38 



M. 81. Dysentery in Reading 1896. Visited China 1850. No 



protozoa. 

 F. 26. Dysentery in Eeading 1913— ' slight.' Visited the "West 



Indies 1912. No protozoa. 

 F. 115. ' Clinical Dysentery ' at date of examination. A military 



nursing sister. No residence abroad. No protozoa. 



Below is a summary, in tabular form, of the results of the 

 protozoological examinations of the stools of the persons who had 

 never been abroad. 



It is interesting to note that the three cases in which cysts of 

 E. histolytica were found were all females in the same ward of 

 the Berkshire Hospital. Their ages and occupations were : 



As two of these — Nos. 15 and 38 — were young girls in employ- 

 ment in villages, they may be regarded as liable to contact with 

 returned soldiers. The third was a woman living in a good 

 residential district of Reading. None had any trace of intestinal 

 disorder presBnt or past, but they were all three evacuating the 

 cysts in large numbers. 



[From the entries on the cards, it appears that the cysts of 

 Case 6 measured 9-13^ in diameter; those of Case 15, 8-11 /i. 

 The diameter of the cysts of Case 38 is not recorded. It may be 

 added that Cases 15 and 38 were also infected with JE. nana, and 

 Case 6 with Giardia.] 



Finally, it may be noted that worm eggs were found in the 

 stools of 11 cases (Trichuris trichiura, 7 ; Ascaris lumbricoides, 3 ; 

 Oxyuris vermicularis, 1). 



