NRS-4852 | Analytical registers

These registers record the results of chemical, bacteriological and biological analyses of samples of food, water, drugs, cosmetics etc. undertaken on behalf of the Health Commission, and also Government Stores, in accordance with the requirements of the various Acts. Samples of human tissue, blood etc. are analysed at the request of Police and of hospitals. Where the samples analysed relate to legal proceedings, a copy of a statutory declaration by the analyst is included. The following information is given: from whom sample received; register number; number sample marked with; and analysis. (19/19241-84). 44 vols. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.