A TYPICAL WEEK’S RATION FOR 1 PERSON IN 1942

Bacon and ham 4oz (100g) Meat: To the value of 1s.2d (6p today) (perhaps a pork chop and four sausages).
Sausages were not rationed but difficult to get; offal (liver, kidneys, tripe) was originally unrationed but sometimes
formed part of the meat ration.

Cheese 2oz (50g) sometimes it went up to 4oz (100g) and even up to 8oz (225g).

Margarine 4oz (100g)

Butter 2oz (50g)

Milk 3 pints (1,800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1,200ml). Household milk
(skimmed or dried) was available: 1 packet per four weeks.

Sugar 8oz (225g)

Jam 1lb (450g) every two months

Tea 2oz (50g) (half a packet or the equivalent of 15 tea bags)

Eggs 1 fresh egg a week if available but often only one every two weeks. Dried eggs: 1 packet every
four weeks.

Sweets 12oz (350g) every four weeks