[Report 1950] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Exeter Port Health Authority.

  • Exeter (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Port Medical Officer of Health, Exeter Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (a) Passenger traffic during the year. Apart from the day cruises by M.V. Bambo and Pride of Teignmouth and the regular sailings of the Fxmouth-Starcross passenger ferr/ the passenger traffic during the year consisted of a mother and 2 children aboard M.V.Eban which came from Belfast; two passengers aboard M.V.Arent M, which came from Delfzyll; and five passengers who travelled from Lubiok, Finland, on the M.V.Elbing fv. (b) Cargo traffic. (1) Principal imports - Coal Petrol Timber Timber d Tinned Meat Oak Logs & Brandy Potatoes Bog Ore Iron Pipe Potash Paraffin R.N* Stores 121 vessels 122 ” 15 1 1 ” 5 3 3 ” 2 1 8 Foreign ports from which the vessels arrived - Antwerp - Potash Delfzyll - Bog Ore Holland - Bog Ore Ostend -■ Cement Honfleur - Oak Logs d Brandy Paris - Timber d Tinned Meat Prance - Timber Paris-Rouen - Timber Rouen - Timber Paris - Timber ]'fersvekem - Timber Sweden - Timber Lubick(Finland) - Timber Dunkirk - Timber I'Vismar - Timber (2) Principal exports - Clay for Paris Spent Oxide for Holland 3. WATER SUPPLY. (1) Source of supply for (a) the Port and (b) Shipping. (1) Exmouth Harbour - Exmouth Urban District Main Supply. Supply adequate, satisfactory quality. (2) Exeter Bas in - Exeter City *^ouncil. Supply adequate and quality satisfactory. (3) Topsham - main supply adequate, satisfactory quality. (2) Hydrants and Hosepipes. There are 5 hydrants and hosepipes for use in the above ports. They are flushed out prior to use and regularly inspected by the Sanitary- Inspector or in the case of Exeter Basin by the Canal Superintendent.