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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces. Eight hundred and twenty-four cultural examinations were made of stools.
The high proportion of positive cultures of B. dysenteriae shiga as compared with other years, is due to the small explosive outbreak of dysentery of this type which occurred in the latter part of the year. The figures otherwise do not call for comment.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS European Indian Chinese Total Organisms Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. B. typhosus 4 18 3 7 162 194 194 B. dysenteriae (Group) J (Flexner) 158 15 292 465 J (Flexner) 35 2 79 116 22 (Shiga) 23 1 7 31 (Schmitz) 5 9 14 V. cholerae 1 3 4 Grand total ... 67 177 3 co 18 102 457 824(2) Sputum. Seven hundred and eighty-five sputa were examined for B. tuberculosis.
SPUTA EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS European Indian Chinese Total Positive 11 18 164 193 Negative 115 75 402 592 Grand total 126 93 566 785