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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
The total number of specimens examined in 1926 was 4,048,
as compared with 3,936 in 1925, and 3,624 in 1924.
TABLE C.
Total
Examinations
Results of Examination
Nature of Specimen
Positive
Negative
1925
1926
1925
1926
1925
1926
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
23
884
1155
19
861
1136
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
1213
93
119
1335
1120
1216
2097
138
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
2490
116
1981
2352
Phthisis
1806
1497
279
234
1527
1263
Various
33
61
4
12
29
49
Total specimens taken
3936
4048
399
384
3537
3664
CONTACTS.
We still keep very busy in the laboratory, as the above table
shows. There was an increase of 271 in the number of school
contacts examined, and out of a total of 1,155, 19 were positive.
These children came up for re-examination in a week, and were
not allowed to return to school until the examination proved
negative.
111.- SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
INSPECTIONS.
In the following Tables D. and E., will be found particulars
of the general sanitary work by the District Inspectors during
1926.
The house-to-house inspections numbered 5,405. This is
832 above the total for the previous year.
6,048 intimation notices were served, compared with 5,297
in the previous year.