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prevalent in the neighbourhood, none of the workmen employed 

 in the manufacture of chloride of lime were ever its victims.' 



(Signed) JOHN WHITE/ 



As Messrs. Tennant, the original patentees of chloride of 

 lime, are also the greatest manufacturers of it in the world, 

 their testimony might be received as that of interested persons. 

 But the following document from Dr. Corkindale, physician to 

 the gaol of Glasgow, and celebrated for his skill in medical 

 jurisprudence, is^above any such suspicion. 



' Glasgow, 1st July, 1831. 



1 In the year 1824, a suit was brought against Mr. Tennant's 

 chemical works at St. Rollox, on the score of nuisance, pro- 

 ceeding on the allegation that the fumes arising from the 

 processes there carried on were injurious to the health of 

 the neighbourhood. Around the works there are houses for 

 the accommodation of about twelve families of the workmen. 

 These persons have continued to reside there for various 

 periods from two to twenty years. I examined the condition 

 of these people, and made inquiries as to the history of their 

 health during their residence, as detailed by themselves. I 

 found that their condition, in this respect, was nearly the same 

 as other persons of the same rank of life, in ordinary situations ; 

 but it was the uniform statement of the whole of them, that 

 no person residing on these premises had been affected with 

 typhus at the different periods when that epidemic was very 

 prevalent in Glasgow. It was evident from inspection that 

 this immunity was not owing to superior cleanliness and ventila- 

 tion, for the apartments were as dirty and crowded as the 

 ordinary habitations, where I know typhus had prevailed. The 

 vapours from the works were various, but by far the most pro- 

 minent was chlorine, rising both from the preparation of the 

 chloride of lime, and from the treatment of the residuum for 

 the manufacture of soda. 



(Signed) ' JAMES CORKINDALE, M.D., LL.D.' 



I have been favoured by M. d'Epinay, agent of the island 

 of Mauritius to the British government, with an excellent 

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