Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1952]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Coroners’ Enquiries. Coroners required the examination of 1,153 exhibits in connection with 473 deaths which formed the subject of police investigation. The following table gives particulars of the results of chemical examination:— Nature of Exhibit. Result of Chemical Examination. Number of Deaths. Viscera (stomach and Negative for poison. 1 91 contents, intestines and Arsenic. 10 solid organs). Barbital . 1 Barbitone . 2 Barbiturate . 6 Barbiturate and Bromide . 1 Bromide . 1 Bromine . 1 Camphor, essential oil and phenol . 1 Carbromal . 1 Carbromal and barbiturate . 1 Carbromal and phenobarbital. 1 Chloral hydrate . 2 Cresol . 1 Cyanide. 2 Hydrocyanic Acid . 1 Lead . 1 Mercury . 1 Methylphenobarbitone . 1 Morphine . 2 Morphine and barbiturate . 2 Nembutal . 3 Nicotine . 4 Nicotine and phenol. 1 Paraldehyde . 1 Pentobarbital . 2 Pentobarbital, phenacetln and caffeine 1 Pentobarbitone . 3 Pentobarbitone and Carbromal . 1 Phenobarbital and chloral hydrate . 1 Pyranisamine . 1 Seconal . 1 Sedormid . 5 Sodium Fluoride . 1 Strychnine . 12 Strychnine and Arsenic . 1 Strychnine and Barbituric Acid . 1 Sulphuric Acid (conc.i . 1 Thallium . 5 Viscera and Blood . Arsenic; negative for alcohol . 2 Barbiturate, potassium bromide and alcohol . 1 Alcohol; negative for poison. 7 Cyclobarbitone and alcohol. i Barbiturate; negative for alcohol . i Pentobarbitone and alcohol . i Phenobarbitone and alcohol . i Barbitone and alcohol . i Barbitone . i Barbitone and Carbon Monoxide . i Phenobarbitone, carbromal and alcohol i Negative for poison and alcohol . 8 Chloral hydrate and potassium bromide negative for alcohol . 2 Chloral hydrate, potassium bromide and alcohol . 1 Arsenic, lead and alcohol . 1 Carbon monoxide . 1 Strychnine and brucine . 1 Nicotine . 1 Viscera and Urine . Arsenic and alcohol . 1 Alcohol; negative for poison. 2 Chloral hydrate, potassium bromide and alcohol . 1 Ethyl alcohol . 1 Viscera, Blood and Urine Paraldehyde . 1 Alcohol . 3 Negative for poison and alcohol . 2 Barbituric Acid derivative . 1 Viscera and Cerehro- Alcohol: negative for poison. 1 spinal fluid. Blood . Alcohol . 104 64 Negative for alcohol. Carbon Monoxide . 6 Negative for carbon monoxide . 1 Sodium Chloride drowning) . 2 Carbon Monoxide and alcohol. 1 Blood and Chest Fluid... Alcohol; negative for carbon monoxide 1 Alcohol . 1 Sodium Chloride . 1 Blood and Urine . Negative for alcohol. 1 Alcohol . 20 Urine; Alcohol; blood : negative . 2 Negative for alcohol. 1 Carbon Monoxide and alcohol. 1 Blood and Cerebrospinal Alcohol . 1 fluid. Blood, Urine and Chest Alcohol . 1 fluid. Urine . Alcohol . 34 9 Urine and Stomach Negative for alcohol. Alcohol . 1 Contents. 1 Total Deaths . 473 State, Municipal and Departmental Authorities submitted 424 samples of water in connection with the supervision and chemical treatment of water supplies and swimming pools in country districts, and 182 samples for examination, for the purpose of checking the efficiency of sewage installations and the control of the discharge of trade wastes and drainage into public places. Industrial Hygiene Authorities submitted 336 samples for examination in connection with claims under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the diagnosis of illness due to occupational causes, conditions of employment in workshops and factories, the ventilation of public halls and theatres, etc. Miscellaneous Authorities submitted 265 samples for exam¬ ination including foodstuffs, medicines, disinfectants, flock and bedding materials, human hair and nails, stomach contents, urine, etc. Table I. Samples examined during the year 1952, for the purposes of the Administration of the Pure Food Act, 1908. Nature of Sample. Submitted by— Number Ex¬ amined. Number Adul¬ terated or falsely Described. Alcoholic Beverage . Food Inspectors. 1 1 Ale (summer or temperance drink] Almond Essence. 1 1 1 Apple Rings . 1 Baking Powder . 1 Beer . 192 7 Beetroot, Canned . 12 12 Bread . 254 69 Breakfast Foods . 2 Buns . Municipal Inspectors Food Inspectors. 1 Butter . 40 7 Cake Filling . 1 Cheese . 26 5 Cherry Cordials . 4 Cider . i Cinnamon. 4 i Cloves . 8 2 Cocoa . It l) 10 8 Coconut . 1 Coffee . 4 *1 Coffee and Chicory . 2 Colouring Matter . 6 Confectionery . 3 Cream . 122 ii Cream . Milk Board . 143 n Creaming Soda . Food Inspectors. 3 Cream Substitutes . 5 2 Dripping . 2 Fairy Floss . 4 Fish] smoked, fresh, tinned, etc. Fish Paste . 40 12 2 2 Flour. 26 1 Fluid from milk can. 4 3 Ginger, Ground . 7 1 Ginger Beer. 3 Grapes, in syrup . 1 Grapefruit Flavour Drink . 1 Honey . 2 Ice Cream . 16 16 *8 Kola . 14 4 Lemon Drinks, Cordials, etc. ... Lemon Essence . 41 7 12 0 Lime Drinks, Cordials, etc. 17 5 Mandarin Drink9 . 2 Margarine. 7 0 Meal . 9 Meat: Fresh . Food Inspectors. 1,072 25 30 Municipal Inspectors Food Inspectors. 2 Minced . 2,404 125 254 Municipal' Inspectors Food Inspectors. 20 Sausages . 2,922 157 319 Municipal Inspectors Food Inspectors. 20 Tripe. 249 8 Municipal Inspectors Food Inspectors. 12 Smallgoods . 155 Corned Beef . 1 Meat Pie . 10 Camp Pie, tinned . 1 Milk: Fresh Milk . Food Inspectors, Metro¬ politan Districts Municipal and Shire Inspectors, Metro¬ politan Districts Food Inspectors, Country Districts ... Municipal and Shire Inspectors, Country Districts . 4,585 89 1,227 39 1,373 123 779 80 Milk Board . 9,535 2 207 Condensed Milk . Food Inspectors. 1 Deposit In milk can . 1 Milk Powder, Malted . 5 3 Nutmeg, Ground. 6 Olive Oil . 30 1 Orange Drinks, Cordials, etc. ... Orange and Lemon Drink . 52 6 1 Passionfruit Drinks. 4 3 Pastry (Jam Tarts) . Municipal Inspectors ... 1 Pie Pastry . 1 Food Inspectors. 7 i Peas, cooked, dried . 1 Peas, tinned . 1 2 Pepper . 3 3 1 Pineapple, tinned . 2 7 3 Plums, tinned . 2 1 Potatoes, diced . 2 2 ■R.flsnhcrrv Drinks . 2 i 3 i Rice .| ,) ,, .](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485431_0036.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
