M 128
AGGLUTINATION TESTS.
EUROPEAN. INDIAN. CHINESE.
ORGANISMS.
Total.
Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg.
B. Typhosus 50 127 5 36 186 510
B. Para. A. 3 174 41 3 693 914
B. Para. B. 174 41 4 688
B. Para. C. 1 1
B. Melitensis 2
B. Abortus 4 34 3 4
Weil Felix reaction 1 1 ...
Grand Total 56 481 5 118 198 1,893 923
C.-BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces. Three hundred stools were cultured for the presence of pathogenic organisms. The table shows the distribution of the different types of infection present. Infections with B. dysenteriae (Schmitz) are seen to be by no means uncommon as a cause of dysentery in Hong Kong.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.
European. Indian. Chinese.
Organisms.
Total.
Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg.
Typhoid group. 2 24 1 99 126
B. Dysenteriae (Group). 61 7 38 106
B. Dysenteriae (Flexner) 21 3 31 55
B. Dysenteriae (Shiga) 1 3 4
B. Dysenteriae (Schmitz). 5
B. Cholera 2 1 1 72
Grand Total 28 85 4 9 36 138 300
M 128
AGGLUTINATION TESTS.
EUROPEAN. INDIAN.
CHINESE.
ORGANISMS.
Total.
Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg.
Pos. Neg.
B. Typhosus
50
127
5
36
186
510
B. Para. A.
3
174
41
3.
693
914
B. Para. B..
174
41
૪
688
B. Para. C.
1
1
B. Melitensis
2
B. Abortus
4
34
3
4
Weil Felix
reaction
1
1
...
Grand Total
56
481
5 118
198 1.893
923
C.-BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces. Three hundred stools were cultured for the presence of pathogenic organisms. The table shows the dis- tribution of the different types of infection present. Infections with B. dysenteriae (Schmitz) are seen to be by no means uncommon as a cause of dysentery in Hong Kong.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.
European. Indian.
Chinese.
Organisms.
Total.
Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg.
Pos. Neg.
Typhoid group..
2
24
1
99
126
B. Dysenteriae
(Group).
61
7
38
106
B. Dysenteriae
(Flexner)....
21
3
31
55
B. Dysenteriae
(Shiga)....
B, Dysenteriae
1
3
ون
:
4
(Schmitz).
5
B. Cholera...
2
1
1
72
Grand Total
28
85
4
9
36
138
300
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