Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana.

  • British Guiana. Medical Department.
Date:
[1941]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical Services / British Guiana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX I. SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL MEDICAL LABORATORY, GEORGETOWN, FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1941. Total number of routine examinations ... ... 27,741 Postmortem examinations ... ... 154 Vaccines and Allergens prepared ... ... 9,753 c.c. This does not include patients seen and vaccines administered in the outpatient department of the Public Hospital, Georgetown, and in the Laboratory. , Blood.— Parasitological ... ... 1,297 Cultural ... ... 370 Haematological ... ... 562 Serological Widal ... ... 679 Kahn ... ... 9,179 Laughlen ... ... 7,901 Heterophile Reaction ... ... 1 Chemical ... ... 261 Faeces.— Microscopical ... ... 302 Cultural ... ... 603 Chemical ... ... 222 Sputum.— Microscopical ... ... 514 Cultural ... 57 Urine.— Microscopical ... ... 323 Chemical ... ... 612 Cultural ... ... 253 Microscopical and Chemical (Combined) ... ... 31 Kidney Function Tests Cerebro-Spinal Fluid.— Kahn Test Microscopical Chemical Cultural Urethral, Vaginal and Prostatic Smears.— Microscopical Cultural Throat Swabs.— Microscopical ,.. Cultural • • • Various Cultures Miscellaneous Examinations.— Spleen Smears from rats ... ... 899 Histological ... ... 177 Conjunctival Smears ... ... 72 Other microscopic examinations ... ... 64 Fractional Test Meals ... ... 97 Bacteriological Examination of Water ... ... 53 Bacteriological Examination of Milk ... ... 6 Medico-legal ... ... 11 Allergic Skin Tests ... ... 88 Unclassified ... ... l}884 Details can be seen in the full Report in typescript filed in the Laboratory. P. A. CLEARKIN, Government Bacteriologist. 41 57 38 11 172 61 249 510 155