London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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| 8. It is manufactured from special water, and hence it has been manufactured only in Scotland and Ireland because it was found that in those countries only was the water suitable. It is never manufactured abroad, and hence Scotch and Irish Whiskeys are in great demand throughout the world. | 8. It is manufactured from any water, and hence it can be made anywhere — Germany, France, England, America. It is exported and sold as Scotch or Irish Whiskey to the detriment of the legitimate trade. |
| 9. It is distilled at least twice (as in Scotland) or 3 times (as in Ireland). | 9. It undergoes only one distillation. |
| 10. The Pot still is a still which is heated directly by fire in a large pot with a swan neck through which the spirit passes over. It requires more attention and more labour to manipulate it, and its work is intermittent. | 10. The Patent Still is a complicated apparatus in which steam is brought into contact with the mash in a series of trays and it produces an almost pure alcohol, for which purpose it was invented, and in which pure alcohol is manufactured for commercial purposes. Its work is continuous. |
Drugs.
66 samples of various drugs were examined, of which 4, or 6.0 per cent. were returned as adulterated.
| Samples. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Percentage adulterated 1905. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Water | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
| Linseed, Crushed | 2 | — | — | — |
| Glycerine | 7 | — | — | — |
| Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
| Compound Liquorice Powder | 13 | - | - | 16.7 |
| Ground Gentian Root | 6 | 1 | 16.6 | — |
| Cod Liver Oil | 10 | — | — | — |
| Compound Tincture of Rhubarb | 8 | - | - | 16.7 |
| Camphor Water - | 3 | — | — | — |
| Spirits of Camphor | 1 | — | — | — |
| 66 | 4 | 6.0 | 6.7 |