CHILDREN IN LONDON.
HALF A MILLION RETURN. (Roc. 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 17. The parents of 190,000 children have decided to let them risk spending the long winter nights in London air raid shelters. About 140,000 who returned to London are between 5 and 14 years of agOj and about 50,000 are less than five years old. The Ministry of Health, which is very perturbed at their return, is beginning a campaign to make parents change their minds. Officials point out that 500,000 children drifted back to London last year, many of whom unnecessarily lost their lives. The authorities aie also worried about juvenile health under shelter conditions in stuffy tube stations. The parents say they cannot feed and clothe the children as well as pay theii contribution to the Government ioi their upkeep in the reception areas. It is pathetic to see healthy, happy children who in the evacuated areas had lost their war-worn look, now playing in bombarded areas and saying that London will not be blitzed again.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 6, 18 October 1941, Page 5
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