The Health Minister pointed out that evacuation figures were not higher because mothers were reluctant to part with their children.
Hundreds of empty houses in London have already been requisitioned for the homeless, Mr. MacDonald continued, while many of the homeless were refusing to take refuge in West End mansions and apartments because they feel the risk of bombing was just as great there as in their own areas.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that the voluntary evacuation of mothers one children from certain of the most damaged areas into the countryside was being organized because of the danger of infectious diseases if much time was spent underground in the air raid shelters,
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