A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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Wartime Social Survey
Individual Meals Inquiry
New Series 32

Interviewer......... Total in Family.........

Day to which interview refers ......... No. of children under 14.........

Town.........

Hours of shift worked

a.m. p.m. a.m.

Occupation.........

Sex: Male.........1 Female.........2
Age: Up to 20..1 21-65..2 Over 65..3

Has the works a canteen?

Yes.........Y No.........X

If Yes does canteen serve dinners?

Yes.........0 No.........1

What proportion of the employees does the canteen seat?

Up to 1/2.........1 1/2-3/4.........2 3/4-whole.........3 N.A.........4

Price of main meal served, including pudding:

Under 11d. .........1 11d.-1/1d..........2 1/2d.-1/4d..3 More than 1/5d. .........4 N.A..........5

Which meals are served at your canteen?

Breakfast......... 1
Mid-morning......... 2
Mid-day......... 3
Mid-afternoon......... 4
Evening......... 5
Night......... 6
N.A.......... 7
No canteen......... 8

1. If works has a canteen and meals are not taken there, why not? If meals are taken, how are people satisfied or dissatisfied with their canteen:

Not using canteen Using Canteen
Too expensive. Y Y
Do not like food. X X
Particular shift, canteen not open. 0 0
Too overcrowded, have to queue. 1 1
Is easy to go home. 2 2
Has to use lunch hour for other purposes. 3 3
Can’t leave bench, has to do shopping, preparing meal for children, etc. Is used to packed meals. 4 4
Satisfied. 5 5
Others.........

2. If packed meals are taken, why ?

No canteen, no facilities for buying a meal......... Y
Particular shift canteen not open.......... X
Has to, can’t get out.......... O
Too expensive to buy meals.......... 1
Prefer to, habit, always did it.......... 2
Inconvenient to go out, less trouble......... 3
Has to queue too long, too far to go.......... 4
Food: Canteen bad.......... 5
Others..........

3. Do you consider the food you are getting at the moment enough to keep you fit?

Yes.........1 No.........2 Uncertain.........3 N.A..........4

If not enough, what is lacking?

Milk......... 1 Not enough variety......... 1
Fruit......... 2 Not enough vitamins......... 2
Meat or Bacon......... 3 Too starchy......... 3
Fish......... 4 Not enough......... 4
Eggs......... 5 Not able to get extras besides rations, shopping difficulties......... 5
Fat, Butter......... 6 Not enough points......... 6
Cheese......... 7
Vegetables......... 8
Sugar, sweets......... 9
Others...... Others.........

4. What did you have yesterday :

Breakfast Mid-morning Mid-day Mid-afternoon Evening Late evening No. of times eaten
0 1 2 or more
I Bacon or Ham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Meat or offals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sausage meat, meat pies etc.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Stew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Egg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cheese 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Made dishes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Lentils, beans and peas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
II Canned meat pies etc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Meat sandwiches 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bacon “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fish “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Egg “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cheese “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
III Potatoes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Potato Crisps and chips 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green Vegetables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Root Vegetables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Carrots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Raw Salad 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Other Vegetables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fruit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
IV Cereal (i.e. breakfast and porridge) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bread only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bread & Spread (inc. all sandwiches other than meat, bacon, fish, cheese or egg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fried Bread 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Milk Pudding 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Custard, Blancmange, Cornflour 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cooked pudding, (inc. Yorkshire pudding & dumpling) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Buns, cakes, biscuits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Chocolates, sweets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soup 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
V Tea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Milk & Milk beverages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Beer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Other beverages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
VI Nothing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Others, write which
classification of meals Substantial Meal Y Y Y Y Y Y 7 8 9
Packed Meal A. X X X X X X 7 8 9
Packed Meal B 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 9
Others 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nothing 2 2 2 2 2 2
where eaten 5. Home 3 3 3 3 3 3
Cafe 4 4 4 4 4 4
Brit. Restaurant 5 5 5 5 5 5
Canteen 6 6 6 6 6 6
Packed meal 7 7 7 7 7 7
Packed meal & Canteen 8 8 8 8 8 8
N.A. 9 9 9 9 9 9

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