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The forensic work covers-

(a) The examination of victims and suspects connected

with violent and unnatural crimes;

(b) Calls to assist at scenes of crimes especially in

murders and sudden deaths;

(e) Attendance at Court including giving evidence at Coroner's Inquests, Magistrates' Courts, and the Supreme Court;

(d) Medico-legal post mortems covering both Hong

Kong and Kowloon;

(e) Raids on unregistered medical practitioners, un- registered dentists, sellers of poisons, and manu- facturers of dangerous drugs.

93. The laboratory work deals mainly with examinations of blood and seminal stains, hairs and fibres, weapons and articles connected with crimes. In addition the laboratory staff blood-group all police recruits before they pass out of the Police Training School.

94. Short lectures and demonstrations of an hour's dura- tion are given from time to time to police officers at the laboratory showing medico-legal aspects of certain crimes. Lectures are also given once weekly to the medical students at the University,

The Chemical Laboratory.

96. The Government Chemical Laboratory carries out analytical and consulting work for Government departments, the Services, and the commercial community. Government work is done free, but for other work fees are charged accord- ing to a prescribed tariff. This tariff has been revised and its scope widened during the year.

96. During the year the laboratory moved into new and much improved accommodation.

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97. The volume of work dealt with has shown a marked increase over that of last year 27,675 samples being dealt with as against 24,907, and the following table shows very briefly the distribution of this work:-

Public Health......

Chemico-Legal.......

Commocecial

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1953

1954

12.281

14,551

800

939

1.737

956

Revenue Control, Narcotics, Strutegie

Materiada

9.828

10,518

Miscellaneous Government Work...............

250

TOI

24.907

27.675

The Radiological Department.

98. The work of this department is mainly diagnostic but therapeutic treatment is also carried out. Under the adminis- tration of the Radiological Specialist are also grouped the physiotherapy and occupational therapy units. The diagnostic work is done in Queen Mary Hospital and Kowloon Hospital, the chest clinics, and by mobile X-ray units. Radiotherapy is confined to the Queen Mary Hospital only.

99. The following forms of radiotherapy are given:-

(a) superficial X-ray

(b) contact X-ray

(c) deep X-ray

(d) telecobalt

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