[ 4 ] 
The only deduction which can be drawn from the above table is that 
in each year the month in which the rainfall was lowest, viz., July and 
January respectively, was followed by the month in which the admission 
rate was lowest. 
The following table shows that in the past two years there has been no 
great seasonal variation in the prevalence of the parasities : — 
Months. 
. 
Ol 
C 
n 
2 
Quartan. 
B. Tertian. 
Malignant and 
B Tertian. 
Malignant and 
Quartan. 
Quartan and 
B. Tertian 
Total. 
Malignant. 
Quartan. 
B. Tertian. 
Malignant and 
B. Tertian. 
; 
j Malignant and 
Quartan. 
Quartan and 
B. Tertian. 
Total. 
January .. 
6 
7 
4 
.. | .. 
1 7 
4 
8 
5 
• • 
l 7 
February .. 
5 
6 
4 
• • • • 
1 5 
S 
4 
4 
• • 
• . 
16 
March 
8 
8 
3 
• • • • 
19 
3 
1 
2 
• • 
1 
/ 
April 
11 
11 
2 
3 , •• 
28 
7 
4 
3 
14 
May 
7 
7 
1 
3 •• 
1 
20 
3 
4 
2 
1 
IO 
June 
T 4 
10 
1 
• 
25 
7 
2 
2 
1 
• • 
12 
July 
15 
3 
1 
1 1 1 
21 
2 
• • 
12 
14 
August 
10 
1 
1 
.. 
12 
12 
4 
1 
J 7 
September 
*4 
5 
1 
2 .. 
22 
15 
5 
1 
I 
• • 
22 
October .. 
15 
2 
1 
18 
8 
7 
2 
*7 
November 
12 
6 
1 
• • • • 
19 
2 
3 
5 
1 
• • 
s . 
II 
December 
18 
4 
2 
1 .. 
1 
25 
1 
9 
IO 
Admissions of the Malignant type were more numerous during the last 
six months of the year, as the following figures show :— 
1903. 1902. 
1st six months ... ... 51 33 
2nd ,, ... ... 84 43 
Malignant Parasite .—This is the most common parasite met with at the 
District Hospital. Doubly infected corpuscles were frequently met with, 
and I have seen as many as five parasites in one corpuscle. Examination of 
fresh blood films showed (1) young active amoeboid forms; (2) quiescent 
ringlets with and without pigment, pigment generally active, as fine granules 
or rods; (3) brassy bodies; (4) crescents and globular bodies of the crescent 
series. 
Quartan Parasite .—Single infections are more common than in the 
Malignant and B. Tertian fevers. Fifty-three per cent, of the cases were 
single infections. Out of 41 cases, 22 were single infections, 11 double and 
8 triple. Examination of fresh blood films showed (1) young active 
amoeboid forms; (2) pigmented parasites, pigment sluggish and in form of 
fine rods; (3) corpuscles not enlarged and not changed in colour; (4) 
sporulating bodies. 
Benign Tertian Parasites .— Double infection is common. Out of 21 
cases, 14 were double and 7 single infections. 
