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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
STATEMENT No. 12.
Showing the quantity and types of serum bought and distributed by King Institute during 1923-24.
| Name of serum. | Stook on hand on 1st Apr. 1923. |
Received during 1923-24. |
Issued during 1923-24. |
Balance on. hand on 1st Apr. 1924. |
| Anti-Tetanic serum . . . | 64 | 3,322 | 2,546 | 840 |
| Anti-Streptococcus serum . . . | 52 | 1,248 | 1,041 | 259 |
| Anti-Dyseuteric serum . . . | 206 | 800 | 681 | 325 |
| Anti-Diphtheritic serum . . . | 36 | 448 | 287 | 197 |
| Anti-Meningococous serum . . . | 65 | 100 | 70 | 95 |
| Anti-Anthrax serum . . . | 60 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| Anti-Venomous serum . . . | 7 | 96 | 55 | 48 |
| Coley's fluid . . . | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| Total . . . | 510 | 6,014 | 4,692 | 1,832 |
STATEMENT No. 13.
Specimens (excluding water) examined in the Public Health section during 1923-24.
| No. | Description of specimens. | Total number dealt with. |
| 1 | Cow's milk for chemical and bacteriological examination. | 1 |
| 2 | Human milk do. do. | 9 |
| 3 | Condensed milk do. do. | 4 |
| 4 | Butter do. do. | 6 |
| 5 | Ghee do. do. | 10 |
| 6 | Vegetable oils do. do. | 2 |
| 7 | Rice . . . | 2 |
| 8 | Dholl . . . | 2 |
| 9 | Aerated waters . . . | 1 |
| 10 | Ginger beer . . . | 6 |
| 11 | Meltis milk chocolate . . . | 2 |
| 12 | Bleach powder for available chlorine . . . | 3 |
| 13 | Disinfectants for Rideal Walker Test . . . | 8 |
| 14 | Snakes for identification . . . | 12 |
| 15 | Mosquitoes do. . . . | 90 |
| 16 | Other insects do. . . . | 18 |
| 17 | Tick do. . . . | 1 |
| 18 | Salt fish for bacteriological examination . . . | 3 |
| 19 | Kelp (from Karaikal water-supply main) . . . | 1 |
| 20 | Preparation of Vitamine 32 os. . . . | 3 |
| 21 | Catgut for sterility . . . | 7 |
| 22 | Cyanide gauze ffor sterility . . . | 6 |
| 23 | Greens . . . | 3 |
| 24 | Soils . . . | 15 |
| 25 | Faeces (animal) . . . | 21 |
| 26 | Cocoa . . . | 1 |
| 27 | Distilled water for examination of deposit . . . | 1 |
| 28 | Human faeces (for chemical examination) . . . | 4 |
| Total . . . | 242 |
STATEMENT No. 14.
Samples of water examined during 1923-24.
| Nature of examination. | Routine and intermittent. |
Gnindy experimental filters. |
Samples from the Madras City water-supply. |
Total. |
| Bacteriological and Chemical . . . | 349 | 211 | 250 | 810 |
| Bacteriological only . . . | 107 | 23 | . . . | 130 |
| Chemical only . . . | 5 | 47 | 112 | 164 |
| Total . . . | 461 | 281 | 362 | 1,104 |