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PORT OF LONDON HEALTH AUTHORITY
5, CHURCH PASSAGE, GUILDHALL, E.C.2.
Telegraphic Address "PORTELTH LONDON."
Telephone No. METROPOLITAN 3636.
BOARDING STATIONS.
River Thames. Hulk "Hygeia", Gravesend.
River Medway Garrison point, Sheerness.
Telegraphic Address "PORTELTH LONDON."
Telephone No. (Hulk "Hygeia") GRAVESEND 325.
HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
AT
DENTON, NEAR GRAVESEND
Telephone No. (Hospital) GRAVESEND 257.
LIMITS OF THE PORT OF LONDON
The limits of the Port of London as at present defined commence at High-Water Mark In the River Thames at Teddington
Lock, in the County of Surrey, and extend down both sides of the River Thames to an imaginary straight line drawn from the
Filot Mark at the entrance of Havengore Creek, In the County of Essex, to the land's end at Warden Point, in the Isle of
Sheppey, in the County of Kent, such point being the North-Western limit of the Port of Faversham, and extend up and
Include both sides of the River Medway to an Imaginary straight line drawn from the South-East point of land westward of
Coalmouth Creek, thence across the said River Medway to the Westernmost point of the piece of land which forms the
Eastern side of ths Stangate Creek, or, in other words, the North-West point of Fleet Marsh, and from thence in a
Southerly direction to wade Church, In the said County of Kent, and thence in a North-Easterly direction to Elmley
Chapel In the said Isle of Sheppey, a supposed direct line from Elmley Chapel to wade Church, being the Western limit
of the Port of Faversham, and the said Fort of London includes the Islands of Havengore Creek aforesaid, called Potton
and Rushley islands, and so much of the said Creek and watercourse as extends from it to the town of Rochford, and also
Includes all other Islands, rivers, streams, creeks, waters, watercourses, channels, harbours, docks and places within
the before-mentioned limits contained.