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EXAMINATION OF BLOOD FILMS FOR MALARIA.
Parasites European Indian Chinese Total Sub-tertian 48 138 1,959 2,145 Simple tertian 49 99 1,531 1,679 Quartan 2 2 264 268 Unclassified 11 29 598 638 Double Infection 1 2 96 99 Negative 417 330 2,905 3,652 Grand total 528 600 7,353 8,481(2) Filaria.—Forty-one blood films were specifically examined for filarial embryos-nineteen were positive.
(3) Faeces. One thousand nine hundred and nineteen specimens of faeces were examined for the presence of intestinal ova and the exudate of bacillary dysentery.
EXAMINATION OF STOOLS FOR INTESTINAL PARASITES. European Indian Chinese Total Ascaris 42 25 73 140 Clonorchis 5 1 79 85 Trichuris 21 4 29 54 Ankylostoma 3 22 33 Taenia 1 1 2 Fasciolopsis buskii.. 2 2 Multiple infestation. 2 5 85 92 E. histolytica 7 9 9 25 Negative 783 175 529 1,487 Grand total 864 227 828 1,919