Food Health and Income: Appendix 3 Food Supplies

Quantities of Food Supplies, Home Produced and Imported of the United Kingdom 1909-13, 1924-8 and 1934 in Thousands of metric tons

UK Food Supplies
Average of 1909-13 Average of 1924-28 1934
Home produced Imported Total Home produced Imported Total Home produced Imported Total
Beef and veal 820 491 1311 579 683 1262 614 646 1260
Mutton and Lamb 331 266 597 205 273 478 255 338 593
Bacon and Ham 100 272 372 75 447 522 104 438 542
Other pigmeat 304 41 345 234 51 285 271 66 337
Meat offals 60 – 60 94 8 102 107 68 175
Poultry and game 41 14 55 47 27 74 78 24 102
Rabbits – 18 18 – 9 9 16 26 42
Total meat 1656 1102 2758 1234 1498 2732 1445 1606 3051
Eggs 129 129 258 156 156 312 279 170 449
Fish 715 133 848 638 214 852 742 173 915
Milk, fresh & cream 4500 – 4500 4465 – 4465 3930 8 3938
Butter 114 207 321 44 282 326 57 485 542
Cheese 30 117 147 42 149 191 75 150 225
Lard (veg) – 90 90 – 120 120 48 142 190
Margarine 60 59 119 184 64 248 166 – 166
Wheat Flour 840 3485 4325 711 3348 4059 660 3560 4220
Other cereals 170 370 540 92 238 330 93 196 289
Apples 127 163 290 194 323 517 400 267 667
Bananas – 150 150 – 309 309 – 256 256
Other fruits and nuts 214 617 831 198 840 1038 300 1246 1546
Potatoes 3988 262 4250 3563 415 3978 4600 108 4708
Other vegetables 800 432 1232 1123 474 1597 1540 580 2120
Sugar – 1621 1621 106 1671 1777 490 1505 1995
Cocoa – 36 36 – 54 54 – 72 72