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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY

STATEMENT No. 11—cont.

Details of specimens received for examination during 1923-24—cont.

No. Description of specimens. Carried out at the
King Institute.		 Remarks. Carried out by
Investigation Units.
Number of positive results. Number
of
negative
results		 Total number
examined.		 Number of positive results. Number of negative results. Total number
examined.
22 Blood for agglutination for V.
Cholera, etc. . . .		 21 41 62 . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 Blood for agglutination test for
typhoid group . . .		 468 691 1,159 B. Typhosus alone. 392 . . . . . . . . .
B. Para-typhoid A
alone . . . 2
B. Para-typhoid B
alone . . . 2
B. Para-typhoid C
alone . . . 1
To more than 1
organism . . . 71
24 Blood for malta fever . . . 1 18 19 . . . . . . . . . . . .
        3 2 Positive B. Shiga
and Flexner;
positive B. Flexner
alone . . . 3		 66 7 73
25 Blood for agglutination for dy-
sentery bacilli . . .		 13 18 31 7 Positive in F. but
negative in B.
Shiga; Positive B.
Shiga alone . . . 1
26 Culture blood for B. typhosus . . . 37 247 284 (B. Para-typhoid. A was
isolated in 4 cases).		 . . . . . . . . .
27 Do. Kala-azar . . . 9 19 28 . . . . . . . . . . . .
28 Culture and swabs for Diphtheria. 23 49 72 . . . . . . . . . . . .
29 Culture, etc., from Cerebro-spinal
fluid . . .		 3 36 39 Type I . . . . . . . . . . . .
30 Culture, etc., from knee joint, elbow
joint fluid . . .		 . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
31 Culture fluid from pleural cavity . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
32 Naso-pharyngeal swabs for menin-
gococcus . . .		 . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
33 Culture for identification of orga-
nisms . . .		 . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . .
34 Urine for Bacteriological and
clinical examinations . . .		 . . . . . . 63 Chemical examination
only 14.		 . . . . . . . . .
35 Urine for B. Coli . . . 12 5 17 . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 Do. for B. typhosus . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 Do. for tubercle bacilli . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
38 Do. for Spirochaetes . . . . . . . . . 2 (Dark ground examina-
tion).		 41 111 152
39 Discharge from conjunctiva, ear,
etc. . . .		 . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . .
40 Pathological Exudates . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .
41 Surgical requisites for sterility
test . . .		 . . . . . . 13 (All sterile) . . . . . . . . . . . .
42 Blood for Wassermann reaction . . . 2,292 2,336 4,628 . . . . . . . . . . . .
43 Blood for Rat-Bite fever . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
44 Blood for Formol gel test for
syphilis . . .		 19 19 38 . . . . . . . . . . . .
45 Blood for Weil Felix Reaction . . . 1 6 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
46 Blood for agglutination of B. Coli. 4 15 19 . . . . . . . . . . . .
47 Examination of culture of enteric
group . . .		 . . . 21 21 . . . . . . . . . . . .
48 Examination of culture of bacillary
dysentery . . .		 5 15 20 . . . . . . . . . . . .
49 Milk . . . . . . . . . 3 (Human milk) . . . . . . . . . . . .
50 Pathological specimens involving
section cutting . . .		 . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . . . .
51 Insects for identification . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
52 Stools of Gastro-enteritis for other
specific organisms . . .		 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 68
58 Examination for enlarged lympha-
tic glands . . .		 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,006 373 4,379
  Total . . . . . . . . . 7,546   . . . . . . 9,888

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