REPORT TO THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE 
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS MADE 
FOR THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL DURING 
THE YEAR 1900 
By RUBERT BOYCE 
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS AND ANALYSES 
The work has comprised : — 
(a) Examination of food stuffs of various kinds. 
(J?) Regular examination of water supplied to the City. 
(V) Examinations into suspected cases of rabies, anthrax, glanders, etc. 
(d 1 ) Examination for diagnostic purposes in suspected cases of diphtheria, 
typhoid fever, tubercular sputum, etc. 
(e) Special investigations. 
Every food-stuff and every sample of water is analysed for the presence of 
(1) Bacillus coli ; (2) Bacillus enteritidis sporogenes. 
Every sample of milk, cream, butter, margarine, and cheese, is, in addition 
examined for the presence of the Bacillus tuberculosis by inoculation. 
In every sample of water the number of bacteria present in the cubic 
centimetre is also noted. 
To facilitate these operations special apparatus has been constructed in the 
laboratory, and many of the operations have been simplified by their use. 
With regard to (</) the total number of samples of food-stuffs taken tor 
bacteriological examinations during the year 1900 were as follows : — 
1,067 Foods 
1 01 Samples of Water 
39 Miscellaneous examinations 
In addition a very large number of bacteriological examinations were made 
of suspected Tubercular, Typhoid, and Diphtheria cases for the medical practitioners 
of the district. 
Five hundred and fifty-six Typhoid and Diphtheria examinations. 
