What was the list of rations per person during WW2?

Answer 1

Ration Amounts (per Person, per week):

• 4 Ounces of Butter or Lard
• 12 Ounces of Sugar
• 4 Ounces of raw bacon or ham
• 3.5 Ounces of cooked bacon or ham
• 1 Egg
• 2 Pints of Milk
• Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice was provided for small children

There may be more but that's it!

Answer 2

BACON and HAM ……… 4ozs ( 100g )

MEAT …………………… to the value of 1s.2d ( 6p today ). Sausages were not rationed but difficult to obtain : offal was originally unrationed but sometimes formed part of the meat ration.

BUTTER ………………… 2ozs ( 50g )

CHEESE ………………… 2ozs ( 50g ) sometimes it rose to 4ozs ( 100g ) and even up to 8ozs ( 225g )

MARGARINE ……………… 4ozs ( 100g )

COOKING FAT …………… 4ozs ( 100g ) often dropping to 2ozs ( 50g )

MILK …………………… 3 pints ( 1800ml ) sometimes dropping to 2 pints ( 1200ml ). Household ( skimmed, dried ) milk was available. This was I packet each 4 weeks.

SUGAR …………………… 8ozs ( 225g )

PRESERVES ……………… 1lb ( 450g ) every 2 months

TEA ……………………… 2ozs ( 50g )

EGGS …………………… 1 shell egg a week if available but at times dropping to 1 every two weeks. Dried eggs ----- 1 packet each 4 weeks.

SWEETS …………………… 12 ozs ( 350g ) each 4 weeks.

In addition, there was a monthly points system.

As an example of how these could be spent, with the 16 points that you were allocated you were allowed to buy one can of fish or meat or 2lb ( 900g ) of dried fruit or 8lb ( 3.6kg ) of split peas.

Babies and younger children, expectant and nursing mothers had concentrated orange juice and cod liver oil from Welfare Clinics together with priority milk.

This milk was also available to invalids.