[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough.

  • Devonport (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Devonport County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GEOLOGICAL FEATURES. The area of the Borough of Devonport is bounded on the south and west by an expanse of estuarine water. Prom the shore it rises in a series of some- what isolated hills, the majority of which attain an elevation of slightly over 175 feet above the sea level. At Mount Pleasant, on the South, the elevation is somewhat above 200 feet. At Mount Pellier, on the East, the ground reaches 275 feet, and at St. Budeaux, on the extreme North, an elevation of 300 feet occurs. Formerly this area was intersected by several tidal creeks, branches of the Hamoaze ; in part these still exist, but portions have already been filled and reclaimed and others are now in process of reclamation. The whole district is occupied by rocks of the Devonian series, the more southerly portion of the Borough lying on limestone of Middle Devonian Age. Northwards are a succession of