Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r 15 BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. The Following Tables show the Monthly Return of Specimens Received foe Examination at the Bacteriological Institute fob the Yeae 1901. Nature of Specimens. Number. Positive. Negative. March, 1901. Tuberculosis 27 12 15 Typhoid ... 67 32 35 Water examination 1 Plague—Human... 11 7 4 Plague—Rats 49 ), , 49 Leprosy ... 1 ... 1 Pneumonia 1 .. . 1 Animal parasites... 7 'Pathological tissues 9 Total specimens received 173 Apbil, 1901. Tuberculosis 19 5 14 Typhoid ... 49 23 26 Plague—Human... 12 10 2 Plague—Rats 169 16 153 Diphtheria 2 2 Animal parasites... 3 Pathological tissues 8 Water examinations 2 Total specimens received 264 May, 1901. Tuberculosis 22 8 14 Typhoid ... 63 20 43 Tlagite—Human... 17 10 7 Plague—Eats 164 23 141 Leprosy ... 1 1 Gonorrhoea 1 •. • 1 Diphtheria 1 ... 1 Animal parasites 6 Pathological tissues 7 Total specimens received 282 \ June, 1901. Tuberculosis 18 5 13 Typhoid ... ... ... 15 1 14 Plague—Human... 6 3 3 Plague—Rats 122 33 89 Pneumonia 2 1 1 Gonorrhoea 4 2 2 Animal parasites 2 Pathological tissues 5 Total specimens received 174 July, 1901. Tuberculosis 32 6 26 Typhoid ... 5 2 3 Plague—Human 5 3 2 Plague—Rats 145 20 125 Leprosy ... 5 2 3 Gonoirhcea 5 1 4 Pneumonia 1 1 Diphtheria 1 1 Animal parasites 1 Pathological tissues 11 Total specimens received 211 Nature of Specimens. Number. Positive. Negative. August, 1901. Tuberculosis ... 51 17 34 Typhoid 6 • •• 6 Water examinations ... 12 Plague—Human 3 1 2 Plague—Rats... 137 8 129 Diphtheria 6 3 3 Gonorrhoea ... ... 2 1 1 Leprosy 2 ... 2 Animal parasites 4 Pathological tissues ... 10 Total specimens received 233 September , 1901. Tuberculosis ... 38 13 25 Typhoid 7 3 4 Water examinations ... 12 Plague—Human 2 *•* 2 Plague—Rats ... 245 1 244 Diphtheria 3 2 1 Gonorrhoea 3 3 Leprosy 4 3 1 Animal parasites 4 Pathological tissues ... 11 Total specimens received 329 October, 1901. Tuberculosis ... 35 11 24 Typhoid 33 13 20 Plague—Human 4 1 3 Plague—Rats... ... ..i 332 , . • 332 Diphtheria 1 . . . 1 Gonorrhoea 3 1 2 Leprosy ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Animal parasites 6 Pathological tissues ... 8 Total specimens received 423 November 1901. Tuberculosis ... ‘50 '] 18 32 Typhoid 65 14 51 Water examinations ... 5 Plague—H uman 2 ... 2 Plague—Rats 273 1 272 Diphtheria 1 1 Gonorrhoea 3 ... 3 Animal parasites 5 Pathological tissues ... 8 Total specimens received 412 December, 1901. Tuberculosis ... 34 13 21 Typhoid 53 25 28 Water examinations ... 1 Plague —Human 3 1 2 Plague—Rats 176 ... 176 Diphtheria 2 ... 2 Gonorrhoea 4 ... 4 Animal parasites 5 Pathological tissues ... 11 Total specimens received 289 NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Comparative Statement of Cases of Infectious Diseases reported to tlic Central Board of Health for the Twelve Months ending 31st December, 1901. Infectious Disease?. Number. *38 Nil. Bubonic Plague ... Smallpox ... Cholera Diphtheria Membranous Croup Erysipelas Scarlet Fever Typhus Fever Typhoid Fever ... Relapsing Fever Puerperal Fever Continued Fever Nil. 252 3 57 115 Nil. 793 2 10 4 1,274 22 Deaths reported from Phthisis