HC Deb 24 July 1940 vol 363 cc817-8W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Minister of Supply whether he will indicate the results of salvage work for each Metropolitan borough, and for the large cities outside London, respectively, for the month of June, 1940, showing in each case the last recorded population?

Mr. H. Morrison

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

Metropolitan Boroughs. Population. Value.
£
Battersea 141,000 297
Bermondsey 97,240 178
Bethnal Green 92,910 138
Camberwell 229,300 102
Chelsea 39,800 109
Deptford 95,460 112
Finsbury 56,960 161
Fulham 150,928 461
Greenwich 95,770 151
Hackney 180,000 335
Hammersmith 125,100 458
Hampstead 90,700 659
Holborn 34,350 161
Islington and 295,400 971
Stoke Newington 50,350
Kensington 130,000 848
Lambeth 272,800 548
Lewisham 229,000 400
London, City of 10,808 246
Paddington 137,400 425
Poplar 134,400 238
St. Marylebone 97,627 441
St. Pancras 141,400 457
Shoreditch 84,000 319
Southwark 171,659 320
Stepney 210,000 300
Wandsworth 353,110 495
Westminster, City of 129,579 1,405
Woolwich 150,000 479
Total 4,027,051 £11,214

The corresponding totals for previous months were:

£
April 8,617
May 9,951

Large Cities outside London. Population. Value.
£
Glasgow 1,131,600 9,195
Birmingham 1,048,000 10,686
Liverpool 855,000 3,259
Manchester 733,000 5,724
Sheffield 520,000 5,071
Leeds 494,000 5,176
Edinburgh 473,200 4,611
Bristol 396,918 2,083
Total 5,651,718 £45,805

The corresponding totals for previous months were:

£
April 22,386
May 32,380