Now here's an interesting table !! It shows the number of children who were evacuated between 1st & 3rd September 1939. There seems to be something wrong !!

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Number of children evacuated from

Number of children evacuated to
1. London 241,000 A. Lancashire 71,484
2. Manchester/Salford 84,343 B. Sussex 67,541
3. Merseyside 79,930 C. Yorkshire 50,593
4. Newcastle/Sunderland 52,494 D. Kent 38,000
5. Birmingham 32,688 E. Cheshire 38,000
6. Leeds/Bradford 26,419 F. Essex 25,000
7. Portsmouth/Southampton 23,145 G. Northamptonshire 24,000
8. Sheffield/East Midlands 13,871 H. Hertfordshire 23,500
9. Teeside   8,052 I. Suffolk 23,000
    J. Somerset  21,000
    K. Surrey 20,000

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Are there any children missing? If you think that there are ( calculator perhaps ) you could try and find them.

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