SZ/OEMU/59/55 - [Casualty survey. Croydon housing sample, 1944]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/59/55

Level of description

File

Title

[Casualty survey. Croydon housing sample, 1944]

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

9 items

Subject

World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage
World War, 1939-1945

Scope and content

Contains casualty data concerning individual homes. Five houses around each bomb were surveyed. Houses which were damaged but still lived in were selected. An interview was conducted with the occupants. Details of 184 interviews are included. These relate to bombs which fell between 6/44 and 8/44, the interviews were held a couple of months after that. The Croydon sample holds further brief information relating to evacuations and occupancy of about 532 houses.

Not catalogued through to item level.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/59 - [OEMU. Casualty survey. Effects of blast; and air raid effects on morale]
    - SZ/OEMU/59/55 - [Casualty survey. Croydon housing sample, 1944]

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