AnnualReport-1937

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Table XLV.

ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS.

Nature of examination Total for 1937 Total for 1936 Agglutination Reaction B. Typhosus 1,539 1,435 Paratyphosus A B Weil Felix Reaction 4 7 B. Dysenteriae 1 } Melitensis 2 1 Abortus Serological Reaction for Syphilis 16,581 16,841 Cultural Examinations Blood 8,917 8,481 Smears (Malaria Filaria Blood count, etc.) 30 41 77 102 Naso-pharyngeal swabs (C. Diphtheriae) 1,454 2,058 Spinal fluid (Meningococcus) 232 281 Faeces (Typhosus, Paratyphosus, Cholera, etc.) 3,758 824 Blood 1,478 1,435 Urine 136 185 Faeces Intestinal Parasites 2,407 1,919 Occult blood 28 37 Tubercle Bacillus 10 8 Tissue Sections 274 296 Friedmann test for pregnancy 10 5 Sputa 687 785 Miscellaneous Examinations Pus 90 60 Urine 293 555 Smear for Gonococcus > M. leprae Animals for Rabies Medico-legal Examinations Bacteriological Examination of Milk 617 1,351 Analysis of Water 154 153 Rideal Walkers Test of Disinfectants 29 19 Autogenous vaccine prepared 80 46 127 40 1,538 1,484 20 49 Miscellaneous 1,523 297 Total 42,096 38,797

A. V. GREAVES, M.B., (TOR.), M.C.P. & S. (Ont.), D.T.M., (Liverpool).

Government Bacteriologist.