[Morbidity and mortality of poisonings in hospitalized patients in the German Democratic Republic].

In evaluation of the hospital statistics a survey is given on the kinds of intoxication and their frequency, age distribution and lethality. It is elaborated the necessity of the concentration of patients with intoxications, in order to decrease the lethality. An organisation model for the GDR is designed and the author adopts a definite attitude to th establishment of intoxication centres.