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Red Cross Report on > Camille Relief i
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This is the American Red Cross report on assistance giv- ’.j en in Hurrieane Camille disaster areas in Mississippi, Ala- !
bama and Louisiana as of Oct. 5:	i
Number of confirmed dead .............................*...	144	'
Missing ............................................	33
Number of persons with major injury ....................	541
Number of persons with minor injury ....................	8,931
Homes destroyed ........................................	5,662
Homes with major damage ............................	13,915
Homes with minor damage .................................	33,933
Mobile homes destroyed — ...........................	1,082
Mobile homes with major damage ..................... .— ,	621
Small businesses destroyed or with major damage	693
Farm buildings destroyed ...............................	764
Farm buildings with major damage ...................	2,014
Small boats destroyed or damaged ..................274
Shelters still open ....................................	2*
Number of	persons currently sheltered	..........	400
Number of	recovery assistance centers	open .......	19
Number of	applications for assistance to	date .:.	31.539
Total number of meals served .....................	480,964
Red Cross professional disaster staff assigned ...	587
Red Cross nurses assigned ........................J...	17
Estimated number of families affected	.:...	73,857
Relief expenditures to date ............................$6,507,217
Collected to date in New Orleans area	....... —$ 657,922
♦—Both shelters are located in Plaquemines Parish, La.


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