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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 23-30.10.40.

31 Oct 1940

III. IV. VI. VII. VIII. IX. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 23RD to 30TH OCTOBER. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS. Numbers down by 5,000 (approximately 29%). Figure for London the lowest on record. WATER SUPPLIES. Damage less severe than in the previous week. Over large areas supply conditions now nearly normal. MAIN DRAINAGE. Comparatively little damage in London, but the sewage disposal works at St. Albans have been put out of action. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage for the week ending 26th October almost as high as in the previous week.
public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork animal feed beef butter cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry meat milk gas nuts transportation potatoes railways rice sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables homelessness vegetable oil beer alcohol starch london flour dairy bombing essex margarine surrey food supplies bacon wellington soap 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 willesden bomb damage hertfordshire region 12: south eastern (tunbridge wells hq) shropshire disruption to services region 9: midlands (birmingham hq) woolwich st albans fulham preserves air raid damage committee rest centres millwall purfleet
Civil Defence Region
Region 5: London Region 12: South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells HQ) Region 9: Midlands (Birmingham HQ)
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/23
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 10
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.023
Keywords
Air Raids Alcohol Animal Feed Bacon Beef Beer Bomb Damage Butter Cereals Cheese 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 Potatoes Preserves Public Health Railways Reserve Stocks Rest Centres Rice Sanitation Sewerage Soap Starch Sugar Tea Transportation Vegetable Oil Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Birmingham Coventry Croydon East Ham Essex Fulham Hertfordshire Kent London Middlesex Millwall Purfleet Shropshire St Albans Surrey Wellington West Ham Willesden Woolwich
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
10
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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