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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 16-23.10.40.

24 Oct 1940

I. II. III. IV. V. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 16th - 23rd OCTOBER. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS. After a sharp rise numbers now about the same as a week ago. WATER SUPPLIES. Damage heavier than in any previous week, but conditions now showing some improvement. MAIN DRAINAGE. General situation reasonably satisfactory. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage for the week ending 19th October highest yet recorded. FOOD. 8,000 tons of meat in danger of being lost. No other serious damage. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORIES.
agriculture public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork agricultural production animal feed beef bread butter canals cheese chocolate cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry meat milk gas nuts transportation ports potatoes railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables homelessness storage vegetable oil beer alcohol starch london flour dairy bombing essex margarine surrey food supplies bacon london underground damage to property oil seeds munitions industry birmingham kent air raids coventry middlesex west ham east ham region 5: london croydon reserve stocks bomb damage balham hertfordshire region 12: south eastern (tunbridge wells hq) disruption to services greenwich greenford region 9: midlands (birmingham hq) hampstead newton-le-willows woolwich hackney battersea bayswater preserves air raid damage committee rest centres silvertown
Civil Defence Region
Region 5: London Region 12: South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells HQ) Region 9: Midlands (Birmingham HQ)
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/22
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 9
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.022
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Alcohol Animal Feed Bacon Beef Beer Bomb Damage Bread Butter Canals Cereals Cheese Chocolate Cocoa Coffee Dairy Drainage Eggs Electricity Factories Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure London Underground Margarine Meat Milk Munitions Industry Nuts Oil Seeds Pork Ports Potatoes Preserves Public Health Railways Reserve Stocks Rest Centres Rice Roads Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Transportation Vegetable Oil Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Balham Battersea Bayswater Birmingham Coventry Croydon East Ham Essex Greenford Greenwich Hackney Hampstead Hertfordshire Kent London Middlesex Newton-le-Willows Silvertown Surrey West Ham Woolwich
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
9
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Air Raid Damage and Shelter Policy Committee. Meetings 1(40) - 12(40); Papers 1(40) - 18(40), 11 Sept-12 Dec 1940; Papers 1(41) - 52(41), 2 Jan-24 Dec 1941; Papers 1(42) - 53(42), 1 Jan-Dec 30 1942
Themes
Bombing Industry Infrastructure Damage to Property Disruption to Services

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