REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS 
195 
abundant not only in the discharges but far back in the nasal cavity when the head 
of the horse was opened immediately after death, and it was pathogenic. From its 
cultural properties it appears to be a member of the Bacillus coli group. Without 
further observations it would be impossible to state whether this virulent coli form 
was the cause of the disease. The inquiry will be continued if another outbreak 
arises. 
RABIES 
Twenty dogs were examined for rabies, but fortunately in no case was rabies 
shown to be present. 
Date 
January 27 
February 28 
March 8 
March 9 
March 10 
April 7 
April 9 
April 20 
June 5 
June 1 1 
June 2 1 
J ul 7 5 
J ul 7 5 
July 15 
July 24 
J ul y 3 1 
September 13 
September 2 1 
October 2 
November 6 
Result of Inoculation. 
Not Rabies 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Rabbit died Sept. 2 1 
Not Rabies 
do. 
Inoculation unsuccessful 
BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF CASES OF TYPHOID AND 
DIPHTHERIA IN THE CITY FEVER HOSPITALS 
During the year the fever hospitals have availed themselves of the facilities of 
the Municipal Bacteriological Department, and five hundred and fifty-one specimens 
have been examined. 
The following is a summary of the results : — Three hundred and thirty-six 
cases of diphtheria, two hundred and fifteen typhoid, four malaria, and one 
tuberculosis. 
