[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County.

  • Exeter (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    slope, lias a good natural fall, and is easily drained. The St. Thomas area on the other side of the river has a very slight fall, and is consequently difficult to satisfactorily drain. The area of the City is 4,715 acres. The density of population is 12*8 per acre, and reckoning the portion of the City built upon at 1,275 acres, we have a density of population of 47 per acre. CLIMATE. The City is situated 50 degrees 45 minutes north latitude, and 3 degrees 41 minutes west longitude, occupying the flat summit and declivities of a ridge-like hill which rises from 25*9 feet above Ordnance Datum at the Quay, to 136*5 feet at the Guildhall, 225 9 at Elmside, and 433*5 at the top of Pennsylvania. The average height being about 150 feet above Ordnance Datum. About the centre of the City stands the ancient and noble Cathedral. From the elevated character of the ground upon which the greater part of the City is built great natural facilities are afforded for drainage and ventilation. The neighbourhood abounds with beautiful scenery of extreme variety within only a short distance, presenting the different aspects of Moor, Mountain, and Woodland Scenery.