A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

CONTENTS

Page

  • INTRODUCTION 1

  • METHOD 1

  • SECTION I: - Food items taken 3-23

    • Introduction 3

    • Summary of results 3

    • Food items taken: - Male 5

    • Female 6

    • Food items taken by occupation and place of interview 7

    • Sunday and weekday meals 8

    • Adequacy of food consumption 8

      • Classification I 8

      • Classification II 9

    • Children:- Food consumption 11

    • Food items by mealtime and occupation 14

    • Type of meal by mealtime and occupation 20

  • SECTION II: The food situation seen from the individual point of view 24 - 31

    • Summary of results 24

    • Do you consider the food you are getting at the moment enough to keep you fit? 24

    • By time asleep 25

    • Type of meal 25

    • Food items considered to be important to one’s health 26

    • General attitude to the food situation as a whole 27

    • Special reasons given as a cause for the inadequacy of food 27

    • Opinion on the most important foods for health 28

  • APPENDIX I: TOTAL TIME asleep 31

  • APPENDIX II: Total number of days lost through illness 31

  • SECTION III: Where meals are eaten 32 - 50

    • Summary of results 32

    • Cafes 33

    • British Restaurants 34

    • School meals 35

    • Canteens 35

    • Criticism of canteens 36

    • Qualitative analysis of information on canteens 37

    • Where meals are taken by occupation 46

  • SECTION IV: Packed meal 51

    • Summary of results 51

    • Packed meals brought from home by meal-time and occupation 52

    • Constituents of packed meals by mealtime 52

    • Reason for bringing packed meals 53

  • APPENDIX III: The sample 54

  • APPENDIX IV: Questionnaires 59

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