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105.
PORT OF LONDON HEALTH COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
(MONTAGU TRAVERS MORGAN, C.M.G., M.C., M.D. , Ch.B., D.P.II.)
TO 31st DECEMBER „ 1949.
Port of London Health Authority,
5, Church Passage,
Guildhall, E.C.E.
Telegraphic Address "PORTELTII LONDON".
Telephone Number MONarch 3030.
LIMITS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.
THE LIMITS OF THE PORT OF LONDON AS AT PRESENT DEFINED COMMENCE AT HIGHWATER
MARK IN THE RIVER THAMES AT TEDDINGTON LOCK, IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, AND
EXTEND DOWN BOTH SIDES OF TIE RIVER THAMES TO AN IMAGINARY STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN
FROM THE PILOT MARK AT TIE ENTRANCE OF HAVENGORE CREEK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX,
TO THE LAND'S END AT WARDEN POINT, IN TIE ISLE OF SHEPFEY, IN TIE COUNTY OF KENT,
SUCH POINT BEING TIE 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 TIE SOUTH-EAST POINT OF LAND WESTWARD OF GOALMOUTH CREEK, TIENCE ACROSS TIE
SAID RIVER MEDWAY TO TIE WESTERN-MOST POINT OF THE PIECE OF LAND WHICH FORMS TIE
EASTERN SIDE OF TIE STANGATE CREEK, OR, IN OTHER "WORDS THE NORTH-VEST POINT OF
FLEET MARSH AND FROM THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO IWADE CHURCH IN TIE SAID
COUNTY OF KENT, AND THENCE IN A NORTH-EASTERLY DIRECTION TO ELMLEY CHAPEL IN TIE
SAID ISLE OF SIEPPEY, A SUPPOSED DIRECT LINE FROM ELMLEY CHAPEL TO IWADE CHURCH,
BEING THE WESTERN LIMIT OF TIE PORT OF FAVERSIIAM, AND TIE SAID PORT OF LONDON
INCLUDES TIE 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 TIE BEFOREMENTIONED
LIMITS CONTAINED.
STAFF.