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Medical and Health Departmental Reports 醫務衛生署年報 All

461. Serology-The Kahn reaction-95,547 gera were tested, representing an increase of 73% over last year's figures. The Berger-Kahn modification was used in all ante-natal cases.

Table 40

Eramination of Blood Sera for Syphilis.

463. Bacteriological Examniations-Blood clot culture- Bact. typhosum was isolated from the Widal clot in 152 instances, paratyphoid A 45 times.

464. Faeces-6,270 stools were cultured for pathogenic organisms.

Strong Positive Positive

- ་ ་

*

Weak Positive

Doubtful ...

Negative ...

..

++

་་་

+

2,677

6,745

4+

2,938

3,591

.79,596

...05,547

Table 42

Examination of Stools for Organisms.

Positive

Negative

Total

Grand total ...

462. Agglutination tests-2,812 sera were examined for the presence of agglutinins against various organisms. All the positive findings for Br. abortus occurred in pigs.

Bact. typhosur

36

4,017

4,103

Bact. paratyphosum A

1$

13

B. dysenteriae (Group)

1.326

1.330

Cytology typical of bacillary

dysentery

121

121

Table 41

Agglutination. Tests.

B. dysenteriae (Flexner)

478

47%

B. dysenteriae (Shiga)

1

7

Organismus

Positive Negative

Doubl ful

Total

B. dysenteriae (Sonne)

I

Salmonella group

45

159

108

Bact. typhosom

Bact. paratyphosum A

H

YO

C

NJ

Enteric fever (type undetermined)

Br. melitensis

Br. abortua

Weil-Felix reaction

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820

1,186

118

2.124

84

V. cholerac

29

84

11

2

1

81

2

112

3 240 160

Grand total

G

751

5,519

6,270

A

352 153

Grand tolal

1.114

1,579

119

2,812

168

465. Sputum-22,705 sputa were examined for the presence of the tubercle bacillus. In addition, gastric lavage from 287 patients gave 21 positive results.

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