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TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEKLY SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 19.3.41 to 26.3.41.

27 Mar 1941

TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 19TH TO 26TH MARCH, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (for details see below). HOMELESS. Several thousands admitted to rest centres in London and Plymouth. Centres in Merseyside and in Glasgow and Clydebank have been cleared. WATER SUPPLIES. Some major damage in London (19/20th March). Supply now almost normal. Damage to mains at Plymouth and Hull. MAIN DRAINAGE. Damage in London slightly greater. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage nearly as great as in worst weeks of the autumn.
agriculture retail public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals maize wheat pork agricultural production animal feed butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit industry pulses meat gas nuts transportation ports postal communications railways rice roads salvage sanitation sewerage sugar tea telecommunications vegetables oil homelessness storage beer alcohol fats starch london flour dairy bombing food supplies bacon confectionary southampton london underground damage to property oil seeds birmingham liverpool air raids coventry sheffield birkenhead region 5: london nationwide portsmouth kingston upon hull cardiff swansea wallasey plymouth bomb damage merseyside disruption to services bristol preserves air raid damage committee rest centres clydebank avonmouth
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/44
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(41) 13
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.044
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Alcohol Animal Feed Bacon Beer Bomb Damage Butter Canals Cereals Cheese Cocoa Coffee Confectionary Dairy Drainage Eggs Electricity Factories Fats Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure London Underground Maize Meat Nuts Oil Oil Seeds Pork Ports Postal Communications Preserves Public Health Pulses Railways Rest Centres Retail Rice Roads Salvage Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Telecommunications Transportation Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Avonmouth Birkenhead Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Clydebank Coventry Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Merseyside Plymouth Portsmouth Sheffield Southampton Swansea Wallasey
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
12
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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