AnnualReport-1914 — Page 308

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Annexe L.

BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

REPORT BY DR. H. MACFARLANE, Bacteriologist.

THE PREPARATION OF CALF LYMPH.

Twelve calves were inoculated (19 in 1913). The total number of tubes of lymph issued was 7,372 (8,035 in 1913). The value of the lymph by Government Notification No. 380 of 1910 was $3,326.00 ($3,532.60 in 1913). The decrease in the issues is accounted for by the absence of any serious epidemic of Small-pox and by the reduc- tion of the garrison.

ROUTINE EXAMINATIONS.

Under this heading are grouped the various examinations of materials sent in. The amount of work to be done steadily in- creases, the numbers for 1914 being 94,626 as compared with 91,336 in 1913:--

New Growths,-Examination by section, Brain for Negri Body,-Examination by section, Widal's Reaction for Bacillus Typhosus,

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Examination by culture for Bacillus Dysenteriæ.

1

""

1

Diphtheria,

22

3

247

Paratyphoid B.,

247

2

175

7

1

Ι

1

-

6

7

Vibro Cholera,

Typhoid Carriers,

of Blood for Dysenteriæ,

Microscopical Examination for Trepanoma Pallida,

19

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25

11

11

33

of Urine for Casts,

for Gonococcus,

of Urine for Tubercle

Bacilli,

of Fæces for Eggs,

of Sputum for Tubercle

Bacilli,

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for Leprosy Bacilli,

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11

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21

for Plague Bacilli,

for Malarial Parasites,

for Piroplasma,

Rideal Walker Estimation for Disinfectants, Animal Inoculation for Tubercle Bacilli, Bacteriological Examination of Water. Examination of Rats for Plague,

Breeding out and generic determination of Dipterous

larvæ,

Miscellaneous,

Total,

N 20

2

3

28

2

1

24

4

6

75

82,715

11,043

2

- 94,626