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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
2,163 swabbings from doubtful cases of diphtheria were examined.
Of these, 294 gave positive results (13.6 per cent.).
7 blood specimens from doubtful cases of Enteric Fever were examined.
6 gave negative results, and one gave a doubtful positive (serum in
dilutions of 1/10 and 1/20, but not higher, agglutinate B. Typhosus. No
agglutination of Para. Typh. A or B).
These examinations were carried out at the Seamen's Hospital,
Greenwich.
SMALLPOX.
The outbreak of Smallpox, which commenced in Poplar in March,
1928, continued its course in 1929, when 157 cases occurred.
TABLE I.
Showing Smallpox and Chickenpox Cases Notified
during each month.
(The Table does not include cases of Chickenpox reported by parents
or others.)