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F.-EXAMINATION OF WATER AND MILK,
(1) Bacteriological analysis of the public water supply.—One thousand four hundred and eighty-six samples of water were examined for bacteriological purity. Daily samples were taken from the various water areas and the results reported to the Water Authority. The usual high standard of purity has been maintained.
The appended table shows the various sources from which the samples were obtained:
Unfiltered raw water 107 Filtered raw water 107 Filtered and chlorinated water from service taps throughout the Colony. 1,155 Well water 21 Water from other than public supplies... 96 Total 1,486(2) Bacteriological analysis of milk.—Three samples of fresh milk and three of condensed milk were examined and reported on.
G.-MEDICO-LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS.
Twenty-three examinations were carried out at the instance of the Department of Criminal Investigation, all for the detection of human blood.
H.-MORBID HISTOLOGY.
Two hundred and eleven examinations of tissues were made. Eighty-one of these were of tumours, thirty-six malignant and forty-five benign. The remainder were for general pathological diagnosis.