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HOME SECURITY SITUATION.

General,

By Day.

49. The weather has again restricted enemy bombing. On the 30th and 31st January the enemy was fairly active. For the remainder of the week they confined themselves to occasional bombing of aerodromes, east and north-east coast towns, and London.

50. On the 30th January raids were carried out in areas east of a line from the Humber to the Isle of Wight, concentrating chiefly on London, where some houses were demolished. Slight damage was caused by scattered bombing in East. Anglia and Kent, but bombs falling at Eye blocked both railway lines between Peterborough and Wisbech.

51. On the 31st January bombing occurred in much the same areas, London again being the chief objective. More casualties (28 killed) were caused than on any day since the 25th October. There was a 20-pump fire at Taylor's Furniture Depository in Southwark and three Hospitals and the Albany Street Barracks were hit. Damage was caused at Mullards Radio Transmission Equip- ment, Co., Wandsworth, but production was little affected.

52. Outside London there were few casualties and little damage.

By Night.

53. On four nights during the week no bombs were dropped.

54. On night of the 3rd/4th February bombing was confined to an incen- diary attack on London, which did little damage, and to the dropping of a few bombs at Uffington and East Dereham.

55. On the night of the 4th/5th February bombs were scattered widely over the eastern and East Midland Counties and Kent. Damage and casualties were generally small, but at Grantham the British Manufacturing and Research Co. (Guns and Ammunition) was extensively damaged. It is expected that part production will be resumed at an early date. The heaviest casualties were at Southend, where bombs fell in the centre of the town.

56. On the last night of the week, 5th/6th February, 8 London Boroughs were bombed, but damage and casualties were slight. Outside London 2 paramines exploded at Bradwell, East Suffolk, causing serious damage to private property,

but there were no casualties.

R.A.F. Aerodromes.

57. Nine Aerodromes in the south-east were hit, but damage was not severe except at Feltwell, Norfolk, where the administrative buildings suffered extensively.

Casualties.

58. For the week ending 0600 on the 5th February the approximate figures for the whole country are 130 killed and 303 injured. These figures include the London casualties of 72 killed and 226 injured.

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