2. 8. Women's Land Army over 52,500 members of the Women's Land Army are now in employment in Great Britain. 9. Prisoners of War Nearly 20,000 Italian prisoners are now employed in agriculture, mainly on drainage and other heavy work. 40 camps are in operation. 800 prisoners are "living in" on farms. 10. Animal Health 432 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease were confirmed between 1st June and 17th September, 1942, involving the slaughter of 16,395 cattle (including approximately 9,100 cows and heifers), 13,102 sheep and 5,879 pigs.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/10/16
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/10
- Former Department Reference
- LP(42) 214
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000010.016
- Keywords
- Agriculture Barley Cattle Cereals Dairy Disease Employment Farmers Food Supplies Foot-and-mouth Disease Harvests Internment Italian Nationals Livestock Milk Oats Pigs Potatoes Prisoners of War Sugar Vegetables Weather Wheat
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Home Office Lord President's Committee Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Scottish Office Women's Land Army
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Labour Supply Relations
