HC Deb 26 February 1941 vol 369 cc534-6W
Mr. Doland

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 January, 1941, 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 value of the sales of salvaged material for the month of January, 1941. These figures do not include material collected and sold by voluntary organisations or merchants.

Metropolitan Boroughs. Value.
£
Battersea 138
Bermondsey 319
Bethnal Green 183
Camberwell 88
Chelsea 59
Deptford 57
Finsbury 154
Fulham 771
Greenwich 340
Hackney 461
Hammersmith 106
Hampstead 260
Holborn 310
Islington and Stoke Newington 1,038
Kensington 581
Lambeth 147
Lewisham 333
London, City of 100
Paddington 717
Poplar 646
St. Marylebone 351
St. Pancras 620
Shoreditch 61
Southwark 470
Stepney 98
Wandsworth 888
Westminster, City of 1,030
Woolwich 431
Total £10,757
The corresponding totals for previous months were:
November £9,099
December £9,172

Large cities outside London. Value.
£
Glasgow 5,238
Birmingham 5,564
Liverpool 3,296
Manchester 5,475
Sheffield 3,131
Leeds 3,542
Edinburgh 4,713
Bristol 1,894
Total £32,853
The corresponding totals for previous months were:
November £42,371
December £31,331