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Appendix 3: Number and proportion of unaccompanied schoolchildren evacuated from certain areas on the outbreak of war

(Chapter VII)

County borough1	No. of children (approx.)	No. of children evacuated	% of children evacuated
Newcastle	39,800	28,300	71
Gateshead	14,900	10,598	71
South Shields	12,300	3,826	31
Tynemouth	4,600	1,481	32
Total	71,600	44,205	62
Sunderland	25,100	8,289	33
West Hartlepool	8,000	2,881	36
Middlesborough	16,700	5,171	31
Total	49,800	16,341	33
Leeds	57,400	18,935	33
Bradford	29,900	7,484	25
Total	87,300	26,419	30
Bootle	10,500	7,123	68
Liverpool	99,500	60,795	61
Wallasey	3,500	2,662	76
Birkenhead	15,100	9,350	62
Total	128,600	79,930	62
Manchester	96,000	66,300	69
Salford	23,800	18,043	76
Total	119,800	84,343	70
Rotherham	4,100	332	8
Sheffield	35,600	5,338	15
Derby	12,700	3,438	27
Nottingham	21,600	4,763	22
Total	74,000	13,871	19
Walsall	2,000	360	18
West Bromwich	6,900	1,786	26
Smethwick	9,300	2,219	24
Birmingham	101,000	25,241	25
Coventry	15,400	3,082	20
Total	134,600	32,688	24
Portsmouth	39,900	11,970	30
Southampton	30,200	11,175	37
Total	70,100	23,145	33
Grand Total	736,000	320,945	44
London (Administrative County)	490,000	241,000	49
Total county boroughs and London A.C.	1,226,000	562,000	46
Accompanied schoolchildren2
Glasgow	170,225	71,393	42
Edinburgh	65,900	18,451	28
Dundee	28,030	10,260	37
Clydebank	7,795	2,993	38
Rosyth	1,500	540	36
Total for Scotland	273,450	103,637	38

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