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8. A large increase in the amount of this work has to be noted. For suicidal purposes, poisons of the lysol type were used in a greater number of the cases than in previous years, but opium was again the favourite agent. The following list regarding the use of opium and phenolic compounds for suicidal purposes is of interest.
1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. Opium 11 28 21 17 26 Phenolic compound 1 1 2 11 229. Gelsemium Elegans Benth, a well-known Chinese herbal poison was used in two cases. The last case of poisoning by this herb occurred in 1929. In each case the deceased had apparently chewed the leaves of the plant.
10. Arsenic was used in one case of suicide and in a case of suspected murder. In both cases the arsenic was a native mineral consisting almost entirely of pure arsenious oxide.
Food & Drugs.
11. The table below gives the details of the Food & Drug Samples submitted by the Sanitary Department under the Sanitary Ordinance.
Substance. No. of Samples Exam'd. No. found genuine. No. found adulterated. Bread 7 7 0 Butter 7 7 0 Cheese 3 3 Flour 12 11 1 Ghee 15 11 4 Ghee (Vegetable) 1 1 0 Lard 2 2 0 Milk, condensed 2 2 Milk, fresh 84 76 8 Peanut oil 2 2 Purico Sugar 3 3 0 Totals. 139 126 1312. In the autumn, Inspectors from the Sanitary Department were allotted to the Island and Mainland to deal solely with the question of poor quality and adulteration of foodstuffs. As a result of this, the percentage of samples found to be adulterated has increased from approximately 3% to 10%, which tends to show that more control should be exercised.
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8. A large increase in the amount of this work has to ba noted. For suicidal purposes, poisons of the lysol type were used in a greater number of the cases than in previous years, but opium was again the favourite agent. The following list regarding the use of opium and phenolic compounds for suicidal purposes is of interest.
Opium
Phenolic compound
1932. 1933. 1934.
1930.
1931.
11
28
21
17
26
1
1
2
11
22
9. Gelsemium Elegans Benth, a well known Chinese herbal poison was used in two cases. The last case of poisoning by this herb occurred in 1929. In each case the deceased had apparently chewed the leaves of the plant.
10. Arsenic was used in one case of suicide and in a case of suspected murder. In both cases the arsenic was a native mineral consisting almost entirely of pure arsenious oxide.
Food & Drugs.
11. The table below gives the details of the Food & Drug Samples submitted by the Sanitary Department under the
Sanitary
Ordinance.
Substance.
No. of Samples
No, found
Exam'd.
No. found genuine.
adul- terated.
Bread
7
7
0
Butter
7
7
0
Cheese
3
3
Flour
12
11
1
Ghee
15
11
4
91
(Vegetable)
1
1
0
Lard
2
2
0
Milk, condensed
2
2
17
fresh
84
76
Purico Peanut oil Sugar
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
Totals.
139
126
13
12. In the autumn Inspectors from the Sanitary Depart- ment were allotted to the Island and Mainland to deal solely with the question of poor quality and adulteration of foodstuffs. As a result of this the percentage of samples found to be adulterated has increased from approximately 3% to 10% which tends to show that more control should be exercised.
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