Physical Characters—Considerable opacity in the twe foot tube well aerated. Colour, Reaction—Neutral.
Para por Total solid matters in solution a Volatile.
Fixed Appearance on ignition Slight charring. Total hardness. % an)
Temporary Permanent Chlorine Nitrogen as Nitrates Saline (or "Free") Ammonia Organic (or ' \ibuminoid")
Poisonous Nitrites Sulphates Sediment Bateriological Examination.—The number of bacteria per cubic centimetre was 2,200. The number of these organisms capable of living in a medium containing.05 per cent of pure carbolic acid was 1,! The figures indicate a water of very fair bacterial purity. By way of comparison the water from a within the North Gate of the Chinese City was collected, and in this the number of bacteria per cubic centimetre was G1,860, and the number of those capable of living in a medium containing.05 per cent of pure car-polic acid was 53,940. In the latter water spirilla resembling those of Cholera were found. H hand is sufficient to meet all demands. Eight Vaccine Station.—The supply of vaccine in ud two hundred and eighty small supplied during the month.
Municipal Laboratory and Pasteur Insti tute.—Twenty-five specimens of diseased pro-duets were reported upon. Fifteen samples of milk wore analysed and there was a manifest improvement in the quality of this much sophisticated food product.
'A dog sent to the Laboratory was proved to be rabid by animal inoculation.
The preparations for the Pasteur treatment of Hydrophobia are now practically complete.
ARTHUR STANLEY, M.D., D.P.IL, Health Officer.
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