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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.H.)
To 31st December, 1952
Port of London Health Authority
5, Church Passage,
Guildhall, E.C.2.
Telegraphic, Address: " Portelth London."
Telephone Number : MONarch 3030.
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 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 western-most 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 in 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 from Elmley Chapel to Iwade Church, being the western limit of the Port of Faversham,
and the said Port 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.