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TABLE 68

WORK OF RADIOTHERAPEUTIC DIVISION 1978 AND 1979

1978

1979

TABLE 69

WORK OF THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES 1978 AND 1979

1978

1979

I.

Fatients

I.

Autopai es

New patients reen

4, 151

4,028

New patients with malignant disease seen

2,906

2,939

New patients with non-malignant disease seen

Total patients with malignant disease

1,245

1,089

4,110

4,513

Homicide cases

Suspected Homicide cases

Deaths while in custody

treated

Traffic 'hit & run' cases

2 0 = 8

66

6

29

23

18

19

New patients treated

(2,857)

(2,900)

Other Coroner'e cases

474

633

Old patiente treated

(1,253)

(1,613)

Patients with non-malignant disease treated

547

489

II.

Clinical Examinations and Blood Groupings

II.

Radiation Treatments Given

Suspects of Homicide cases

46

46

Supervoltage X-ray & Gamma-ray Therapy

97,500

106,721

Suspecto of Wounding cases

39

66

Orthovoltage X-ray & Gamma-ray Therapy

21,254

17,242

Suspects of Sexual Offence cases

70

51

Superficial X-ray Therapy

207

203

Victims of Sexual Offence cases

556

680

Radium or Caesium-137 applications

393

485

198

Radio-gold (

Au) applications

Victims of Wounding cases

Others

106

86

17

5

3

90,

,32

Radio-etrontium Sr) applicati ona

(Skin Plaquon, ayo-shells)

Radio-phosphorus ("*p) therapy (Internal

15

102

III. Laboratory Examinations

Blood ataing on clothing

Administration}

Radio-iodine ( 1) Therapy

131.

6

539

439

III.

Radio-isotope Tracer Studies

Radio-iodine (1311)

16, 178

23,496

1,139

Blood stains on weapons

88

Blood stains on other exhibita

Seminal stains

502

2

1,628

1,894

Identification of nature of meat

24

11

Others

11

25

(i) Thyroid function tests

(a) in vivo

(1,470)

(1,609)

(b) in vitro

(ii) Topographical survey

Strontium 85

Strontium 87m

Technetium 90m

858

1,093

(1) with Dynamic studies

(854)

(11) without Dynamic studies

(239)

Indium 113m

1,043

1,116

Others

55

85

(12,597)

IV. Chemical and Histological Examinations

of Mortuary cases

75

(19,975)

119

(2,111)

(1,912)

V.

Miscellaneous

Lectures

114

78

Court attendance

198

147

Attendance at scenes of orime

236

108

Assistance in reide : abortioni ata

12

6

others