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Annexe M.
BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
THE PREPARATION OF Calf Lymph.
Twelve calves were inoculated (39 in 1917). The total number of tubes of lymph issued was 6,097 (19,726 in 1917). The value of the lymph according to Government Notification No. 380 of 1910 was $2,668.50 ($8,020.80 in 1917).
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Owing to the outbreak of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Lieut. P. K. Olitsky of the Rockefeller Institute visited the Colony and worked in the Institute from May 5th to July 13th. On his advice the preparation of immune serum was undertaken and five horses are now under inoculation for this purpose.
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION.
The attempt to immunise cattle against this serious disease has been carried on throughout the year with varying success. The work will be continued in 1919 and it is hoped that, with the experience gained, a more uniform result will be obtained.
ROUTINE EXAMINATIONS.
Under this heading are grouped the various examinations of materials sent in. The number was 87,136 as compared with 87,908 in 1917, of which 85,402 were the examination of rats for plague:
New Growths, Examination by section 60 Widal's Reaction for the bacillus typhosus 334 paratyphoid B 45 meningococcus 77 B. Dysenteriæ 2 Examination by culture for bacillus diphtheria 17 carriers of meningococcus 354 Microscopical examination for malaria parasite and differential count of leucocytes 72 spirochæta pallida by dark ground condenser 2 of stools for eggs 95 of sputum for tubercle bacillus 15 27 19 142 Carried forward 1,449M 67
Annexe M.
BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.
THE PREPARATION OF CAlf Lymph.
Twelve calves were inoculated (39 in 1917). The total number of tubes of lymph issued was 6,097 (19,726 in 1917). The value of the lymph according to Government Notification No. 380 of 1910 was $2,668.50 ($8,020.80 in 1917).
EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
Owing to the outbreak of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Lieut. P. K. Olitsky of the Rockefeller Institute visited the Colony and worked in the Institute from May 5th to July 13th. On his advice the preparation of immune serum was undertaken and five horses are now under inoculation for this purpose.
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION.
The attempt to immunise cattle against this serious disease has been carried on throughout the year with varying success. The work will be continued in 1919 and it is hoped that, with the experience gained, a more uniform result will be obtained.
ROUTINE EXAMINATIONS.
Under this heading are grouped the various examinations of materials sent in. The number was 87,136 as compared with 87,908 in 1917, of which 85,402 were the examination of rats for plague :-
New Growths,-Examination by section,. Widal's Reaction for the bacillus typhosus.
""
**
""
60
334
paratyphoid B,
334
45
77
meningoccoi,
77
**
"
B. Dysenteriæ,
2
17
Examination by culture for bacillus diphtheria,
carriers of meningococcus, 354
Microscopical examination for malaria parasite and
differential count of
leucocytes,.....
spirochæta pallida by
dark ground condenser,
72
"
"
2
95
15
of stools for eggs,
27
"
19
sputum for tubercle
bacillus,.
142
Carried forward,
1,449
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