Milton Antiseptic Ltd was an English companyThe Magazine of Wall Street, Volume 104: p. 118 which made the household antiseptic solution. Registered as Milton Proprietary Ltd in 1923, the company changed its name to Milton Antiseptic Ltd. in May 1942. The company was wound up in 1960.Register of Defunct and Other Companies Removed from the Stock Exchange Official Year-book. Stock Exchange, London: 1973
During World War II, the company benefited from an endorsement by a medical official broadcast in the United Kingdom in August 1940: during the talk Milton was named as a suitable hypochlorite antiseptic to sterilize water.Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz by Stephen Wade. Pen & Sword Military, 2011: p. 81
In 1958 the company merged with Richardson-Merrell, Inc. (formerly Vick Chemical Company).Michigan Business Reports, Issue 57: p. 161
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