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FOOD SITUATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. REPORT FOR MARCH, 1945. Memorandum by the Minister of Food

26 Apr 1945

The following table shows the trend, since the beginning of the war, of the calorie values of the bulk stocks of the principal foods:- (end-August 1939 = 100) 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 - - 102 119 166 144 195 163 End March June - 134 146 180 168 200 151(a) " September 82 132 164 162 187 200 " December 84 131 173 150 204 197 (a) forecast III. LEND/LEASE SUPPLIES In the first quarter of the year arrivals in the U.K. of Lend/ Lease supplies of U.S.A. origin averaged 22 thousand tons per week, approximately the same as in the first quarter of 1944.
agriculture retail cereals maize food supply wheat pork agricultural production animal feed barley beans butter cheese chocolate cocoa coffee distribution eggs fish fruit imports pulses meat milk rationing rice sugar supply tea vegetables vegetable oil offal flour dairy margarine food supplies biscuits bacon overseas trade lend-lease nationwide reserve stocks ration books material supplies bomb damage shipping shortages lord president's committee ministry of food
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/20/98
Document Types
Memorandum Statistical Publication Table/chart/graph
File Reference
CAB 71/20
Former Department Reference
LP(45) 96
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000020.098
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Animal Feed Bacon Barley Beans Biscuits Bomb Damage Butter Cereals Cheese Chocolate Cocoa Coffee Dairy Distribution Eggs Fish Flour Food Supplies Fruit Imports Lend-lease Maize Margarine Material Supplies Meat Milk Offal Overseas Trade Pork Pulses Ration Books Rationing Reserve Stocks Retail Rice Shipping Shortages Sugar Tea Vegetable Oil Vegetables Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Lord President's Committee Ministry of Food
Pages
17
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers 1(45) - 107(45)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply

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