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103.
PORT OF LONDON HEALTH COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
(MONTAGU TRAVERS MORGAN, M.C., M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H.)
To 31st DECEMBER, 1947.
Port of London Health Authority,
5, Church Passage,
Guildhall, E.C.2.
Telegraphic Address "PORTELTH LONDON".
Telephone Number CLERKEN.VELL 2011.
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 PILOT MARK AT THE ENTRANCE
OP 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 THE
STANGATE CREEK, OR, IN OTHER WORDS THE NORTH-WEST POINT OF FLEET
MARSH AND FROM THENCE IS A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO IWADE 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
PROM ELMLEY CHAPEL TO IWADE CHURCH, BEING THE WESTERN LIMIT OF THE
PORT OF FAVERSHAM, AND THE SAID PORT OF LONDON INCLUDES THE ISLANDS
OP HAVENGORE CREEK AFORESAID, CALLED POTTON AND RUSHLEY ISLANDS, AND
30 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.