REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE KING-INSTITUTE, GUINDY

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STATEMENT No. 11.

Details of specimens received for examination during 1924-25.

No. Description of specimens. Carried out at the
King Institute.		 Remarks. Carried out by the
Units.
Number of positive results. Number of negative results. Total number examined. Number of positive results. Number of negative results. Total number examined.
1 Blood films for malarial parasites . . . 28 100 128 . . . 387 1,399 1,786
2 Do. Leucocytosis . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Do. differential count ... . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Do. Kala-azar . . . 6 14 20 . . . 8 586 594
5 Do. Relapsing fever . . . 5 12 17 . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 Do. Filaria . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 Do. Leptospira . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Do. Piroplasma . . . 92 44 136 . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 Sputum, etc., for tubercle bacilli . . . 8 52 60 . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 Do. pneumococci . . . 18 7 25 . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 Do. Influenza . . . 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 Smears for plague (Human) . . . 12 10 22 . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 Do. (Animal) . . . 11 16 27 . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 Do. Gonococci . . . 1 18 19 . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 Do. B. Leprae . . . 2 19 21 . . . . . . . . . . . .
16 Do. Spirochaetes. . . . . . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 Faeces for Amoebae and cysts . . . 43 512 555 . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 Do. ova of Ankylostomes, etc . . . 5 1 6 . . . 188 172 360
for ova
19 Do. Dysentery bacilli . . . 28 534 562 . . . . . . . . . . . .
20 Do. Cholera vibrios . . . 9 29 38 . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 Do. Organisms of typhoid
group . . .		 8 958 966 B. Faecalis Alkaligenes
B. Morgan and ente-
rococcus were isolated
from some of the
samples.		 . . . . . . . . .
22 Blood for agglutination test or
typhoid group . . . 		459 1,012 1,471 B. Typhosus alone. 347
B. Para. A alone . . . 3
B. Para. B alone. . . 3
To more than one
organisms . . . 106		 . . . . . . . . .
23 Blood for malta fever . . . 3 9 12   . . . . . . . . .
24 Blood for agglutination for dy-
sentery bacilli . . . 		12 14 26 Positive in Flexner
but negative in
Shiga = 7; Positive
in Shiga but negative
in Flexner= 5.		 . . . . . . . . .
25 Blood for agglutination of B.
Coli Communis (Escherich) . . . 		2 2 4   . . . . . . . . .
26 Culture blood for B. typhosus . . . 48 342 390 B. Para-Typhoid A
was isolated in
two cases. . .
. . .		 . . . . . . . . .
27 Do. Kala-azar . . . 2 37 39 . . .. . . . . . . . .
28 Culture and swabs for Diphtheria. 14 142 156 . . . . . . . . . . . .
29 Culture, etc., from Cerebro-spinal
fluid . . . 		1 25 26 Pneumococcus isolated . . . . . . . . . . . .
30 Culture, etc., from knee joint, elbow
joint fluid . . .		 1 8 9 Streptococcus isolated . . . . . . . . . . . .
31 Culture fluid from pleural cavity . . . 1 10 11 Pneumococcus . . . . . . . . . . . .
32 Pus and other materials for
identification of organisms . . . 		. . . . . . 78   . . . . . . . . .
33 Urine for Bacteriological and
clinical examination . . . 		. . . . . . 42 Chemical examination only 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
34 Urine for B. Coli ... 7 4 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
35 Do. for B. typhosus . . . 2 243 245 . . . . . . . . . . . .
36 Do. for tubercle bacilli . . . . . . 15 15 . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 Do. for Dysentery bacilli . . . . . . 36 36 . . . . . . . . . . . .
38 Do. for Malta fever . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 Discharge from conjunctiva, ear,
etc., for cultural tests . . . 		3 4 7 B Xerosis, Pneumococcus
and Streptococcus
isolated . . . 		. . . . . . . . .