TABLE 3.

Toxicological Examinations,

67

24

87

(iii) Tables 2 and 3 show the variety of work under this heading. There were no cases of homicidal poisoning, but certain exhibits were examined in a case of bomb-throwing in the street, which resulted in the death of a pedestrian.

One case of forgery of high denomination United States notes accounted for the exhibits listed in Table 2. These were remarkably accurate reproductions of U.S.$100 and U.S.$50 bills.

Two cases of alleged sabotage were investigated, one of an aircraft at Kai Tak Airport, and one of a Royal Naval vessel,

No poison present Opium

Phenolic or Cresolic Compounds

Alcohol

Alkalies

Arsenic

Aspirin

TABLE 2.

Chemico-legal Analyses.

Toxicological examinations (including post-mortem materiala from

90 persons)

Urine and Blood for Alcohol determination

Articles connected with:-

Acid throwing

Accidental drowning

Arson

Assault

Dangerous goods

Explosions

Export Control

Firearms

Forgery

Fraud

Illegal firecrackers

Illegal practising of Westeru medicine

Larceny

Licensing laws

Medicines & Drugs

Murder

Rape

Sabotage

Suicide

Traffic accidents

Miscellaneous

221

27

18

T

1

14

52

11

2

25

7

3

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2

13

70

12

34

629

142

5

1

Barbituric acid derivatives

45

Camphor

Chloral hydrate

_3_4_

Cyanides

D.D.T.

Gelsemium Elegane Benth

Hydrochloric acid

Todine

Kerosene

Lead

Mathyl salicylate

Oil of cinnamon

Potassium permanganate

Quinine

Strychnine

Miscellaneous

6

1

1

1

1

13

281

(iv) Commercial work, though not quite on the scale of previous years, again formed a very considerable part of the work of the Laboratory. Fees collected amounted to $101,203.50, compared with $141,169.00 for the year 1949. The various samples dealt with are listed in Table 4.

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