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REPORT OF PANAMA DISPENSARY.
Class. White. Colored. Total.
Employees-------------------------360 250 610
Nonemployees...................... 5 0 5
Total------------............-365 250 615
SICK CAMP REPORT.
Remaining last report-------------------------------.... 0
Admitted and excused-----------------------------.....132
Discharged--------------------------------------......114
Transferred-- ............................. .. .- 18
Remaining-- ------........-......0............. ........ 0
Average daily number constantly sick in camp and quarters. 4.71
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF -HEALTH LABORATORY.
The 'work consisted of the weekly bacteriological examination of the water supplies of Colon, Gorgona, Bas Obispo, Empire, Rio ( rande, and special examinations of the water supplies of Las Cascadas and the Chagres River at Bohio; chemical examinations of milk; stomach contents for arsenic; and of medicines for poisons. Examinations of mineral oil; examination of lepers; examination of blood, exudates, and urine; examination of blood for the ae'glutination reaction; examination of tissue from the operating room and from autopsies.
Certain determinations and 'investigations in progress may be mentioned: Analysis of wire screening and of evaporated cream; assay of quinine sulphate; determination of ammonia error ini urea; a study of the infectiousness of pleural fluids; staining methods for leprosy bacilli in tissues; investigation of terminal infections, and of certain irregular fevers coming to autopsy.
The following is a summary of the work performed during the month:
Bacteriological examinations of the municipal water supplies. 20 Toxicological examinations ------_---------------------- 5
Analyses of milk------------------------------------- 4
Examinations of lepers--------------------------------- 2
Examination of mineral oil -----------------------------1I