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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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245
[1904
Drugs.
67 samples of various drugs were examined, of which 4, or 6 per cent.,
were returned as adulterated.
Samples.
Number
adulterated.
Percentage
adulterated.
Percentage
adulterated
1903.
Lime Water
10
2
20.0
—
Linseed Crushed
7
1
14.3
10.0
Glycerine
4
—
—
—
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
2
—
—
—
Compound Liquorice
Powder
4
—
—
—
Salad Oil
1
—
—
—
Cod Liver Oil
10
—
—
—
Camphorated Oil
5
—
—
—
Olive Oil
4
—
—
—
Compound Tincture of
Rhubarb
2
—
—
—
Eucalyptus Oil
1
—
—
—
Iron Pills (Blaud's)
1
—
—
38.4
Compound Tincture of
Camphor
2
—
—
—
Cream of Tartar
—
—
—
50.0
Tincture of Perchloride
of Iron
—
—
—
100.0
Quinine Wine
1
—
—
—
Tincture of Iodine
2
—
—
—
Camphor Water
4
—
—
—
Solution of Ammonia
2
—
—
—
Oil of Juniper
1
1
100.0
—
Prescription
4
—
—
100.0
67
4
6.0
14.4