Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department.
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report On the work performed by the Government Analyst in the year 1902. In conformity with your letter of 23rd. Febrbary last I have the honour to submit the following Report on the work per¬ formed during the year 1902. As you an aware the work includes two distinct branches of analytical enquiry viz- The Medico-legal for the Judicial Department and the General, for the Medical and Health, and other Public Departments and the Municipality. Most of the analyses performed for the latter Department were however, connected with the examination of alimentary substances. 43 investigations were required by the Judicial Department and these involved the separate examination or analysis of 151 different articles or pieces of conviction. For the Medical and Health and other Departments 45 analyses were performed, including the separate examination of 76 samples. The total number of articles or samples examined amoun¬ ted therefore to 227 during the year. In addition to this work several important questions were submitted by Government to the Analyst for report which re¬ quired much time and research for their elucidation. Medico-legal Analyses. Judicial analyses were required by the different District Courts in the following order of frequency viz : Number of analyses. Port Louis ... ... 8 Pamplemousses ... ... 7 Grand Port ... ... 6 Flacq ... ... ... 5 Moka ... ... ... 4 Riviere du Rempart ... 3 Savanne ... ... 3 Black River ... ... 3 42 One analysis was also required by the Government of Sey¬ chelles in an alleged case of poisoning. The Medico-legal investigations had reference to the fol- owing cases.