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(3) Urine.-One hundred and thirty-six urines were cultured for organisms.
(4) Urethral and cervical smears.-Six hundred and seventeen urethral and cervical smears were examined for the presence of the gonococcus.
(5) Nasal and skin scrapings for M. leprae.-One hundred and fifty-four examinations of material from suspected leprosy cases were made. Fifty were positive.
(6) Throat swabs.-One thousand four hundred and fifty-four swabs were cultured for the presence of C. diphtheriae. The total number, as well as the number of positives is well below the figures recorded for 1986.
Table XXXIX.
European Indian Chinese Total Positive 1 1 8 10 Negative 96 240 1,117 1,453 1,454 Grand total 97 241 1,125 1,463 1,454(7) Cerebro-spinal fluid.-Two hundred and thirty-two fluids were cultured for the meningococcus and other pathogenic organisms. The numbers of fluids infected with the meningococcus was somewhat higher than last year, but the figure is still within our usual endemic total.
Table XL.
European Indian Chinese Total Meningococcus 5 1 9 15 Pneumococcus 5 0 5 10 Streptococcus 0 0 1 1 Negative 82 113 201 396 Grand total 92 114 216 422 232 Total 92 120 226 232- M 74
(3) Urine.-One hundred and thirty-six urines were cultured for organisms.
(4) Urethral and cervical smears.-Six hundred and seven- teen urethral and cervical smears were examined for the presence of the gonococcus.
(5) Nasal and skin scrapings for M. leprae.-One hundred and fifty-four examinations of material from suspected leprosy cases were made. Fifty were positive.
(6) Throat swabs.-One thousand four hundred and fifty- four swabs were cultured for the presence of C. diphtheriae. The total number, as well as the number of positives is well below the figures recorded for 1986.
Table XXXIX.
THROAT SWABS EXAMINED FOR DIPHTHERIA.
European Indian Chinese
Total
Positive
Negative
96
1
240
337
469
639
1,117
Grand total
565
10
879
1,454
(7) Cerebro-spinal fluid.-Two hundred and thirty-two fluids welle cultured for the meningococcus and other pathogenic organisms. The numbers of fluids infected with the menin- gococcus was somewhat higher than last year, but the figure is still within our usual endemic total.
Table XL.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID EXAMINED FOR MENINGOCOCCI AND OTHER ORGANISMS.
European Indian Chinese
Meningococcus
Pneumococcus
Streptococcus
Negative
Grand total
Total
92
92
15
15
5
5
5
1
114
120
10
5
1
226
232
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