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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY

STATEMENT No. 11—cont.

Details of specimens received for examination during 1924-25—cont.

No. Description of specimens. Carried out at the
King Institute.		 Remarks. Carried out by the
Investigation Units.
Number
of
positive
results.		 Number
of
negative
results.		 Total
number
examined.		 Number of positive results. Number
of
negative
results.		 Total number examined.
40 Surgical requisites for sterility
test . . .		 . . . . . . 27 2 samples not sterile. . . . . . . . . .
41 Specimens for
Wassermann
reaction.		 B1ood . . . 2,720 3,775 6,495  
Cerebro-Spinal
Fluid.		 2 13 15 Positive Negative Total  
  2,722 3,790 6,512
Ascitic fluid . . . 0 2 2   . . . . . . . . .
42 Blood for Formolgel test for
syphilis . . .		 61 60 121 . . . . . . . . . . . .
43 Blood for Kala-Azar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 48 209
44 Blood for Well Felix Reaction . . . 2 9 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
45 Pathological specimens involving
section cutting . . .		 . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . .
46 Insects for identification . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1,050
47 Ascitic fluid for Bacteriological
and Chemical Examination . . .		 . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
48 Dissection of insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
49 Animal inoculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
50 Spleen juice smears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 7
51 Liver juice smears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 19 157
52 Culture of Pneumococcus from
sputum . . .		 19 9 28 Type I-1; II-6; III-2;
IV-10.		 . . . . . . . . .
53 Culture of Pneumococcus from
corneal ulcers . . .		 28 47 75 Type 1-1; II-2; III-3;
IV-22.		 . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . 12,089   887 2,226 4,577

STATEMENT No. 12.

Showing the quantity and types of serum bought and distributed by King Institute during 1924-25.

Name of serum. Stock on
hand on 1st
Apr. 1924.		 Received
during
the year. 		Issued
during
the year.		 Balance on
hand on 1st
Apr. 1925.
Anti-tetanic serum . . . 840 3,144 3,341 643
Anti-streptococcus serum. .. 259 1,200 1,278 181
Anti-dysenteric serum . . . 325 100° 337 88
Anti-diphtheritic serum . . . 197 213 291 119
Anti-meningococcus serum. . . 95 12 95 * 12
Anti-anthrax serum . . . 56 . . . 56 † . . .
Anti-venomous serum . . . 48 72 90 ‡ 30
Coley's fluid . . . 12 . . . 2 10
Total . . . 1,832 4,741 5,490 1,083

              * 70 condemned       † 35 condemned.         ‡ 24 condemned.