Food Consumption in the United Kingdom
Table 22
Pre-war
1948
1949
1950 (provisional)
Average daily intake per head (grams)
Protein-animal...
42.7
41.1
42.2
45.0
-vegetable
37.2
46.4
45.8
43.0
-total
79.9
87.5
88.0
88.0
Fat (from all sources)
130.2
107.6
118.8
130.7
Visible fat (butter, margarine,
lard, etc.-fat content)
56.2
47.5
55-2
56.0
Total energy value (calories)
3,000
2,890
3,000
3,010
Annual consumption (lb. per head)
Dairy products (milk solids)
38-3
49.1
52-4
54-2
Meat (edible weight)
109.6
73.8
74.6
94.1
Fish, game, poultry, etc. (edible
weight)
32.8
37.2
35.2
28.4
Eggs and egg products (shell egg
equivalent)
24.0
21.3
23.7
26.4
Oils and fats (fat content)
45.3
38.1
44.3
45.0'
Sugar and syrups (sugar content)
109.9
85.3
91.1
82.6
Potatoes
176.0
237.2
255.5
252.8
Pulses and nuts
9.6
5.6
8.9
11.1
...
Tomatoes and fruit (fresh equiva-
lent)
141.4
137.4
130.6
128.5
Vegetables
107.5
117.2
104.5
101.3
Grain products
210.1
249.4
238.0
221.6
Tea, coffee and cocoa
::
14.7
13.2
13-7
13.7
[NOTE: Figures in Tables 23-26 are subject to revision when final estimates to be used in the National Income White Paper are available.}
National Product(1)
Table 23
£ million
1948
1949
1950
1951 Forecast
Production and trade:
Wages and salaries
5,436
5,657
6,013
Profits, depreciation and other
income
3,750
'3,856
4,247
less Stock appreciation
175
20
300
Total production and trade
9,011
9,493
9,960
11,435
-
700
10,735
Government services:
Armed Forces ...
246
245
260
300
Other
784
895
922
970
Total Government services
1,030
1,140
1,182
1,270
Miscellaneous(2)
531
527
559
590
Gross national product at factor
cost
...
plus indirect taxes
10,572 2,193
less subsidies
Gross national product at market
prices
12,206
11,701 2,273 474
-
13,500
12,595 2,300 475
-
14,420
(1) The national product and the national income are defined here as in the forthcoming White Paper on National Income and Expenditure. In particular, these definitions depart from previous practice in omitting from the national product an allowance for stock appreciation, (i.e., the increase in cost of replacing stocks at higher prices). It is considered that this gives a truer picture of the change in the national product, even though the estimate of stock appreciation cannot claim great accuracy. The great bulk of stock appreciation is deemed to affect stocks held by corporate enterprise; this element is shown separately in Table 26.
(2) House rents, domestic servants' wages, and income from abroad.
11,160 2,194
559
513
12,841
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