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APPENDIX
Household Salvage collected by Local Authorities
FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY .

Returns of household salvage for December 1941, and a comparison with previous months.

The details of salvage returns from Local Authorities given below have been provided by the salvage department of the Ministry of Supply.

I. Salvage returns for December 1941 .

Results achieved by various types of Local Authority

Type of Authority Paper Metal Bones Kitchen Waste
Tons Yield per 1,000 of popln. * Tons Yield per 1,000 of popln. * Tons Yield per 1,000 of popln. * Tons. Yield per 1,000 of popln. *
Cwts Cwts lbs. Cwts.
Metropolitan Boroughs 2,227 19.4 1,477 12.8 46 44 2,482 21.6
County Boroughs 6,375 15.6 5,651 0.5 200 30 5,932 14.5
Municipal Boroughs 6,835 16.0 3,956 9.3 220 60 5,188 12.1
Urban Districts 5,538 14.7 2,430 6.4 140 44 2,164 5.8
Rural Districts 3,244 5.0 1,764 4.9 117 36 257 .7
Scottish Districts 3,971 21.4 1,763 5.5 73 44 2,456 13.5
English County Councils 260 - 160 - 20 - 225 -
Total of England Wales and Scotland' 30,450 14.6 17,440 8.4 934 45 21,742 19.4

* Returns were made by 1,361 out of a total of 1,695 L.A.'s. Yield of salvage is given per 1,000 of population of Authorities making returns.

The yield of paper in Scotland is been to be appreciably higher than in England and Wales. This is probably due partly to the fact that fewer small Authorities are represented in the Scottish figures, but even when allowance is made for this, there is a quite considerable difference is the yield for Scotland.

The yield of kitchen waste is also somewhat greater in Scotland. It is noticeably low for rural districts of England and Wales, 6.7 cwts per 1,000 of population.

Total Tonnage of Salvage

Paper Metal Bones Kitchen Waste
Tons Tons Tons Tons
September 1941 25,782 19,825 741 16,320
October 1941 28,665 22,489 775 21,094
November 1941 32,453 19,878 820 20,435
December 1941 30,450 17,440 834 21,742
Average November 1939 - August 1941 20,013 19,603 643 6,864

Percentage increase or decrease over the average for Nov. 1939 to Aug. 1941

November 1941 December 1941
Kitchen Waste 198 217
Paper 62 52
Bones 27.5 30
Metal 1.4 -11

The percentage increases for November and December 1941 over the average for November 1939 to August 1941 vary considerably as between the different types of salvage. Much the largest increase is in kitchen waste, but the increase in the yield of paper is also considerable.

It is proposed to give details of salvage returns from Local Authorities each month, and when more figures are available it is hoped to relate the receipts of salvage to publicity about it.

A.F.

Statistical Section

Home Intelligence.

11th March, 1942 .

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