§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Minister of Supply whether he will indicate the result of salvage work for each Metropolitan borough 1732W and for the large cities outside London, respectively, for the months of September and October, 1940, showing respective populations?
§ Sir A. DuncanThe 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 September, 1940. These figures do not include material collected and sold by voluntary organisations or merchants. Full returns for the month of October have not yet been received, but when the figures are available I will circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Metropolitan Boroughs. Population. Value. £ Battersea 141,000 82 Bermondsey 97,000 204 Bethnal Green 85,050 193 Camberwell 229,300 174 Chelsea 34,000 87 Deptford 80,000 54 Finsbury 56,960 182 Fulham 108,000 297 Greenwich 80,000 259 Hackney 178,000 331 Hammersmith 100,000 180 Hampstead 70,000 348 Holborn 34,350 263 Islington and Stoke Newington 200,000 767 Kensington 130,000 434 Lambeth 272,800 399 Lewisham 229,000 332 London, City of 10,808 124 Paddington 110,000 506 Poplar 80,000 403 St. Marylebone 97,627 461 St. Pancras 138,000 335 Shoreditch 84,000 82 Southwark 171,659 367 Stepney 140,000 99 Wandsworth 353,110 375 Westminster, City of 129,579 961 Woolwich 150,000 118 Total 3,590,243 £8,417 The corresponding totals for previous months were:
£ July 17,350 August 18,177 1733W
Large Cities Outside Population Value. London £ Glasgow 1,131,600 12,819 Birmingham 1,048,000 8,163 Liverpool 855,000 4,562 Manchester 733,000 6,691 Sheffield 520,000 5,384 Leeds 494,000 3,530 Edinburgh 475,500 5,607 Bristol 413,000 3,381 Total 5,669,600 £50,137 The corresponding totals for previous months were:
£ July 57,143 August 61,738