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THE EXAMINATION OF PATHOLOGICAL MATERIAL SENT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF

INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS.

Table V shows the work done. The rats examined for Plague are shown in Table VI.

TUMOURS AND OTHER MATERIAL SENT FOR EXAMINATION.

Table VII shows the tumours examined, there has been a large increase of work under this head, there being 36 examinations compared with 10 last year. Previous to this exact records were not kept. Four disinfectants have been tested for their carbolic acid coefficient and eleven other reports have been issued on various materials sent for diagnosis.

RESEARCH.

This is contained in special reports which are sent at six-monthly intervals to the Secretary of State. A report was sent in April and another in October.

Table I.-Vaccine Statistics.

Year.

Tubes issued.

Tubes issued free.

Revenue from tubes sold.

1902,

4,616

3,972

$ 315

1903,

5,361

2,876

899

1904,

6,893

4,709

778

1905,

7,639

3,246

1,485

1906,

8,797

4,540

1,130

1907,

13,665

5,975

2,463

Table II.-Free. Issues of Vaccine during 1907.

Tubes.

The Victoria Gaol,

1,450

The Tung Wah Hospital,.

1,345

The Civil Hospital,...

550

The Alice Memorial Hospital,

288

The New Territories,

400

The Sanitary Department,

234

The Berlin Foundling House,

50

The Victoria Hospital,

11

The Nethersole Hospital,

336

C. P. Disp. Hunghom,

50

Do.

Kowloon,..

144

Do.

Yaumati,

275

Do.

Central,

265

Do.

Eastern,....

292

Do.

Western,

285

5,975 Value $2,587.