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EXAMINATION OF BLOOD FILMS FOR MALARIA.
Parasites European Indian Chinese Total Sub-tertian 48 138 1,959 2,145 Simple tertian 49 99 1,531 1,679 Quartan 2 2 264 268 Unclassified 11 29 598 638 Double Infection 1 2 96 99 Negative 417 330 2,905 3,652 Grand total 528 600 7,353 8,481(2) Filaria.—Forty-one blood films were specifically examined for filarial embryos-nineteen were positive.
(3) Faeces. One thousand nine hundred and nineteen specimens of faeces were examined for the presence of intestinal ova and the exudate of bacillary dysentery.
EXAMINATION OF STOOLS FOR INTESTINAL PARASITES. European Indian Chinese Total Ascaris 42 25 73 140 Clonorchis 5 1 79 85 Trichuris 21 4 29 54 Ankylostoma 3 22 33 Taenia 1 1 2 Fasciolopsis buskii.. 2 2 Multiple infestation. 2 5 85 92 E. histolytica 7 9 9 25 Negative 783 175 529 1,487 Grand total 864 227 828 1,919M 119
EXAMINATION OF BLOOD FILMS FOR MALARIA.
Parasites
European Indian Chinese
Total
Sub-tertian
48
138
1,959
2,145
Simple tertian
49
99
1,531
1,679
Quartan
2
2
264
268
Unclassified
11
29
598
638
Double Infection
1
2
96
99
Negative
417
330
2,905
3,652
Grand total
528
600
7,353
8,481
(2) Filaria.—Forty-one blood films were specifically examin- ed for filarial embryos-nineteen were positive.
(3) Faeces. One thousand nine hundred and nineteen specimens of faeces were examined for the presence of intestinal ova and the exudate of bacillary dysentery.
EXAMINATION OF STOOLS FOR INTESTINAL PARASITES.
European Indian Chinese
Total
Ascaris
42
25
73
140
Clonorchis
5
1
79
85
Trichuris
21
4
29
54
Ankylostoma
3
22
33
Taenia
1
1
Fasciolopsis buskii..
2
2
Multiple infestation.
2
5
85
92
E. histolytica
7
9
9
25
Negative
783
175
529
1,487
Grand total
864
227
828
1,919
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