38 STATISTICAL RETURNS OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS
TABLE I.
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Attacks. |
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One attack ... ... ... ... ... |
115 |
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Two attacks ... ... ... ... ... |
21 |
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Three attacks ... ... ... ... ... |
5 |
Total number of attacks 198. |
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Four attacks ... ... ... ... ... |
5 |
Total individuals attacked 147. |
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Five attacks ... ... ... ... ... |
0 |
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Six attacks ... ... ... ... ... |
1 |
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TABLE II.
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Microscopical Findings. |
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Amœba coli ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
19 |
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Amœba hystolitica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
5 |
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Flagellates and Ciliates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
16 |
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Balantidium coli ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
3 |
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Ova of Hook-worm ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
18 |
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Ova of other worms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
26 |
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Total cases examined ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
146 |
TABLE III.
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Cultural Results. |
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Cases examined ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
86 |
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Mannite Fermenters (Flexner type) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
25 |
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Mannite non-Fermenters (Shiga type) ... ... ... ... ... |
18 |
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Negative ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
43 |
TABLE IV.
All Post-mortem, Examinations, January 1911 to July 1914.
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Total made. |
Signs of dysentery present. |
Tubercular ulcera- |
Abscess of liver. |
None of foregoing |
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Ulceration. |
Inflammation. |
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167 |
23 |
11 |
25 |
Nil. |
108 |
TABLE V.
Statistics of Prophylactic Inoculation.
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Vaccine—Polyvalent ... ... |
4 strains, Shiga type |
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4 strains, Flexner type |
prepared from the stools of the asylum cases during 1912-13.
Equal parts of each strain—1 c.c. of emulsion to contain 100
million killed bacilli.
Dose.—Two doses of 2 c.c. each, hypodermically at intervals of 10 days.
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Number of patients inoculated ... ... ... ... |
European |
26 |
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Indian |
507 |
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Number of patients not inoculated ... ... ... ... |
European |
99 |
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Indian |
31 |
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Number of patients inoculated, and attacked after date |
European |
2 |
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Indian |
32 |
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Number of non-inoculated attacked after date of inocula- |
European |
6 |
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Indian |
4 |
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Number of inoculated attacked who had suffered from |
European |
2 |
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Indian |
5 |
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Period elapsed since inoculation to date ... ... ... |
9 months. |
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All patients who had ever suffered from dysentery were inoculated. |
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