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SUMMARY COVERING DAMAGE IN PERIOD 23-30. 9.40.

1 Oct 1940

Summary of Reports on Air Raid Damage for the period 23rd to 30th September, 1940, furnished by the Ministry. of Health. Homeless Persons. Figures for the homeless people in Rest Centres in the London Region on the night of Sunday, 29th September, are as follows:- County of London 12,390 Middlesex 1,050 Surrey 500 Kent 180 (Estimate) Essex 4,800 (Estimate) Herts 60 (Estimate) Croydon 150 (Estimate) East Ham 300 (Estimate) West Ham 320 (Estimate) Total, say: 20,000 The estimated total shows little change as compared with a week ago.
agriculture public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals wheat pork agricultural production animal feed beef butter canals cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit meat milk nuts transportation ports potatoes railways rice roads sanitation sewerage sugar tea vegetables homelessness storage vegetable oil starch london flour dairy bombing essex margarine surrey food supplies bacon london underground damage to property oil seeds munitions industry liverpool kent air raids dockyards middlesex birkenhead west ham east ham region 5: london croydon enfield bomb damage hertfordshire region 12: south eastern (tunbridge wells hq) disruption to services staines waltham bermondsey woolwich preserves air raid damage committee rest centres
Civil Defence Region
Region 5: London Region 12: South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells HQ)
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/16
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(40) 3
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.016
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Animal Feed Bacon Beef Bomb Damage Butter Canals Cereals Cheese Cocoa Coffee Dairy Dockyards Drainage Eggs Electricity Factories Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Homelessness Housing Infrastructure London Underground Margarine Meat Milk Munitions Industry Nuts Oil Seeds Pork Ports Potatoes Preserves Public Health Railways Rest Centres Rice Roads Sanitation Sewerage Starch Storage Sugar Tea Transportation Vegetable Oil Vegetables Water Supply Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Bermondsey Birkenhead Croydon East Ham Enfield Essex Hertfordshire Kent Liverpool London Middlesex Staines Surrey Waltham West Ham Woolwich
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
7
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 Damage to Property Disruption to Services

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