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C. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces.-Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms. A large proportion of these were from cholera cases or suspects in the course of the cholera epidemic which occurred in the summer.
Table XXXVII.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.
European Indian Chinese Total Organisms Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg. B. typhosus 19 1 7 290 317 ..... B. dysenteriae (group) (Flexner) 36 389 61 1,264 1,714 3 95 134 (Shiga) 3 8 11 15 ** (Schmitz) 1 V. cholerae 16 17 5 13 552 993 1,565 Grand total .... 45 421 3 64 678 2,547 3,758(2) Sputum.-Six hundred and eighty-seven specimens of sputum were examined for infection with the tubercle bacillus.
Table XXXVIII.
SPUTA EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
European Indian Chinese Total Positive 24 10 140 174 Negative 70 64 379 513 Grand total 94 74 519 687M 73
C. BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
(1) Faeces.-Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms. A large propor- tion of these were from cholera cases or suspects in the course of the cholera epidemic which occurred in the summer.
Table XXXVII.
STOOLS EXAMINED FOR ORGANISMS.
European Indian
Chinese
Total
Organisms
Pos. Neg. Pos. Neg.
Pos. Neg.
B. typhosus
19
1
7
290
317
.....
B. dysenteriae
(group)
(Flexner) 36
389
61
1,264
1,714
3
95
134
(Shiga)
3
8
11
15
**
(Schmitz) 1
V. cholerae
16
17
5
13
ลง
552 993 1,565
Grand total .... 45
421 3
64
678 2,547 3,758
(2) Sputum.-Six hundred and eighty-seven specimens of sputum were examined for infection with the tubercle bacillus.
Table XXXVIII.
SPUTA EXAMINED FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
European Indian Chinese
Total
Positive
24
10
140
174
Negative
70
64
379
513
Grand total
94
74
519
687
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