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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 11-18.12.40.

19 Dec 1940

A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 11TH TO 18TH DECEMBER. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). I. HOMELESS. Further reduction in London. 18,000 homeless in Sheffield. II. WATER SUPPLIES. Conditions normal in London. Considerable damage to distribution system in Sheffield. III. MAN DRAINAGE. No major damage in London. IV. HOUSE PROPERTY. Fewer houses damaged in the aggregate, but more in London. V. FOOD. Slight miscellaneous damage. VI. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORIES. Damage rather more extensive.
public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork animal feed beef bread butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry meat milk gas nuts transportation ports postal communications potatoes railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables oil homelessness storage vegetable oil starch london flour dairy bombing westminster essex margarine surrey food supplies bacon southampton london underground damage to property oil seeds munitions industry birmingham liverpool kent air raids sheffield middlesex west ham east ham region 5: london croydon nationwide kingston upon hull reserve stocks cheltenham bomb damage hertfordshire disruption to services bristol evesham preserves air raid damage committee rest centres
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/30
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 17
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.030
Keywords
Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Beef 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 Oil Seeds Pork Ports Postal Communications 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
Birmingham Bristol Cheltenham Croydon East Ham Essex Evesham Hertfordshire Kent Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Middlesex Sheffield Southampton Surrey West Ham Westminster
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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