[Report 1913] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part I. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE COUNTY. Physical Features. Cornwall is the most South-Westerly county in England. Separated from Devon by the River Tamar, it forms a pen- insula, with the sea on three sides. Its length from Devon- shire to* Land’s End is 80 miles, and its breadth at its widest part is 45 miles. The area of the county is 868,16? acres, and the estimated population in 1913 was 329,303. The surface of the land is very hilly, the highest points being Brown Willy, near Camelford (1,375 feet), Rough Tor (1,296 feet), Caradon Hill (1,208 feet), Sharppoint Tor (1,200 feet), Tober Tor (1,127 feet), Mennaelew (1,124 feet), Kit Hill (1,067 feet), Trewartha Tor (1,050 feet), Hensbarrow (1,034 feet), and Caden Barrow (1,011 feet). Generally, the rocks belong to the primary strata, and include enormous quantities of granite. The coast is rugged, but has many large bays—Bude, Port Isaac, Watergate, Perran, and St. Ives, on the North—Mount’s Bay and Whitesand on the West—and Falmouth, Gerrans, Very an, St. Austell, Looe, Whitesand, and Cawsand Bays on the South. The chief rivers are, the Tamar (tidal for about 20 miles), the Inny and Lvnher (its tributaries), the latter navigable to Notter Bridge, the Tidi (navigable to St. Germans), the Looe (forming the haven at Looe), the Fowey (navigable in part between Lostwithiel and FowTey Harbour), the Fal (navigable for over ten miles), the Hel