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(4) Bacteriological Examinations.

8. Freces-One thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms. The majority of these were for cholera vibrios.

EXAMINATION OF STOOLS FOR ORGANISMS.

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14. Cerebrospinal fluid-Six hundred and forty-nine fluids were examined for the presence of pathogenic organisme.

EXAMINATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDS FOR

PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS.

Table V.

Table VIII.

ORGANISME

EUROPEAN

CHINESE

TOTAL

Meningococcal

2

127

129

Pneumococcal

1

36

27

Tuberculous

1

5

6

24

27

Negative

11

466

477

嶺

#

Grand total

361

$30

1,298

15

634

649

Bact. typhoeuN. . . . . . .

1

6

B. dysenteriae (Group)

22

BUROPEAN

INDIAN

CHINESE

TOTAL

Fus.

Neg.

Pos. I Nex

Poa

Neg.

4

302

$13

2

25-8

280

Cytology typical of B.

drsenterine

3

B. dysenteriae

(Flexper)

V. choleine

1

Grand total.......

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4

304

1,496

1,927

9.

Sputum.-Nine hundred and ninety-one sputa were examined for the presence of the tubercle bacillus.

Positive

Negative

EXAMINATION OF SPUTA FOR TUBERCULOSIS

Grand total

Table VI.

EUROPEAN INDIAN CHINESE JAPANESE

'T'IAL

4

280

1

285

48

655

2

706

52

935

3

991

10. Urine-One hundred and ninety-three cultural examinations were made for pathogenic organisms.

11. Urethral and cervical smears--Three thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine urethral and cervical smears were examined for the presence of the gonococcus.

12. Nasal smears, etc. for M. leprae--Forty-five examinations were made for the detection of this organism. Eleven positive results were recorded.

13.

Throat swabe-One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two throat swaba were cultured for C. diphtheriae.

EXAMINATION OF THROAT SWABS FOR DIPHTHERIA.

Table VII

15. Rat spleen smear-Four thousand and eighty-two examinations were made of smearg for P. pestis. No positive findings were recorded.

(5) Clinical Pathological Procedures.

16. Urine examinations-Nine hundred and forty-eight routine chemical and microscopic examinations of urine were carried out.

17.

Miscellaneous tests.—One hundred and seventy-six tests of an unclassified nature were made.

(6) Proparation of Vaccine Lympb.

The amount of lymph prepared this year is greater than at any time in the history of the Institute. Smallpox was smouldering in the Colony all during the summer and flared up into a full sized epidemic at the end of October; consequently the Health Division asked us to furnish lymph on an enormous scale for a big vaccination campaign to last at least until the end of the year, This we were able

to do by a really great effort on the part of our staff. Fortunately the buffalo-calf supply proved surprisingly good and what was of equal importance the calves were nourished and healthy. The average pulp collected per calf was also a record.

I cannot forbear to point out what the Colony owes this Institute in respect of the value of the vaccine lymph prepared by it as measured by the price which this lymph would cost if purchased from the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, which is one of the large scale producera in Great Britain and which may be taken as an example. The cost of 67,600 e.c. at the prices ruling in 1946 would be £84,500.0, 0. The total budget of this Institute for the current year is £5,351. 0. 0.

Table IX

Amount of lymph prepared

67,600 c.c.

issued

39,882 c.c.

鰱

F1

..

*

TH

in stock at end of year.

41.964 c.c.

No. of buffalo calves scraped for pulp Total pulp collected. Average-per buffalo calf

(7) Preparation of Vaccines and Sera.

18. Autogenous vaccines-Six autogenous vaccines were prepared during the

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16,495 g.

817.21 g

EUROFRAN

INDIAN

CHINESE

TOTAL

Positive Negative

13

An

144

157

100

1

1,664

1,765

Grand total

113

1

1,808

1,922

year.