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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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