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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