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REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY

TABLE XII.

The number of Ampoules and Types of Sera and vaccines for human use bought and distributed, 1926-27.

No. Name of serum. Stock on
1st Apr.
1926.		 Bought. Issued. Balance on
1st Apr.
1927.
  Sera.  
1 Anti-tetanic serum (1,500 units) . . . 625 5,196 5,647 174
2 Anti-streptococcus serum (10 c.c.) . . . 592 2,034 2,306 320
3 Anti-dysenteric serum (20 c.c.) . . . 286 537 813 10
4 Anti-diphtheretic serum (2,000 units) . . . 218 262 434 46
5 Anti-meningococcus serum (25 c.c.) . . . 30 74 56 48
6 Anti-venomous serum (40 c.c.) . . . 25 228 208 45
7 Anti-anthrax serum (10 c.c.) . . . 12 12 11 13
  Total sera . . . 1,788 8,343 9,475 656
Vaccines.  
. . . Coley's fluid (2 c.c.) . . . 10 36 10 36
. . . Tuberculin B.E. . . . . . . . . . 411 . . .
. . . Do. for Von Perquit test . . . . . . . . . 635 . . .
. . . Plague vaccine . . . . . . 10 4 6
Total vaccine . . . 10 46 1,060 42
Total sera and vaccine . . . 1,798 8,389 10,535 698

TABLE XIII.

Veterinary Sera handled during 1926-27.

No. Sera. Bottles or tubes
Received. Issued. Balance.
  For Veterinary Adviser.  
1 Anthrax . . . 97 87 10
2 Rinderpest . . . 13,661 13,328 333
3 Tetanic . . . 54 48 6
4 Hæmorrhagic septicaemia . . . 2,606 2,162 444
5 Black Quarter Aggressin . . . 44 35 9
6 Black Quarter . . . 1,162 1,044 118
7 Normal . . . 11 5 6
  For Principal, Veterinary College.  
8 Anti-tetanic . . . 17 15 2
9 Distemper vaccine . . . 13 Nil 13
10 Fowl cholera vaccine . . . 17 Nil 17
11 Tuberculin . . . 23 Nil 23
Total . . . 17,705 16,724 981

TABLE XIV.

Water Samples for 1926-27.

No. Nature of examination. Source of water.
Presidency
water
supplies.		 Guindy
experimental
filters.		 Total.
1 Bacteriological and chemical . . . 391 201 592
2 Bacteriological only . . . 203 89 292
3 For presence of vibrios . . . 69 . . . 69
4 Chemical only . . . 192 52 244
5 Tests to determine dosage of alum and lime. 28 16 44
  Total . . . 883 358 1,241