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TWENTY-THIRD WEEKLY SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 19.2.41 to 26.2.41.

26 Feb 1941

TWENTY-THIRD WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 19TH TO 26TH FEBRUARY, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS ON MAIN POINTS. (Further details under some of these headings are given below). I. HOMELESS. Further reduction in London to 795. Arrangements to deal with the homeless after recent raids at Swansea and Hull worked satisfactorily. II. WATER SUPPLIES. Little damage in London. A large area in Swansea was for a time without main water but the necessary repairs have now been completed. III. MAIN DRAINAGE. A large sewer was damaged at Grimsby on 23rd February.
agriculture retail public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals maize wheat pork agricultural production animal feed butter cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry pulses meat milk gas nuts transportation postal communications potatoes railways rice salvage sanitation sewerage sugar tea telecommunications vegetables homelessness storage fats starch london flour dairy bombing food supplies bacon newmarket manchester southampton london underground damage to property repair oil seeds cambridge birmingham liverpool kent air raids coventry sheffield grimsby region 5: london salford nationwide portsmouth bootle kingston upon hull cardiff swansea plymouth bomb damage disruption to services bermondsey hampstead preserves air raid damage committee rest centres
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/40
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(41) 9
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.040
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Bomb Damage Butter Cereals Cheese Cocoa Coffee Dairy Drainage Eggs Electricity Factories Fats Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure London Underground Maize Meat Milk Nuts Oil Seeds Pork Postal Communications Potatoes Preserves Public Health Pulses Railways Repair Rest Centres Retail Rice Salvage Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Telecommunications Transportation Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Bermondsey Birmingham Bootle Cambridge Cardiff Coventry Grimsby Hampstead Kent Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Manchester Newmarket Plymouth Portsmouth Salford Sheffield Southampton Swansea
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
8
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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