[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Devon County Council.

  • Devon (England). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Devon County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Plymouth. During the year 2,195 vessels, against 2,056 for the previous year, were inspected by the sanitary officials ; of these 507 being personally visited by the Medical Officer, against 826 for the previous year. 195 vessels arrived from plague and cholera-infected areas, reporting sickness or death as having occurred during the voyage or on arriving at this Port. There were 501 cases of sickness notified, including cases of blackwater fever, malaria, and dysentery and 1 case of small-pox which was contracted in Persia. Of the 2,195 vessels inspected, 160 were found insanitary, with 542 defects, and were remedied without any trouble. Teignmouth. The Medical Officer reports that 164 (foreign 82, coastwise 82) vessels, against 135 for the previous year, visited this Port. Only 3 vessels had insanitary defects, and all received attention. METEOROLOGY. The most interesting features for the year 1923 were :—(1) The hot period in July ; (2) the rainfall, it being the wettest year since 1916 ; (3) the low temperature of May and November ; (4) the thunderstorm of July 9th and 10th ; and (5) absence of easterly winds and prevalence of westerly winds in the autumn. Districts. No. of Rainy Days. Rain i inch fall n es. Me a Tempe m rature. Daily Mean Sunshine. 1922 1923 1922 1923 1922 1923 1922 1923 N. (Ilfracombe) 178 209 33-8 38.5 50.6 51.4 4.2 3-9 E. (Cullompton) 187 223 37-° 36.4 49.1 50.1 3-9 3-7 S. (Torquay) 179 188 36.9 3i-4 51 •1 52.1 4-8 5-° W. (Tavistock) . . 216 2 58 37-8 56.2 48.7 49-i 4.1 — S.W. England 192 217 37-8 41.0 48.7 49.4 4.17 4.0