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specimens of Chinese medicine (pills and powder) with a view to ascertaining whether or not they came within the scope of section 54 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1865. Both these medicines were recommended to be used for procuring abortion. The powder was intended as an external application to the pit of the stomach and was found to consist of chalk coloured with a small percentage of vermilion. The pills consisted chiefly of vegetable substances but did not contain any recognizable organic principle." A minute quantity of vermilion had been used to give them a reddish appearance.
4. The contents of the stomachs of two patients who had died in the Civil Hospital were examined at the request of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. Opium was detected in both instances.
5. In the investigation made at the request of H. B. M's Consul in Canton, chloral and sulphonal were detected in the contents of the stomach of a European male adult who had died in that city.
GENERAL.
6. The work under this section included the quantitative analysis of 24 samples of Milk and 63 samples of Water.
7. The milk analyses were made on the requisition of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital with a view to controlling the quality of the supplies furnished by the Government contractor. The process adopted in each case was that devised by Dr. JAMES BELL, F.R.S., the Principal of the Somerset House Laboratory; and the results of the analyses of a monthly sample from both a morning and evening delivery were forwarded to the Superintendent for his information.
8. There were no analyses of milk made for the Sanitary Board or the Magistrates during the year. 9. Applications for the analysis of water were made from the following:
Resident Engineer, Water and Drainage Department Sanitary Board....
Captain Superintendent of Police
H. B. M's Consul, Amoy
The Consul for Portugal, Hongkong
The Commodore H.M.S. "Victor Emanuel"
The Deputy Inspector General, R.N. Hospital
No. of samples. ......50
1
1
1
1
4
5
63
10. Of the 50 samples of water for the Water and Drainage Department, 48 were derived from the Pokfulam and Taitam services. These analyses--one each month of the water both before and after filtration were undertaken on the application of the Resident Engineer in order to obtain exact information as to the efficiency of the filtering operations.
11. In the following table will be found the results of the monthly analysis of the Pokfulam water as supplied to the City. The samples were collected by an Officer of this Department at a fountain in Bonham Road near the Pumping Station:-
i.
Table A.
ANALYSIS OF POKFULAM WATER.
Results expressed in Grains per Imperial Gallon (1 in 70,000).
V.
ii.
111.
iv.
vi.
vii.
1891.
Appearance in 24-in. Tube.
Total solid matter dried at 212° F.
Chlorine.
Hardness.
Saline Ammonia,
Albuminoid Oxygen
Ammonia. absorbed.
January, February,
P. y.; f. t.
4.7
P. F.; s. t.
5.0
.6
March,
; C.
4.9
April,
23
; s. m.
4.8
May,
ور
; s. m.
2.7
.7
June,
92
; c.
4.2
July,
P. Y.; »
4.5
August,
p. y. "
4.4
September,
P. y. "
3.1
October, November, December,
4.4
4.2
.6
>>
»
f. y. "
3.9
in in to fi bo to the train
.6
2.1
None
.0028
.012
2.0
.0042
.004
"
.7
2.1
.0028
.009
5
.7
1.9
.0042
.022
1.9
.0042
.031
"
.8
2.0
None
None
כל
2,0
.005
"
"
.8
1.2
.003
39
"7
1.2
.004
"
37
.9
2.0
.009
"
39
1.7
.0021
.014
"
.6
1.6
None
.009
27
Mean...
4.2
.7
1.8
Abbreviations:p., pale; y., yellow; f., faint; t., turbid; c., clear; s., slightly; m., milky.
.0017
.010
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