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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 30- 6.11.40.

7 Nov 1940

A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 30TH OCTOBER TO 6TH NOVEMBER. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS. Numbers down by approximately 1,500. WATER SUPPLIES. Less damage during the week. Pressures both north and south of the River practically normal. MAIN DRAINAGE. Damage to some of the larger sewers in London, including the Northern and Southern Outfall. Repairs still falling behind damage, but improvement expected. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage considerably less than in the two previous weeks.
public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork animal feed butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry meat milk gas nuts transportation ports potatoes railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables homelessness vegetable oil starch london flour dairy bombing essex margarine surrey food supplies bacon london underground damage to property oil seeds munitions industry birmingham kent air raids middlesex west ham east ham region 5: london croydon reserve stocks bomb damage hertfordshire region 12: south eastern (tunbridge wells hq) disruption to services wandsworth woolwich fulham preserves aston air raid damage committee rest centres streatham
Civil Defence Region
Region 5: London Region 12: South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells HQ)
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/24
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 11
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.024
Keywords
Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Bomb Damage Butter Canals 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 Ports Potatoes Preserves Public Health Railways Reserve Stocks Rest Centres Rice Roads Sanitation Sewerage Starch Sugar Tea Transportation Vegetable Oil Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Aston Birmingham Croydon East Ham Essex Fulham Hertfordshire Kent London Middlesex Streatham Surrey Wandsworth 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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