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The water supplied from the eleven filter beds in the Colony was examined regularly.
The results are given in tables II to XII, the standard aimed at being of the same hygienic value as last year.
10.-STOCK VACCINES.
The following doses of stock vaccines have been issued:-
T. A. B. (Antityphoid) vaccine 869 doses
Anti Cholera vaccine 545
Anti Plague vaccine 390
Polyvalent Anti Meningococcus vaccine 390
11.-AUTOGENOUS VACCINES.
The use of these vaccines continues to increase in popularity with the members of the profession.
Number of doses issued to Government Hospitals was 400. Number prepared for private medical practitioners was 300.
12.-POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS AT THE VICTORIA MORTUARY. These are shown in detail as a separate report, see Appendix O attached.
The total number post mortem examination made during the year was 4,022.
13.-MEDICO LEGAL WORK.
Special autopsies were made for medico legal purposes and the necessary evidence given in 72 cases.
The number of articles specially examined and reported upon for blood, spermatozoa &c., was 48.
The necessary expert medical evidence required in the Supreme Court, Magistrate's and Coroner's Courts was given by the Government Bacteriologist.