Report of the Provincial Board of Health / Province of British Columbia.

  • British Columbia. Provincial Board of Health.
Date:
[1936]
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    about 500 per cent. Again, introduction of the “ coli-aerogenes ” test has almost doubled the work relating to the bacteriological examination of milk samples. A greater than twofold increase in the number of miscellaneous tests performed has entailed a quite disproportionate amount of extra work, owing to many of these tests being newly introduced or of an intricate nature. Table I.—Statistical Report of Examinations done during the Year 1936. Examination. Out-of-town Specimens. City. Total in 1936. Total in 1935. Animal inoculation_ 15 101 116 45 Diphtheria virulence_ 1 5 6 7 Blood agglutinations— T.A.B. Bang___ 682 4,045 4,627 2,725 T.A.B.S.F. Bang_ 1,092 1,430 2,522 300 Typhoid-------- 31 31 69 Tularemia.____ 1 17 18 4 Dysentery (Sonne)--- 5 210 215 9 B. melitensis ... 1 1 Cultures— Miscellaneous_________ 65 365 430 465 Spinal fluid_ 8 4 12 7 Typhoid group_ 80 131 211 242 B. pertussis_ 7 13 20 38 Diphtheria routine_ 105 7,856 7,961 6,395 Diphtheria, school----- 908 908 835 Haemolytic streptococci_____ 110 418 528 175 Haemolytic staphylococci-- 20 334 354 * Smears— Gonococci___ 513 10,497 11,007 8,782 T.B. sputum_ 401 10,752 11,153 8,511 T.B. spinal fluid_ 4 7 11 13 T.B. urine_ 6 205 211 80 T.B. pleuritic fluid_ 4 7 11 18 T.B. miscellaneous_____ 3 33 36 26 Vincent’s angina _ 5 686 691 554 Spirochseta pallida_ 2 32 34 30 Direct smear for diphtheria_ 2 9 11 6 Ringworm___ 158 158 145 Parasites----- 1 62 63 47 Faeces for occult blood--- 1 22 23 17 Spinal fluid— 208 40 Routine (count, globulin, Fehlings)- 11 197 Chemical (protein, chlorides, sugar)..... 2 2 4 Colloidal gold- 12 697 709 361 Kahn— Blood_ 1,945 21,701 23,646 21,955 Spinal fluids_ 67 1,003 1,070 790 Milk-counts_ 135 1,480 1,615 1,437 Milk, coli-aerogenes_ 98 1,261 1,359 ~~~t Water, B. coli- 768 768 657 Water, counts and B. coli- 2 273 275 260 Convalescent sera— Measles----- 10 53 63 43 Polio. (No. of 30-c.c. vials)- 381 Polio. (No. of 25-c.c. vials)_ 33 16 49 28 Polio. (No. of 15-c.c. vials)_ 2 2 .—t Vaccine, typhoid, paratyphoid- 10§ Miscellaneous- 73 575 648 256 Totals_ 6,191 65,592 1 | 71,783 1 55,426 * Listed under miscellaneous cultures, t Not reported officially until March, 1936. t 30-c.c. vials discontinued in favour of 15-c.c. vials. § Service discontinued. The numbers of Kahn tests performed, and of smears examined for gonococci, have again increased, as has been true for each of the past six years. But reference to Table II. shows that, although slightly over one-half of the tests performed in the Laboratories still relate