[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County.

  • Exeter (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLIMATE. The City is situated 50 degrees 45 minutes north latitude, and 3 degrees 41 minutes west longitude, occupying the Hat summit and declivities of a ridge-like hill which rises from 25’9 feet above Ordnance Datum at the Quay, to 1.36*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 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. The City though for the most part standing on high ground is yet surrounded on every side by bills, excepting the South-East, where the estuarv of the Exe opens to the English Channel.