Dr. Thomasasked the Minister of Health the number of unaccompanied children evacuated from London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow in September, 1939; and also the number of children with their mothers evacuated from the same cities at that time?
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§ Mr. E. BrownI have already sent my hon. Friend particulars of the number of unaccompanied children evacuated from these towns, with the exception of London. I will send him the London figures together with particulars of the children evacuated with their mothers from the other towns. The information relating to Edinburgh and Glasgow has been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Dr. Thomasasked the Minister of Health the number of children, including both children and children with their mothers billeted in the following counties: Huntingdon, Radnor, Rutland, Pembroke, Somerset, Westmorland, Buckingham, Dorset and Bedford in September, 1939, August, 1940, and February, 1941; and also the population, as far as ascertainable, of these counties in 1938?
§ Mr. BrownI have already sent my hon. Friend particulars of the number of children billeted in these counties. The estimated population in 1938 was as follows:
County. Estimated Population in 1938. Huntingdon … … … 56,560 Radnor … … … 19,540 Rutland … … … 17,860 Pembroke … … … 83,200 Somerset … … … 472,900 Westmorland … … … 63,450 Buckingham … … … 309,600 Dorset … … … 252,240 Bedford … … … 261,980