H.—3l.

Table showing Results of Examinations of Pathological Specimens— continued.

Details of Urinary Examinations.

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:esn Material. Object of Examination. Total. Positive. Negative. Disinfectants tested ... Other Examinations. Antiseptic soaps „ fluids For pyogenic organisms 4 3 3 1.2 T7 Surgical ligatures Stains on clothes Other examinations ... 3 P i" Total Total for 1908 19 . 13 Water-samples Bacteriological Sludge-deposits 60 22 Total Total for 1908 r 82 64 Bats, for plague (not including those done at Auckland) Mice, for plague Fowls, for bacteria ... Insects, for bacteria ... Dog's kidney, for poison Guinea-pigs inoculated— For tubercle „ diphtheria „ water-analysis „ other conditions 3 3 Animals i 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 "i V 3 8 1 3 1 11 1 3 1 Total Total for 1908 25 42 Bacteriological examinations of vaccine lymph Total for 1908 28 62 Total specimens examined Total specimens examined in 1908 1,291 1,439

Method. What sought. Positive. Negative. Total. Ihemical analyses— Quantitative ... j Estimation of urea ... 21 24 1 „ sugar ... „ albumen Total 46 Qualitative ... \ For albumen „ sugar ... „ other conditions... 12 2 4 15 14 2 27 16 6 Total 49 iacteriological ... j For tubercle bacilli ... „ Bacillus coli 2 27 6 3 29 6 3 „ gonococcus Total 38 licroscopical ... j For casts, pus, &c. ... Spoiled in transit 27 9 36 2 Total ' -' ~\ Total_urinary examinations ■ • • 38 171