B. DETAILED SUMMARY OF AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 14TH-21ST OCTOBER 1942. I. HOMELESS. A rest centre was opened at Colchester on 19th October as a result of H.E. bombs being dropped. IV. HOUSE PROPERTY. Preliminary estimates supplied by the Ministry of Health Regional Offices indicate that during the week ended 17th October, 1942, damage to house property in England and Wales was as follows:- England and Wales. Week ended Week ended Week ended 3.10.42. 10.10.42. 17.10.42. Houses destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/23/126
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/23
- Former Department Reference
- ARD(42) 43
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.126
- Keywords
- Agriculture Air Raids Barrage Balloons Bomb Damage Cereals Drainage Electricity Factories Flour Food Supplies Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure Livestock Oil Postal Communications Public Health Railways Rest Centres Sanitation Sewerage Water Supply
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Brighton Colchester Deal Hastings Hove Ipswich Macclesfield Norwich Sheringham South Shields Southend-on-Sea Sunderland Wymondham
- Organizations Discussed
- Air Raid Damage Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Bombing Industry Infrastructure Damage to Property Disruption to Services
