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THIRTY-FIRST WEEKLY SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 16.4.41 to 23.4.41.

23 Apr 1941

THIRTY-FIRST WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 16TH APRIL TO 23RD APRIL, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS. Substantial increase in numbers in London. Rest centres elsewhere being rapidly cleared. WATER SUPPLIES. Considerable damage in London and pressures low in some areas but conditions improving. Damage at Devonport. MAIN DRAINAGE. Some damage in London. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage in London the worst so far recorded. FOOD. Some damage. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORIES.
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 ports postal communications railways rice roads salvage sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables oil homelessness storage beer alcohol fats starch london flour dairy bombing margarine food supplies biscuits bacon southampton london underground damage to property oil seeds glasgow birmingham liverpool belfast air raids coventry sheffield birkenhead region 5: london nationwide portsmouth erith kingston upon hull cardiff swansea wallasey plymouth bomb damage alcoholic spirits disruption to services bristol greenwich havant bermondsey woolwich preserves devonport air raid damage committee rest centres clydebank millwall purfleet
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/48
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(41) 17
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.048
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Alcohol Alcoholic Spirits Animal Feed Bacon Beer Biscuits 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 Margarine Meat Milk 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 Transportation Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Belfast Bermondsey Birkenhead Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Clydebank Coventry Devonport Erith Glasgow Greenwich Havant Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Millwall Plymouth Portsmouth Purfleet Sheffield Southampton Swansea Wallasey Woolwich
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
13
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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