Rationing books were used during times of scarcity, such as during wartime, to allocate goods fairly among the population. Each person was given a book that contained coupons representing a specific amount of rationed goods, like food or clothing. To obtain these goods, individuals had to present the corresponding coupons from their rationing book to merchants or authorities. Once the coupons in the book were used up, individuals could not purchase any more of the rationed items until the next allocation period.
So that everbody would get a share of what was available.
Yes. All countries involved in WW2 (and all occupied territories) had rationing and ration books. The only alternative to rationing by coupons would have been rationing by price. In most cases, this would have sent the prices of essentials sky high.
People got given ration books
Well, all rationing does is reduce the amount being distributed. Thus, leaving more behind to work with.
Rationing was were food ran out a lot because the ships were being bombed by Germans. So they used to hand out Rationing Books to tell you about what was happening with food . Also they had ration books to tell them how to use their gas mask properly
Rationing happened because food needed to be sent to soldiers fighting in world wars 1 and 2. Ration books were given out to citizens so the citizens had limited food.
The European countries involved in World War 1 introduced food rationing. Obviously, this involved issuing ration-books.
the act of rationing
Wartime rationing of consumer goods led to many unintended consequences. Here are some examples:Farmers sold goods to people at inflated rates. Farmers were not subjected to the rationing books to sell.Some people began to suffer nutritionally -- mostly poor people.Some people found they could get more to eat by eating in the cafeterias near the work places because they did not have to stamp ration books.For a while, the babies were not getting enough to eat, and they had to increase the formula and milk ration amounts for them.In England, the really sad thing that happened was the extension of the rationing program for 10 years.Sometimes people would get their ration books stolen from them (especially the kids who had been evacuated in England), and they could not get them replaced and could not get their books back from the people caring for them.
In the UK, Ration Books wee issued by the Ministry of Food.
rationing worked by them being given little of food each day and they ticked it off in there ration card so they could not buy the same thing again.
Wartime rationing of consumer goods led to many unintended consequences. Here are some examples:Farmers sold goods to people at inflated rates. Farmers were not subjected to the rationing books to sell.Some people began to suffer nutritionally -- mostly poor people.Some people found they could get more to eat by eating in the cafeterias near the work places because they did not have to stamp ration books.For a while, the babies were not getting enough to eat, and they had to increase the formula and milk ration amounts for them.In England, the really sad thing that happened was the extension of the rationing program for 10 years.Sometimes people would get their ration books stolen from them (especially the kids who had been evacuated in England), and they could not get them replaced and could not get their books back from the people caring for them.