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(2) Sputum.-Five hundred and seventy four sputa were examined for the presence of the tubercle bacillus.
EXAMINATION OF SPUTUM FOR B. TUBERCULOSIS.
Positive Negative Total EUROPEAN 19 82 101 INDIAN 19 46 65 CHINESE 91 317 408 Grand Total 129 445 574(3) Urine. One hundred and forty six specimens of urine were cultured for pathogenic organisms. In all cases a complete chemical and microscopic report was made in addition to the bacteriological.
(4) Urethral and cervical smears.-Four hundred and thirty eight smears were examined for the presence of the gonococcus. The majority of these smears were from the female V. D. Clinics.
(5) Nasal Scrapings.-Fifty six nasal smears were stained for the presence of Hansen's bacillus.
(6) Throat Swabs.—One thousand seven hundred and thirty swabs were cultured, of which three hundred and eighty two were positive for C. diphtheriae. There is again a great increase both in the number of examinations and positive cases. This is in part due to the epidemic which began at the end of 1931 and extended over January and February of this year.
There is, however, a steady increase in the number of specimens forwarded for examination comparable to that noted in other departments of the Institute.
Positive Negative Total EUROPEAN 282 839 1,121 INDIAN 1 19 20 CHINESE 99 490 589 Grand Total 382 1,348 1,730