Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia.

  • Southern Rhodesia. Department of Health
Date:
[1945]
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Credit: Report on the public health / Southern Rhodesia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C. Animal Inoculation.— 10 guinea pigs were inoculated with urine and sputum for the detection of M. tuberculosis. 2 were positive. 5 rabbits were inoculated for Friedman’s Test. 2 were positive. Protein Skin Tests—41 Protein skin tests were done. 2. 3. Serology. A. Agglutination Tests.— 538 tests were carried out with the following positive results :— B. typhosum H B. typhosum 0 B. paratyphosum A B. paratyphosum B Weil Felix . Vi Tests ..... B. Tests for Syphilis.— Wassermann : Blood . C. S. Fluids . Kahns: Blood . C.S. Fluids . 121 128 44 16 1 3 No. Str. Weak Doubt- Haem. Exam. Pos. Pos. Pos. ful Neg. or IS. 1,565 354 — 76 75 962 98 8 2 — 1 — 5 — 11,389 754 1,7041,511 55 2 9 6 633 6,596 191 5 33 — Haematology. 6,658 examinations were carried out. Red Cell Counts . 1,252 White Cell Counts . 1,260 Haemoglobin Estimations . ‘ 1,197 Colour' Index . 1,178 Differential Counts . 1,331 Blood Groups . 228 Platelet Counts . 29 Reticolocyte Counts' . 34 Bleeding and Clotting Time . 8 Sedimentation Rates . 140 Fragility Tests .*. 1 4. Medico-Legal. During the year 48 cases were reported, involving approximately 80 examinations. 5. Parasitology and Helminthology. A. Blood.—The total number of blood films examined was 1,746. 162 were positive, as under :— Plasmodium falciparum . •. 125 Plasmodium vivax .. 35 Treponema recurrentis . 2 B. Faeces.—A total number of 3,297 specimens was examined, of which 1,241 showed abnormalities. • Cytological evidence of dysentery . 847 Entamoeba histolytica vegetative^ ^ Entamoeba histolytica cysts f Giardia lamblia. 15 Entamoeba coli . 1 Taenia spp.. . 26 S. mansoni . 53 Enterobius vermicularis . 6 Trichuns ti'ichiura . 7 Ascaris lumbricoides . 23 Ankylostoma duodenale .■ . 130 Strongyloides stercoralis . 23 Trichomas spp. ..i.. 7 M. tuberculosis . 1