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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 13-20.11.40.

20 Nov 1940

II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 13TH TO 20TH NOVEMBER, 1940. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS PERSONS. Numbers down by 1,270. WATER SUPPLIES. Increased damage in London. Pressures low in a number of areas. Repairs less rapid. Major damage to distribution system in Coventry. Some damage at Leicester and Birmingham. MAIN DRAINAGE. Damage greater and repairs less rapid. to Northern Outfall. One main sewer reported obstructed at Coventry. Further damage HOUSE PROPERTY.
agriculture public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork agricultural production animal feed beef bread butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry meat milk gas nuts transportation postal communications potatoes railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea telecommunications vegetables homelessness vegetable oil starch london flour dairy bombing essex margarine surrey food supplies biscuits bacon southampton london underground damage to property oil seeds munitions industry birmingham kent air raids coventry grimsby middlesex west ham east ham region 5: london croydon reserve stocks mitcham folkestone bomb damage hertfordshire region 12: south eastern (tunbridge wells hq) disruption to services leicester region 9: midlands (birmingham hq) barnet 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 71/23/26
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 13
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.026
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Beef Biscuits Bomb Damage Bread 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 Postal Communications Potatoes Preserves Public Health Railways Reserve Stocks Rest Centres Rice Roads Sanitation Sewerage Starch Sugar Tea Telecommunications Transportation Vegetable Oil Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Barnet Birmingham Coventry Croydon East Ham Essex Folkestone Grimsby Hertfordshire Kent Leicester London Middlesex Mitcham Silvertown Southampton Surrey West Ham
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
11
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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