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
Marylebone 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, The Parish of ]
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Sanitary chronicles, 1895.
are diluted with water. It is a fair inference that in
such establishments some of the spirits sold are diluted
below the legal limit. In those cases in which there is no
such notice, dilution is not frequent; 69 samples of Spirits
were all genuine and of proper alcoholic strength, save two:
two samples of brandy were found three or four degrees
below the 25 degrees limit; one of the vendors was fined
5s. and costs, the other £2 and costs.
The other samples do not require special comment.