Annual medical report / Colony and Protectorate of Kenya.

  • Kenya. Medical Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual medical report / Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    D—SECTION OF BACTERIOLOGY 1—Staff This section was in the charge of Dr. R. M. Dowdeswell until he went on leave in August, and of Dr. G. L. Timms from then until the end of the year. Mr. T. G. R. Jones acted as Laboratory Assistant until the end of May, when Mr. J. St. A. M. d’Souza returned from leave and took over from him. Mr. W. A. Doust was responsible for the preparation of culture media and for the manufacture of most of the stock vaccines. 2—Routine Work Three thousand five hundred and thirty-three specimens were received for examination. Of these, 1,173 were cultured. These specimens fell mainly into the following groups: — (a) Sputum for T.B.—1,394 specimens received, of which 122 were positive. (b) Swabs and films from Qonjunctivce.—Smears from cases of conjunc¬ tivitis numbered 111. B. Koch-Weekes were found in 59, gonococci in 9, gonococci and B. Koch-Weekes in 8, and B. Morax Axenfeldt in 2. Cultures, mainly from cases before operation at the Native Hospital, numbered 338, of which 31 contained patho¬ genic organisms. (c) Cerebrospinal Fluid.—One hundred and forty-five specimens were received. Seventy-two showed meningococci and a further 37 con¬ tained pus cells and though no organisms could be found, these were for the most part probably meningococcal also. Pneumococci were found in 13, H. Influenzce in 5 and pneumococci and H. influenzce together in 1. Streptococci were found in 1 and 17 showed no microscopical abnormality. id) Smears for Gonococci.—Urethral smears numbered 289, of these 102 were positive. Cervical and vaginal smears numbered 64 of which 13 were positive. (e) Throat Swabs.—C. diphtherice was found in 23 throat swabs and Vincent’s organisms in 3 out of a total of 299. Four swabs from the nasopharynx were cultured from meningococci; all were negative. (/) Urines.—Three hundred and thirty-nine urines were examined of which 235 were cultured. In one case, B. Friedlander was, some¬ what unexpectedly, found in pure culture. (g) Fceces.—Of 110 specimens cultured for typhoid or dysentery, typical organisms were found in 5 only, namely B. Sonne (2), B. Flexner (2), B. Morgan (1). (h) Plague.—B. pestis was found in 8 film from glands out of a total of 36. Thirty rats were examined of which 15 were positive. O') Blood Cultures.—Staphylococcus aureus was found in 1 case; 22 were sterile. 3—Vaccines (a) Autogenous Vaccines Ninety-eight were prepared. (b) Stock Vaccines Prepared Issued c.c. c.c. Detoxicated Gonococcal Vaccine 5,292 5,274 Anti-catarrhal Vaccine 720 780* Multivalent Stroptococcal and Straphylococcal Vaccine 528 540* Mixed Staphylococcal 528 384 Mixed Streptococcal 204 132 Mixed B. coli 600 96 B. pertussis 39 39 Brucella Abortus . . 240 Nil *Stocks prepared in 1936 and issued in 1937.