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Doctor SACK NOY SCOTT Sack Noy Scott was born in 1861 at Mevagissy Road, St Austell, Cornwall, to Mr Sack Noy Scott, accountant and solicitor's general clerk, and Mrs Fanny Elizabeth Scott. At the age of 19 he was a dispenser to a surgeon in St Austell. Later he trained at the Charing Cross Hospital, London, where he was awarded the Governor's Gold Medal. At the end of the 19th century he returned to the Westcountry and set up a general practice at Plymstock. He was Medical Officer of Health for Plympton St Mary Rural District Council and Admiralty medical officer for the forts and coast-guard stations in the district. He acted likewise for the military. During his lifetime he fought strenuously for a decent water supply for Plymstock. He was a member of the Devonshire Association and in 1906 was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for the Plympton District. When he retired in 1928 he moved to Paignton where he became a warden of St Paul's Church at Preston. At the time he was presented with an illuminated address by the Parish Council. Doctor Sack Noy Scott died at his home, "Lynscott", Headland Park Road, at Paignton, on Monday April 29th 1935. He was cremated at Efford Crematorium, Plymouth on Thursday May 2nd 1935 after a memorial service at Plymstock Parish Church. He was survived by his widow, two sons, Doctor Steuart Noy Scott, who took over the practice, and Doctor C M Scott, together with a married daughter.
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