Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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254
1905]
SPIRITUOUS AND ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.
Number of Samples. | Number Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated in 1904 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Whiskey (Scotch) | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | — |
„ (Irish) | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | — |
Brandy | — | — | — | 52.6 |
Rum | 8 | — | — | — |
Gin | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | — |
Port Wine | 5 | — | — | |
49 | 17 | 347 | 21.7 |
Drugs.
74 samples of various drugs were examined, of which 5, or 67 per cent., were returned as adulterated.
Samples. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Percentage adulterated 1904. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lime Water | 20 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.0 |
Linseed Crushed | 4 | — | — | 14.3 |
Glycerine | 4 | — | — | — |
Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | — |
Compound Liquorice Powder | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | — |
Salad Oil | 3 | — | — | — |
Cod Liver Oil | 12 | — | — | — |
Compound Tincture of Rhubarb | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | — |
Soda Water | 2 | — | — | — |
Lithia Water | 1 | — | — | — |
Potash Water | 3 | — | — | — |
Camphor Water | 6 | — | — | — |
Oil of Juniper | — | — | — | 100.0 |
74 | 5 | 6.7 | 60 |