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Out of the total 3,188 cases examined, the pseudo-bacilli
(Hoffman) were found in pure cultivation in 60 Instances,
and in two instances the pseudo-bacilli of Hoffman and the
Klebs-Loeffler Diphtheria bacilli were found together.
Other Examinations.
47 bacteriological examinations have been carried out in
connection with the following different materials submitted :
(1) Urines : for the suspected presence of
tubercle bacilli, gonococci, casts, etc. ... 10
(2) Ice Creams : for the suspected presence of
bacillus coli 6
(3) Milks : for quantative analysis as to the
numbers of germs present 19
(4) Pus : for the suspected presence of
tubercle bacilli and Diphtheria bacilli 3
(5) Tumours : for the suspected presence of
anthrax, tubercle bacilli, or hydatids 4
(6) Ham : for the suspected presence of
trichina spiralis 1
(7) Foeces : for the suspected presence of
tubercle bacilli 1
(8) Skin Crusts : for the suspected presence
of achorion Schonleinii 3
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The details as to the examinations of the skin crusts is
interesting, in that a skin disease, which had broken out
amongst children living in a house in the Borough, was
definitely traced to a similar skin disease infecting mice in
the same house. Some of the mice were caught, and an
examination of the skin crusts (left as the result of serious
ulcerations of the skin), on their bodies, showed the presence
of a parasitic fungus (the achorion Schonleinii), which was
found also in connection with the crusts on the faces and
arms of the children.
The milk examinations were carried out with a viewof judging
roughly of the cleanliness of the milk supply within the