PROVISION OF MEALS
THE BOMBED AREAS
WIDER EVACUATION OFFERED
(Received October 2, 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, October1 1
The Minister of Health, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, stated that the opportunity is being given to mothers and children in six more London boroughs to evacuate to the country, the Government arranging transport and billets and paying a lodging allowance to householders. I The evacuation scheme applies to i fourteen boroughs. The Minister of Food, Lord Wool ton, stated that 58 emergency feeding centres have, been opened in London's bombed areas. Provision has also been made for a further 200. Food is available to anyone who is ready and willing to- pay for it. There is tip desire to give anything for nothing.
Arrangements have also been made for mobile vans to feed people in shelters, particularly, in the mornings: Similar feeding ccntras are being established in other big cities. :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 81, 2 October 1940, Page 10
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