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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
ANALYSES,-
Continued,
Schedule of Charges for Bacteriological Examinations in the Bacteriological Institute :-
General Directions :-
1. Sterile Swabe for use in cases of suspected diphtheria, and outfits for taking blood for Widal's blood examination, will be supplied on application. In other cases requiring bacteriological examination, the material must be sent in sterile stoppered bottles or jars, and every precaution must be taken to prevent the entrance of extraneous organisms.
2. Tissues for the preparation of sections, which cannot rench the Laboratory within a few hours of removal, may be placed in 50 per cent. spirit. They should if possible be placed in Zenker's solution while still warm will be supplied if desired.
This solution
3. Esch specimen nuust be accompanied by a written statement of—(z) the name and address of the scaler; (6) the provisional diagnosis of the case; (c) a detailed statement of the nature of the examination required. The specimen not will be examined unless this is dene.
4. Material for examination must be milddressed to the Government Bacteriologist, Bacteriological Justitute, and must be received in proper condition. In case of material sent by post proper precaution must be taken in packing.
5. In all chemical reports and in certain other cases, e.g., the examination of blood films, only the fuers observed will be reported. The interpretation of the facts will be left to the person receiving the report.
6. Widal's reaction against B. Typhoons, examination of diphtheria swabs and examination of material from supposed cases of Cholera or Plagne will be done free of charge for any case within the Colony,
7. Diagnostic examinations are performed free of charge for indigent patients if the physician certifies on the request that the patient is indigent anıl unable to pay a fee, and as long as the work of the Laboratory is not interfered with.
8. Reports sent out from the Laboratory are entirely for the assistance of the medical practitioner, and aro issued on the condition that they may not be used for legal proceedings.
9. The following is the scale of fees chargeable for reports :-
Government Notification
No. 380 of 1910.
SPOTUM.
Examination for Tubercle Bacilli........................
1.50
Microscopic Report (henceforth referred to as “M.R.”) for
Pyogenic Cocci, Paeumnocudci, etc............................
2.50
For any other ordinary Organism specified by sender,........
M. R. for Organisms not specified by sender, and for Cellular
Elements, for Hydatid Hooklets, etc.........................
2.50
5.00
Pus or Other MaterIAL.
Calture from Diphthoria Swab and Report, (free if in Colony),
2.50
M. R. on discharge from Tetanus Wound,.............
2.50
M. R. for Tubercle Bacilli, Actinomyces, Meningococcus,
Gonococcus, Amæhæ, etc., ..........
2.50
M. R. for shreds of Tumour,.............
10.00
M. R. and Inoculation Experiment for Tubercle Bacilli,........
10.00