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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
The total number of specimens examined in 1927 was 3,335
as compared with 4,048 in 1926, and 3,936 in 1925.
TABLE C.
Nature of Specimen
Total
Examinations
Results of Examination
Positive
Negative
1926
1927
1926
1927
1926
1927
30
Diphtheria (specimens taken by
Medical Officer of Health)
1155
796
19
1136
766
Ditto (taken by general
practitioners)
1335
100
1206
119
1216
1106
Diphtheria (total specimens taken)
2490
2002
138
130
2352
1872
Phthisis
1497
1228
234
224
1263
1004
Various
61
105
12
7
49
98
3335
4048
384
361
3664
2974
Total specimens taken
CONTACTS.
We still keep very busy in the laboratory, as the above table
shows. There was a decrease of 359 in the number of school
contacts examined, and out of a total of 796, 30 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.
III.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
INSPECTIONS.
In the following Tables D. and E., will be found particulars
of the general sanitary work by the District Inspectors during
1927.
The house-to-house inspections numbered 3,908. This is
1,497 below the total for the previous year.
5,970 intimation notices were served, compared with 6,048
in the previous year.