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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
STATEMENT No. 13.
Details of specimens received for examination, 1922-23.
Nu mb e r .
Description of specimens.
Carried out at the
King Institute.
Remarks.
Carried out by
Investigation Units.
T o t a l n u m b e r e x a m i n e d .
N u m b e r o f p o s i t i v e r e s u l t s .
N u m b e r o f n e g a t i v e r e s u l t s .
T o t a l n u mb e r e x a mi n e d .
N u m b e r o f p o s i t i v e r e s u l t s .
N u m b e r o f n e g a t i v e r e s u l t s .
1 Blood films for malarial parasites . . .
10
104
114
. . .
76
462
53 8
2 Blood films for filaria . . .
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
Do. differential
leuco -
cyte count . . .
1
19
20
. . .
24
10
34
4
Do. Kala-azar . . .
4
19
23
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
5
Do. Relapsing fever . . .
40
38
78
. . .
. . . . . .
226
6 Sputum, etc., for tabercle bacilli . . .
9
59
68
. . .
20
111
131
7
Do pneumococci . . .
19
4
23
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
8
Do Influenza
. . .
10
4
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
9 Smears for plague (Human) . . .
23
29
52
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
10
Do. (Animal) . . .
39
82
121
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
11 Smears for gonococci . . .
6
30
36
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
12 Smears, etc., for Spirochaetes . . .
2
12
14
. . .
. . .
. . .
29
13
Do. for B. Lapræ . . .
4
37
41
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
14 Scrapings from Oriental sore . . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
15 Faeces for Amaebae and cysts . . .
6
22
28
. . .
511 1,225
1,736
16
Do. ova of Ankylostomes,
etc. . . .
. . .
8
8
. . .
615 1,055
1,670
17
Do. Dysentery bacilli . . .
20
51
71
. . .
508
412
920
18 Faeces and material for Cholera
vibrios from cholera cases . . .
1
1
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
19 Faeces and material for Cholera
vibrios from cholera carriers . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
343
20 Faeces for organisms of typhoid
group . . .
. . .
23
23
. . .
5
179
184
21 Macroscopic examination of faeces
for latent dysentery . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3,159 5,985
9,144
22 Bacteriological examination of
dysentery carriers . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
B. Typhosus alone . . . 258
18
67
85
23 Blood for agglutination test for
typhoid group . . .
456
467
923
B. Paratyphosus A
alone
. . .
9
B. Paratyphosus B
alone . . .
1
B. Paratyphosus C
alone . . .
5
11
54
65
To more than
organism . . .
183
24 Blood for malta fever . . .
. . .
10
10
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
25 Blood for agglutination for dys-
entery bacilli . . .
. . .
. . .
3
P. N.
. . .
. . .
. . .
B. S higa . . . 1 +2
2 + 1
B.. Flexuer . . .
26 Culture blood for B. typhosus . . .
39
233
272
. . .
18
61
79
27
Do. Kala-azar . . .
21
22
43
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
28 Culture and swabs for Diphtheria.
13
60
73
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
29 Culture, etc., from Cerebro-spinal
fluid . . .
7
12
19 Positive cases all type I.
16
7
23
30 Culture, etc., from knee joint fluid..
. . .
. . .
7
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 1 Culture fluid from pleural cavity
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
32 Naso-pharyngeal swabs for menin -
gococcus . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2,084
2,084
33 Culture for identification of orga -
nisms . . .
. . .
. . .
144
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
34 Urine for Bacteriological and
chemical examinations . . .
. . .
. . .
38
. . .
. . .
. . .
56
35 Urine for B. Coli . . .
10
3
13
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
36
Do. for B.. typhosus . . .
. . .
6
6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
37
Do..for tubercle bacilli . . .
. . .
3
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
38
Do. for Gonococci
. . .
. . .
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
39
Do, for chemical examination . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
75.
40 Discharge from conjunctiva, ear,
etc.
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
41 Pathological Exudates . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
27
30
42 Postmortem materia . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
6
15
43 Surgical requisites for sterility
test . . .
. . .
. . .
7 All sterile . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
44 Vaccine lymph for bacteriological
purity . . .
. . .
. . .
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
45 Blood for Wasserman reaction . . . 1,754 1,607
3,361
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
46 Specimen for Negri bodies . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
47 Pathological specimens involving
section cutting . . .
. . .
. . .
37
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
48 Animal inoculations
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
Total
. . .
. . .
. . .
5,708
. . .
. . .
. . .
17,487
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