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THIRTY-SECOND WEEKLY SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 23.4.41 to 30.4.41.

1 May 1941

THIRTY-SECOND WEEKLY SUMMARY. A. AIR RAID DAMAGE 23RD APRIL TO 30TH APRIL, 1941. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF MAIN POINTS. (For details see below). HOMELESS. Numbers in London 7,800 less than a week ago. Some thousands (not all homeless) accommodated in villages WATER SUPPLIES. outside Plymouth. No fresh damage in London. Considerable damage in Plymouth. MAIN DRAINAGE. No fresh damage. HOUSE PROPERTY. Damage again very heavy in London. FOOD. Mills destroyed at Norwich. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORIES. No important damage.
retail public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals maize wheat pork animal feed butter cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish 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 margarine food supplies bacon southampton london underground damage to property repair oil seeds birmingham liverpool jarrow air raids coventry sheffield newcastle upon tyne birkenhead region 5: london nationwide portsmouth kingston upon hull great yarmouth cardiff swansea wallasey plymouth bomb damage cheshire garston disruption to services hove bristol longbenton norwich southport market harborough preserves blyth devonport air raid damage committee rest centres
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide Region 5: London
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/49
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(41) 18
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.049
Keywords
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 Margarine Meat Nuts Oil Oil Seeds Pork Ports Postal Communications Preserves Public Health Pulses Railways Repair Rest Centres Retail Rice Roads Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Telecommunications Transportation Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Birkenhead Birmingham Blyth Bristol Cardiff Cheshire Coventry Devonport Garston Great Yarmouth Hove Jarrow Kingston upon Hull Liverpool London Longbenton Market Harborough Newcastle upon Tyne Norwich Plymouth Portsmouth Sheffield Southampton Southport Swansea Wallasey
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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