1,011 specimens were cultured for the presence of pathogenic organisms,
158
Grand total
472. Clinical Pathological Procedures-Urine examinations -15,625 routine and microscopic examinations of urine were carried out.
473. Pregnancy tests-There were 47 Friedman tests, and 547 frog tests, using the local male frog.
174. Miscellaneous tests-748 examinations of an unclasai- fied nature were carried out.
475. Preparation of Vaccine Lymph-Cow calves had to be used for this work as buffalo calves were unobtainable. In consequence yields were much smaller and less satisfactory.
476. Preparation of Vaccines--Production remained much the same as last year. No plague vaccine was called for but 124 litres of T.A.B. vaccine were manufactured.
477. Rinderpest vaccine, using a lapinised strain, has now become a routine activity, and is prepared for the Agriculture Department throughout the year as required.
478. Antirabic vaccine-Only one human case of rabies occurred, consequently fewer cases applied for vaccine treatment and production of vaccine dropped, compared with the previous
year.
159