466 
NOTES ON THE PREVALENCE OP 
Description of Cattle — cont. 
Black with white on sides ,Kepe. 
Black with white head, Lelkut. 
White, Sirue or Lelel. 
White with blackhead, Toimet. 
White with red head, Pirirmet. 
With white mark on forehead 
and black, Kimnaria. 
White round eyes, Komarkong. 
Red brown, Sitye. 
Reddish, Mukye. 
Black with red on legs and 
belly, Seroi . 
Spotted, Samo. 
Light grey, Poms . 
Hornless, Karoi. 
With erect horns, Ngatimet. 
With horns pointing in front, 
Puruk. 
With crumpled horns, Seta or 
Ngelech. 
Horns pointing inwards to 
meet, Kulunymet. 
One eyed, Makong. 
Timid, Ngosos. 
Thin, Tenden. 
Pat, Sambururut. 
NOTES ON THE PREVALENCE OP INTESTINAL 
PARASITES IN EAST AFRICA 
By J. 0. Shircore, M.B., M.R.C.P.(Edin.), 
East Africa Medical Service 
[Reprinted from the ‘ Transactions of the Society of Tropical Medicine and 
Hygiene, April 1917.’] 
During the last quarter of 1914, a short series of micro- 
scopic examinations of the faeces of natives, complaining of 
intestinal troubles, admitted into or attending at the Native 
Hospital, Mombasa, were undertaken. 
Of 100 examinations, 83 per cent, were positive, 17 per 
cent, negative. The percentage of the different ova present 
was as follows : — 
Per cent. 
Ankylostoma duodenale . . . . .46 
Ascaris lumbricoides . . . . .44 
Trichocephalus dispar . . . . .43 
Tcenia saginata . . . . . .29 
Schistosoma Mansoni ..... 5 
Oxyuris vermicularis ..... 2 
Strongyloides stercoralis ..... 3 
