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C. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces.-Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms. A large proportion of these were from cholera cases or suspects in the course of the cholera epidemic which occurred in the summer.
Table XXXVII.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.
European Indian Chinese Total Organisms Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. B. typhosus 19 1 7 290 317 ..... B. dysenteriae (group) (Flexner) 36 389 61 1,264 1,714 3 95 134 (Shiga) 3 8 11 15 ** (Schmitz) 1 V. cholerae 16 17 5 13 552 993 1,565 Grand total .... 45 421 3 64 678 2,547 3,758(2) Sputum.-Six hundred and eighty-seven specimens of sputum were examined for infection with the tubercle bacillus.
Table XXXVIII.
SPUTA EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
European Indian Chinese Total Positive 24 10 140 174 Negative 70 64 379 513 Grand total 94 74 519 687