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Annexe L.
BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
REPORT BY DR. H. MACFARLANE, Bacteriologist.
THE PREPARATION OF CALF LYMPH.
Nine calves were inoculated (12 in 1914). The total number of tubes of lymph issued was 7,294 (7,372 in 1914). The value of the lymph by Government Notification No. 380 of 1910 was $3,217.00 ($3,326.00 in 1914).
ROUTINE EXAMINATIONS.
Under this heading are grouped the various examinations of materials sent in. The number was 90,398 as compared with 94,626 in 1914:--
New Growths,-Examination by section, 287 Widal's Reaction for Bacillus Typhosus, 280 Paratyphoid B, 400 Contagious Abortion, 1 Malta Fever, 91 Examination by Culture for Bacillus Dysenteriæ, 17 Diphtheria, 17 Vibro Cholera, 17 Typhoid Carriers, 11 Microscopical Examination for Trepanema Pallida. 21 of Urine for Casts, Bacilli, 62 Tubercle of Urine for Cells, 11 for Gonococcus, 11 of Stools for Eggs, Amoeba, 66 of Sputum for Tubercle Bacilli, 48 for Malaria Parasites and Differential Count of Leucocytes, 2 Microscopical Examination for Filaria, 6 Rideal Walker Estimation for Disinfectants, 5 Animal Inoculation for Tubercle Bacilli. Bacteriological Examination of Water, 73 Wasserman's Syphilis Reaction, +1 Preparation of Autogenous Vaccines, Examination of Rats for Plague, 88,896 Breeding out and generic determination of Dipterous larvæ, 14 Medico Legal Examination of Clothing, Knives, &c., 40 for Blood, Miscellaneous, 8 Total.... 90,398