dairy without suffering any deleterious effects showed that the milk as a whole had not been at fault. It was assumed that one batch of nursery milk had accidentally become infected with Shiga bacilli, a thorough inspection of the premises failed to bring to light any source of contamination.
The farm could fairly be described as a high-class institution where special precautions were taken to produce a clean milk. It appeared to be the case that the milk was handled in a sanitary manner from the cow to the consumer and would be called Grade A in England.
A search was made to discover the source of infection and the stools of 113 workers were examined in an endeavour to find among them any Shiga carriers. No Shiga bacilli were isolated from any of the stools.
THE DUMPING OF THE DEAD.
23. The number of bodies reported by the police as dumped was 1,091 as compared with 1,038 in 1935. In an endeavour to stop this practice, chambers for the deposit of corpses have been established at all the Chinese Public Dispensaries. In some cases, the top of the table is so arranged that the weight of a body on it closes an electric circuit which rings a bell in the caretaker's room.
HOSPITALS.
24. The Government Civil Hospital.-The Hospital consists of three blocks and contains 225 beds in 23 wards. About one half the accommodation has been placed under the care of the clinical professors of the University who have been gazetted respectively Surgeon, Physician and Obstetric Physician to the Hospital.
The number of in-patients in 1936 was 5,875 as compared with 5,047 in the previous year.
25. Attendances at the general clinics for out-patients numbered 55,532 as compared with 50,685 in the previous year. In addition, there were 47,734 attendances at clinics for special subjects such as those in connection with children's diseases, ophthalmology, ear, nose, and throat work, venereal diseases, etc. Much of the work connected with out-patients was done by the University staff.
26. Attached to the hospital is a Maternity Hospital of 21 beds. There were 1,010 cases in 1936 and 1,056 in 1935. With the exception of 224 cases attended by the Government Medical Officers, all the cases were under the care of the University Professor and his assistants.