M 122
(3) Urine.-Routine chemical and microscopic examination was made on five hundred and fifty-five urines.
(4) Urethral and cervical smears.-One thousand three hundred and fifty-one urethral and cervical smears were examined, chiefly for the presence of the gonococcus.
(5) Nasal scrapings, etc.- One hundred and fifty-three examinations were made of scrapings for the presence of b. leprae. Fifty-two were positive.
(6) Throat swabs. Two thousand and fifty-eight throat swabs were cultured for the presence of C. diphtheriae. This number is about 75% greater than in 1935 and about 200% greater than in 1934. This increase is in part accounted for by the fact that all contacts are swabbed as far as possible now. Nevertheless, the number of positive results is greatly in excess of the previous year.
THROAT SWABS EXAMINED FOR DIPHTHERIA.
European Indian Chinese Total Positive 91 4 312 407 Negative 436 23 1,192 1,651 Grand total 527 27 1,504 2,058(7) Cerebro-spinal fluid.—Two hundred and eighty-one fluids were cultured for organisms; seventy-four of these showed the presence of the meningococcus. This compares with eighty positives recorded in 1935.
European Indian Chinese Total Positive 74 Negative 12 3 192 207 Grand total 12 3 266 281M 122
(3) Urine.-Routine chemical and microscopic examination was made on five hundred and fifty-five urines.
(4) Urethral and cervical smears.-One
smears.-One thousand three hundred and fifty-one urethral and cervical smears were examined, chiefly for the presence of the gonococcus.
(5) Nasal scrapings, etc.- One hundred and fifty-three examinations were made of scrapings for the presence of b. leprae. Fifty-two were positive.
(6) Throat swabs. Two thousand and fifty-eight throat swabs were cultured for the presence of C. diptheriae. This number is about 75% greater than in 1935 and about 200% greater than in 1934. This increase is in part accounted for by the fact that ail contacts are swabbed as far as possible now. Nevertheless the number of positive results is greatly in excess of the previous year.
THROAT SWABS EXAMINED FOR DIPHTHERIA.
European Indian Chinese Total
Positive
91
4
312
407
Negative
436
23
1,192
1,651
Grand total
527
27
1,504
2,058
(7) Cerebro-spinal fluid.—Two hundred and eighty-one fluids were cultured for organisms; seventy-four of these showed the presence of the meningococcus. This compares with eighty positives recorded in 1935.
C.S.F. EXAMINED FOR MENINGOCOCCI.
European Indian Chinese Total
Positive
Negative
74
74
12
3
192
281
Grand total
12
3
an
266
207
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