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Idiocy,

Mania,

Melancholia,

Dementia,

TABLE showing the number of patients ADMITTED to the ASYLUM under the respective diseases.

Delusional Insanity,

DISEASE.

Total,..

Enclosure VI.

EUROPEANS.

CHINESE, &C.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

1

38

: -

8

4

2

11

7

52

1242

GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,

HONGKONG, 1st May, 1899. in the Government Laboratory

SIR,I have the honour to submit a statement of the work done during the year 1898.

2. The work may be conveniently summarized as follows :--

Description of Cases.

No. of Articles Examined.

Toxicological,

Potable Waters,

Petroleum.

Morphine Ordinance,

Food and Drugs Ordinance,

Ores,

Coal,

Fireworks,

Samshu,

Disinfectant, Braid, Silver Coin, Sulphuric Acid,

Table-cloth-one each,

83

53

106

18

74

6

2

13

24

14

5

384

TOXICOLOGICAL.

3. The toxicological cases investigated during the past year include 17 cases of human poisoning exclusive of one case of Opium poisoning which occurred beyond the confines of the Colony.

Particulars are as follows :—

Number of cases.

Poison found.

14

1

1

1

Race.

Chinese

European

European Asiatic

Opium Chloral

Chloral and Morphine Arsenic

4. There were no cases of Datura poisoning during the past year.

5. Some powder thrown into the eyes of a boy with intent to rob was found to be pepper.

WATERS.

6. The results of the analyses of samples taken each month from the Pokfulum and Tytam Reservoirs, and from the Kowloon Service, indicate that these supplies continue to maintain their excellent qualities. The quality of the water from Pokfulum Reservoir is in no way inferior to that supplied from Tytam or by the Kowloon Service. The analyses of the Pokfulum supply show that the quality of this ter is as high as when water was first collected there. In an Appendix will be found particulars of the nonthly analyses of the public supplies and also the results of the examination of 16 well waters.