— 84 The following list shows the numbers, dates and destinations of the various batches of labourers passed through the quarantine :— No. in Batch Date. Destination.

99 13. 4.28 Wad-Medani. 96 . 22. 6.28 5? 502 . 27. 9.28 ?? 579 1.10.28 100 . 6.10.28 Gedaref. 494 . 99 Kassala (Dinder). 599 . 10.10.28 Messellemia. 602 . 14.10.28 Wad-Medani. 500 . 18.10.28 Barakat. 100 . >> Mesellemia. 353 . 22.10.28 58 . 26.10.28 Semna (Haifa Province). 588 . 30.10.28 Mesellemia. 593 . 6.11.28 Gedaref. 599 . 12.11.28 ? 9 483 . 17.11.28 99 139 . Aroma. 601 . 21.11.28 Wad-Medani. 360 . 4.12.28 Mesellemia. 224 . >> 9 9 74 8.12.28 Gedaref.

7,743 It is found that with the staff available the maximum number that can be properly dealt with is 600. Each batch remains three days in the station and at least one clear day is needed between despatching one batch and receiving another.

The following table shows the number of rejections for various causes : — Bilharzia . . . . . . . . . . 558 Favus . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Myocarditis . . . . . . . . . . 2 Blindness . . . . . . . . . . 4 Old age .. . . . . . . . . 3 Various . . . . . . . . . . 3 It is seen that out of a total of 572 rejections, 558 were rejected for bil¬ harzia.

Bilharzia. During the first period when no preliminary examination was made 17.0% of the total passing through the quarantine were infected with bilharzia. This compares with 22.2 per cent, in 1927 and 17.0% in 1926.