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SPECIFICATION OF TAXESS, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority nuder which levied.

ANALYSES,--Continued.

Schedule of Charges for Bacteriological Examinations in the Bacteriological Institute :—

General Directions ;-

I. Sterile Swabs for use in cases of suspected diphtheria, and outfits for taking blood for Widal's blood examination, will be supplied on application. In other cases requiring bacteriological examination, the material must be sent i sterile stoppered bottles or jars, and every precaution must be taken to prevent the entrance of extraneous organisms.

2. Tissues for the preparation of sections, which cannot reach the Laboratory within a few hours of removal, may be placed in 50 per cent. spirit. They should if possible be placed in Zenker's solution while still warm, This solution will be supplied if desired.

3. Each specimen must be accompanied by a written statement of—(a) the name and address of the sender; (b) the provisional diagnosis of the case; (c) a detailed statement of the nature of the examination required. The specimen will not be examined unless this is done.

4. Material for examination must be addressed to the Government Bacteriologist, Bacteriologica! Institute, and must be received in proper condition. In case of material sent by post proper precaution must be taken in packing.

5. In all chemical reports and in certain other cases, e.g., the examination of blood films, only the facts observed will be reported. The interpretation of the facts will be left to the person receiving the report.

6. Widal's reaction against B. Typhosus, examination of diphtheria swabs and examination of material from supposed cases of Cholera or Plagne will be done free of charge for any case within the Colony.

7. Diagnostic examinations are performed free of charge for indigent patients if the physician certifies on the request that the patient is indigent and unable to pay a fee, and as long as the work of the Laboratory is not interfered with.

8. Reports sent out from the Laboratory are entirely for the assistance of the medical practitioner, and are issued on the condition that they may not be used for legal proceedings.

9. The following is the scale of fees chargeable for reports:-

Government Notification

No. 380 of 1910.

SPUTUM,

Examination for Tubercle Bacilli,

1.50

Microscopic Report (henceforth referred to as "M.R.") for

Pyogenic Cocci, Pueunocoeci, ote.,

2.50

For any other ordinary Organism specified by sender,

2.50

M. R. for Organisms not specified by sender, and for Cellular

Elements, for Hydatid Hooklets, etc.,

5.00

PUS OR OTHER MATERIAL,

Culture from Diphtheria Swab and Report, (free if in Colony),

2,50

M. R. ou discharge from Tetauus Wound,

2.50

M. R. for Tubercle Bacilli, Actinomyces, Meuingococcus,

Gonococcus, Amœbæ, etc.,

2.50

M. R. for shreds of Tumour,

10.00

M. R. and Inoculation Experiment for Tubercle Bacilli,

10.00