REPORT OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE FIRST REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE. Character and practicability of the Basal Diet. Implications of the Report in relation to Import and Home Production Programmes. Estimated nutritional value of the U.K. Food Supplies. (Appendix I). U.K. Food utilised for human consumption. (Appendix II). Milk Production. Note by Ministry of Agriculture (Appendix III).

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REPORT OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE FIRST REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE. Character and practicability of the Basal Diet. Implications of the Report in relation to Import and Home Production Programmes. Estimated nutritional value of the U.K. Food Supplies. (Appendix I). U.K. Food utilised for human consumption. (Appendix II). Milk Production. Note by Ministry of Agriculture (Appendix III).

23 Jul 1940

Suggested Average Suggested Average average peace-time average peace-time daily consumption daily consumption consumption (a) consumption (a) Bread 12 Oz. (b) 11.3 Oz. (b) Fats 1.5 Oz. 1.8 Oz. Milk 0.6 pint (c) 0.5 pint (c) Potatoes 16 Oz. 9.0 Oz. Oatmeal 2.0 Oz. .2 Oz. Vegetables 6 Oz. 4.0 Oz. (a) With the exception of oatmeal, these data are taken from Food, Health and Income, by Sir John Orr, and relate to the year 1934. (b) includes all flour products in terms of bread. (c) including condensed and dried milk in terms of liquid milk.
health agriculture children public health nutrition cereals food supply wheat pork agricultural production animal feed beans beef bread broccoli brussels sprouts butter carrots cattle cheese cocoa coffee eggs factories fish fruit imports pulses livestock meat milk maternity oats onions oranges peas potatoes rationing sugar supply tea vegetables welfare foreign currency beer alcohol fats london contingency planning eating flour surplus dairy cooking margarine food supplies bacon canning cream allotments cabbage land usage milling beets oil seeds glasgow overseas trade ploughing liverpool public morale air raids civil consumption nationwide kingston upon hull material supplies food policy committee ministry of agriculture and fisheries bristol turnips preserves leith statistics and intelligence division scientific committee on food policy
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB74
Document Reference
CAB 74/4/37
Document Types
Report Statistical Publication
File Reference
CAB 74/4
Former Department Reference
FP(M)(40) 104
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab74.000004.037
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Alcohol Allotments Animal Feed Bacon Beans Beef Beer Beets Bread Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Butter Cabbage Canning Carrots Cattle Cereals Cheese Children Civil Consumption Cocoa Coffee Contingency Planning Cream Dairy Eggs Factories Fats Fish Flour Food Supplies Foreign Currency Fruit Imports Land Usage Livestock Margarine Material Supplies Maternity Meat Milk Milling Nutrition Oats Oil Seeds Onions Oranges Overseas Trade Peas Ploughing Pork Potatoes Preserves Public Health Public Morale Pulses Sugar Surplus Tea Turnips Vegetables Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Bristol Glasgow Kingston upon Hull Leith Liverpool London
Organizations Discussed
Food Policy Committee Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Scientific Committee on Food Policy Statistics and Intelligence Division
Pages
11
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers 70(40) - 182(40)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Eating Cooking Health Welfare

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