*
150
151
TABLE 4.—Contd.
Fees collected for commercial analyses Fees collected for biochemical analyses
$116,421 2,390
$118,811
() The apparently sudden development of biochemical work is accounted for by the fact that the figure shown for 1947 was for November 1947 and December 1947 only. Private practitioners bave made considerable use of the facilities provided.
TABLE 5
Biochemical Examinations.
TABLE 6
Miscellaneous samples from Government Departments.
Samples from:
Agricultural & Gardens Department
Controller of Stores
Fire Brigade Departurut
General Post Office:-
Telecommunications Branch
Imports & Exports Department
Kowloon Canton Railway
Marine Department
Medical Department :·
11
6 LOMO
1.
Specimens received:
Bile
Blood
Cerebro-spinal-Anid
Gastric contents
Stool
Urine
Miscellaneous
Central Medical Stores
Health Officera & Inspectors
10
1
Medical Department Headquarters
1
Queen Mary Hospital
2
1,028
Slaughter House
300
Urban Council
1,657
Prison Hospital
६
Public Works Department;
49
Building Ordinance Office
14
18
Electrical & Mechanical Office
2
Supplies, Trade & Industry Department
3
3,056
173
Received from :----
Anti T.B. Clinic
Families' Clinic
Kowloon Hospital
Lai Chi Kok Hospital
19
Medical Post (Central Police Station)
1
Private Practitioners
200
Queen Mary Hospital
2,032
Sai Ying Pun Hospital
Tsan Yuk Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
56
3,056
(vi) There hus beeu a slight increase in the use made of the Laboratory by other Government Departments, although much of this resulted from the number of samples examined for the Fire Brigade following on the flodown fires referred to in para. (š).
Staff.
Mr. J. Redman, Government Chemist, proceeded on leave on 3rd March, 1948 and returned to duty on 8th March, 1949. Mr. D. E. Daris acted as Government Chemist during this period.
Mr. E. Collins, Assistant Government Chemist, was seconded to the Imports & Exports Department during the same period.
Mr. R. C. Terry, Assistant Government Chemist, joined the staff on 24th January, 1948.
Mr. R. G. Barradas, Laboratory Assistant, was awarded a Colonial Welfare & Development Scholarship, tanable for four years at Liverpool University, and left for the United Kingdom on 2nd August, 1948.
Government Laboratory,
Hong Kong.
8th April, 1949,
Sgd. J. HEUMAN.
J. REDMAN, B.Sc.Tech., A.M.G.T., F.R.L.C. Government Chemist.