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sex distribution. 

 Table 2. 





Num 



ber 



Infected. 



Ascaris. 



Trichuris. 



Hook- 

 worms. 



Strongy- 

 loides. 



Ined. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- Per 

 ber. cent. 

 1- 



Num- Per 

 ber. cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Males — 



"488 

 »507 



465 

 489 



95.3 

 96.4 



390 

 435 



79.9 369 75. B 



85. 8 1 394 77. 7 



! 1 



84 

 32 



17.2 

 6.6 



4 

 3 



0.8 

 0.16 









Oxynris. 



Amoeba. 



Cillates. 



Flagel- 

 lates. 



Hncysted 

 protozoa. 



Total 

 infections. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- Per 

 ber. cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Males 



1 

 3 



0.2 

 0.6 



14 

 13 



2.9 

 2.6 



1 

 1 



0.2 

 0.2 



19 



24 



3.9 



4.7 



3 



6 



0.6 



881 



180.5 

 179.3 



Females 



1.2 909 



i 













i 



■^ Five examinations not included ; specimens sent to laboratory without giving sex of 

 patient. 



The figures in males differ materially in several instances from those 

 obtained from prisoners at Bilibid Prison - as follows : Infected with 

 ascaris at Bilibid^, 26 per cent; with trichuris, 59 per cent; with hook- 

 worms, 52 per cent; with ami aha, 23 per cent-; with ciliates and flagellates, 

 21 per cent. 



Table 3. — Age distribution of infections. 



Age (years). 



Total 

 number 

 exam- 

 ined. 



Total 

 infected. 



Ascaris. 



Trichuris. 



Hook- 

 worms. 



Strongy- 

 loides. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 



cent. 



Num- Per 

 ber. cent. 



Under 2 



73 

 100 

 127 



53 

 227 

 250 

 1.S7 



46 

 96 

 126 

 53 

 221 

 248 

 137 



63.0 

 96.0 

 99.2 



100.0 

 97.4 

 99.0 



100.0 



39 

 87 

 119 

 50 

 194 

 203 

 110 



53.4 

 87.0 

 93.7 

 94.3 

 85. 5 

 81.0 

 80.3 



22 

 75 

 108 

 44 

 177 

 204 

 112 



30.1 

 75.0 

 8.5.0 

 83.0 

 78.0 

 81.6 

 81.7 





 1 

 4 

 11 

 37 

 42 

 17 



1.0 

 3.2 

 20.8 

 16.3 

 17.0 

 12.4 







2 to 4 



■> 

 1 

 



2.0 



0.8 



5 to 9 



10 to 14 



15 to 29 



1 j 0.4 



1 0.4 



2 1.5 



30 to 49 



50 and over _ 



I'ndcrlS — 



«3.53 

 »614 



321 

 606 



90.9 

 98.7 



295 

 507 



83.6 

 82.6 



249 

 493 



70.5 

 80.3 



16 

 96 



4.5 

 15.6 



3 1 0.8 



4 n 7 



15 and over 









" Thirty-three examinations not included ; age of patients not determined. 

 - This Journal, Sec. B (1908), 3, No. 3. 



