HC Deb 22 August 1940 vol 364 cc1513-4W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Minister of Supply whether he will indicate the result of salvage work for each Metropolitan borough and for the large cities outside London, respectively, for the month of July, 1940, giving the population in each instance?

Mr. Harold Macmillan

The following table shows for each of the Metropolitan Boroughs and the larger cities outside London, the population and value of the sales of salvaged material for the month of July, 1940. These figures do not include material collected by merchants or voluntary organisations.

Metropolitan Boroughs. Population. Value.
£
Battersea 141,700 329
Bermondsey 97,240 337
Bethnal Green 92,910 306
Camberwell 229,300 417
Chelsea 39,800 167
Deptford 95,460 516
Finsbury 56,960 215
Fulham 150,928 758
Greenwich 95,770 398
Hackney 180,000 834
Hammersmith 125,100 517
Hampstead 71,447 1,054
Holborn 34,350 261
Islington and 295,400 1,363
Stoke Newington 50,350
Kensington 130,000 1,269
Lambeth 272,800 526
Lewisham 229,000 538
London, City of 10,808 540
Paddington 110,000 564
Poplar 134,400 702
St. Marylebone 97,627 458
St. Pancras 138,000 586
Shoreditch 84,000 424
Southwark 171,659 650
Stepney 210,000 500
Wandsworth 353,110 793
Westminster, City of 129,579 1,702
Woolwich 150,000 596
Total 3,977,698 £17,320

The corresponding totals for previous months were:—

May £9,951
June £11,214
Large Cities outside London. Population. Value.
£
Glasgow 1,131,600 11,106
Birmingham 1,048,000 10,434
Liverpool 854,000 4,147
Manchester 753,000 10,573
Sheffield 520,000 5,309
Leeds 494,000 3,889
Edinburgh 473,200 8,021
Bristol 396,918 3,664
Total 5,651,718 £57,143

The corresponding totals for previous months were:—

May £32,380
June £45,805