[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BATHING POOLS. Purity of the water as estimated by bacteriological examination at various states of the tide. Samples taken on fourteen occasions showed the following:— Area from which Samples were obtained. No. of Samples in which B. Coli was present in. 0.1 cc. 1 cc. 2 ccs. 5 ccs. and over. (a) Crab and Lobster Fisheries— The Needles 3 10 always. always. Millbay Pier 1 9 13 always. Firestone Bay . . 3 8 always. always. S.E. Drake’s Island 2 10 always. always. S.W. Drake’s Island .. never. 8 always. always. (b) Bathing Places— Ladies’ Basin No. I never. 9 12 always. Ladies’ Basin No. II .. never. 9 12 always. Tinside Bathing Beach never. 9 12 always. Promenade Pier never. 10 12 always. > Men’s Basin never. 12 always. always. Devonport Ladies’ Basin never. 10 always. always. Devonport Men’s Basin never. 9 , always. always. (c) Sutton Harbour— Phoenix Wharf .. never. 10 13 always. Fish Quay, Barbican .. never. 9 13 always. North Quay, Barbican. never. 9 13 always.