AnnualReport-1939

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ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL AND OTHER EXAMINATIONS.

Table XLIX.

Nature of Examination Total for 1939 Total for 1938 B. typhosus Agglutination reaction B. paratyphosus A 3,121 2,091 B. B JJ Cultural examinations Blood smears Weil Felix reaction B. dysenteriae B. melitensis B. abortus Serological reaction for syphilis 6 13 Malaria 13 2 Filaria NW 3 2 2 20,328 17,111 14,840 8,716 Blood count, etc. 18 13 Naso-pharyngeal swabs (C. diphtheriae) 80 51 Spinal fluid (meningococcus) 2,377 1,612 Faeces (typhosus, paratyphosus, cholera, etc.) 2,215 1,208 Blood 4,669 4,139 Urine 34 569 Faeces 509 265 Intestinal parasites 3,000 3,632 Occult blood 182 58 Tubercle bacillus S 14 Tissue Sections 246 381 Friedmann test for pregnancy 24 33 Miscellaneous examinations Sputa 3,514 822 Pus Urine Smear for gonococcus M. leprae Animals for rabies 113 110 Medico-legal examinations 780 501 Bacteriological examination of milk 1,185 1,115 Analysis of water 913 178 Rideal-Walker test of disinfectants 7 12 Autogenous vaccine prepared 67 81 Miscellaneous 133 133 1,680 1,521 3 6 43 18 692 302 Total 60,790 44,710

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

Government Bacteriologist.