174
TABLE 1-(Continued).
Commercial Samples.
Miscellaneous :
Toxicological examination
Turpentine
Water
Wines and Spirits
Waxes
Drugs and chemicals, calibration of instru-
ments etc.
39
65
2,063
175
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(vi) A large proportion of this work shown in Table 6 done for other Government Departments has again come from the Fire Brigade, chiefly in connection with the Dangerous Goods Regulations. These Regulations are now being revised by a Committee, of which the Government Chemist is a member.
TABLE 6.
Miscellaneous samples from Government Departments.
Samples from:-
Agricultural Department
Commerce and Industry
(v)
Biochemical work is summarized in Table 5. This also
continues to increase.
TABLE 5.
Biochemical Examinations.
Controller of Stores
Fire Brigade
+
Forestry Department Kowloon-Canton Railway Labour Office
Medical Department:
Central Medical Stores
Specimens received: -
Bile
Blood
Cerebro-spinal fluid
Gastric contents
Stool
Urine
Miscellaneous
5
3
56
11
Health Officers & Inspectors
247
7
1
2,123
Medical Department Headquarters Malariologist
389
Urban Council
1,877
27
Prison Hospital
121
Public Works Department:
9
Building Ordinance Office
1
Electrical and Mechanical Office
4,547
Electrical Workshop
Port Works Office
Drainage Office
Received from:
Anti T.B. Clinic
2
Kowloon Hospital
1,118
Lai Chi Kok Hospital
67
Mental Hospital Private Practitioners Queen Mary Hospital
Ruttonjee Sanatorium
10
302
2,855
22
Stoff.
Sai Ying Pun Hospital
41
St. Paul's Hospital
1
Taan Yuk Hospital ....................
55
Tung Wab Eastern Hospital
64
Violet Peel Health Centre
10
4,547
Social Welfare Office
Treasury
1
10
2
158
Mr. Shum Lau was appointed Laboratory Assistant on probation on 1st December, 1949.
J. REDMAN, Government Chemist.
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