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THIRTIETH WEEKLY SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 9.4.41 to 16.4.41.

16 Apr 1941

THIRTIETH WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 9TH APRIL TO 16TH APRIL, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (Further details under some of these headings are given below). HOMELESS. Numbers in London reduced by about 500. Some thousands admitted to rest centres in Coventry, Birmingham, Bristol and Tyneside. Good progress with clearance. WATER SUPPLIES. No serious damage in London. Considerable damage to systems at Coventry, Birmingham and Bristol. MAIN DRAINAGE. No serious damage in London. Some damage at Coventry and Bristol.
retail public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals maize wheat pork animal feed butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish food preparation fruit industry pulses meat gas nuts transportation ports postal communications railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea telecommunications vegetables oil homelessness storage fats starch london flour dairy bombing food supplies bacon barry london underground damage to property oil seeds glasgow whale oil birmingham liverpool jarrow air raids coventry sheffield hebburn newcastle upon tyne birkenhead region 5: london nottingham tynemouth nationwide portsmouth lowestoft kingston upon hull great yarmouth cardiff swansea wallasey plymouth bomb damage disruption to services bristol tyneside andover bournemouth poole preserves air raid damage committee rest centres avonmouth yeovil
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/47
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(41) 16
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.047
Keywords
Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Bomb Damage Butter Canals Cereals Cheese Cocoa Coffee Dairy Drainage Eggs Electricity Factories Fats Fish Flour Food Preparation 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 Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Telecommunications Transportation Vegetables Water Supply Whale Oil Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Andover Avonmouth Barry Birkenhead Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff Coventry Glasgow Great Yarmouth Hebburn Jarrow Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Lowestoft Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Sheffield Swansea Tynemouth Tyneside Wallasey Yeovil
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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