ORGANISMS.
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AGGLUTINATION TESTS.
EUROPEAN INDIAN CHINESE Total Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. B. Typhosus 62 125 B. Para. A... 3 2 B. Para. B... 185 179 B. Para. C. ... B. Meletensis 3 B. Abortus 2 Weil Felix reaction 2 4 x 30 5 209 465 869 1 673 869 15 659 869 1 4 ... 3 ... 1 Co 3 Grand Total 72 496 3 21 225 1,800 2,617C. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces. Seven hundred and sixteen specimens of faeces were examined by culture for organisms of the enteric group and cholera.
The scarcity of Shiga infections is shown.
The small epidemic of cholera which visited the Colony during the summer is responsible for the large number of positive findings under this head.
Stools Examined for Organisms European Indian Chinese Total Organisms Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Typhoid group... B. Dysenteriae (Flexner). 2 14 2 8 B. Dysenteriae (Group)... 6 2 B. Dysenteriae (Shiga). 2 B. Cholerae ... 86 104 15 30 45 60 2 69 131 5 5 172 243 431 Grand Total 19 82 8 209 398 716