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TABLE 4.-UNITED KINGDOM TRENDS IN FOOD CONSUMPTION
(lb. per head per year)
1880
1909-13
1924-28
1934
1952 (estimate)
Total meat, including bacon
and ham....
98
135
134
143
91
Cheese
8
7
9
10
71
Butter
12
16
16
25
11
Margarine
6
12
8
18
Sugar
67
79
87
94
78
Flour
Potatoes Eggs
282
211
198
197
*201 (?)
294
208
194
210 (?)
235
7
13
15
19
26
Sources.-Figures extracted or calculated from data quoted in Food, Health and Income, by Sir John Boyd Orr. Original data from British Association Reports, and from papers by Sir Alfred Flux and Sir Albert Feavearyear. The 1934 figures do not tally exactly with official " pre-war "estimates (which refer to 1934-38) but are of roughly the same order. The major deviations are in total meat, which may be affected by the basis of calculation employed, and in eggs, for which the " pre-war "estimates have recently had to be revised.
* See footnote to Table 3
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