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SUMMARY OF DAMAGE IN PERIOD 21.10.42 to 28.10.42.

28 Oct 1942

B. DETAILED SUMMARY OF AIR RAID DAMAGE THE PERIOD 21ST-29TH OCTOBER, 1942. I. HOMELESS. Bombs dropped at Grantham on 25th October through damage and evacuation. Four rest centres rendered 500 people homeless 166 persons. were opened to accommodate A rest centre was opened at Skegness on 25th October owing to damage by H.E. and incendiary bombs. A rest centre was opened at Orford on 22nd October. IV. HOUSE PROPERTY. Preliminary estimates supplied by the Ministry of Health Regional Offices indicate that during the week ended 24th October, 1942, damage to house property in England and Wales was as follows:England and Wales.
agriculture retail public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage agricultural production butter factories fruit industry gas postal communications railways sanitation sewerage oil homelessness dairy bombing food supplies hastings damage to property air raids communal feeding middlesbrough nationwide lowestoft deal kingston upon hull bomb damage skegness somerset chelmsford southend-on-sea disruption to services seaford eastbourne totnes torquay preserves grantham scunthorpe british restaurants air raid damage committee rest centres wickham market beccles
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/127
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(42) 44
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.127
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Bomb Damage British Restaurants Butter Communal Feeding Dairy Drainage Electricity Factories Food Supplies Fruit Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure Oil Postal Communications Preserves Public Health Railways Rest Centres Retail Sanitation Sewerage Water Supply
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Beccles Chelmsford Deal Eastbourne Grantham Hastings Kingston upon Hull Lowestoft Middlesbrough Scunthorpe Seaford Skegness Somerset Southend-on-Sea Torquay Totnes Wickham Market
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
3
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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