HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERIES

Edited by W. K. HANCOCK

The statistics in this volume have been compiled from official sources by the Central Statistical Office in collaboration with the Statistics Divisions of Government Departments

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THE STATISTICAL DIGEST OF THE WAR

Introductory

Early in the war the lack of regular comprehensive statistics was recognized as a real impediment to the war effort; smooth administration was impossible without such figures. In the summer of 1940, therefore, the Central Economic Information Service.a group of economists and statisticians within the War Cabinet Secretariat-began a series of statistical digests which assembled the information necessary for reviewing economic and other problems arising out of the war. In January 1941 the Central Economic Information Service was split into two sections.the Central Statistical Office and the Economic Section. The function of the Central Statistical Office was to collect from Government Departments regular series of figures on a coherent and well ordered basis covering the development of the war effort of the United Kingdom.

2. In planning the civil series of war histories the editor felt the need for a general statistical volume which would give the main statistical series illustrating the war effort of the United Kingdom. The individual civil histories on food, manpower, shipping, etc., will, of course, include a good many statistical tables; moreover, a great deal of statistical material about the war years has already been published. It would, however, be inconvenient if war statistics remained scattered among many volumes of history and many command papers. The Statistical Digest of the War has therefore been prepared by the Central Statistical Office in collaboration with the Statistics Divisions of Government Departments in order to bring together the salient facts of the British war effort so far as they are capable of statistical measurement.

General Notes

3. Area covered. Except where otherwise stated all statistics relate to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

4. Period covered. In general the figures given in the Digest cover the period from September 1939 to August 1945. In some tables, however, figures for a pre-war year or years have been given where the comparison seems particularly valuable.

5. Time series. The Digest has no standard time series. Where possible annual totals are given throughout, but in many cases these are supplemented by quarterly totals, monthly averages and weekly averages according to the type of series dealt with. Except where it is stated to the contrary all statistics are for calendar years ended 31 December.

6. Change of basis. A line drawn across a column between two consecutive figures normally indicates that the figures above and below the line have been compiled on different bases and are not strictly comparable. In each case a footnote is added indicating the nature of the difference.

7. Consumption and stocks. Statistics of consumption and stocks should be used with particular caution. Figures given under the heading of "consumption" or "total disposals" are usually derived from statistics of releases from stocks by controls or manufacturers.

Figures of stocks may be affected to some degree by seasonal influences. Moreover, these figures often relate to only part of the total stocks in the country.

8. Definitions. In order to make this Digest as self. contained as possible a Definitions Section is included at pages 209 to 237. The purpose of the notes and definitions given in this Section is to supplement the various footnotes given in the tables and to make it possible to interpret the figures fully without reference back to the basic sources of the statistics. It is important that each table should be read in conjunction not only with the footnotes appended to it but also with the appropriate paragraphs in the Definitions Section.

9. Rounding of figures. Where necessary, each figure has been rounded off to the nearest final digit. For this reason there may be in some tables an apparent slight discrepancy between the sum of the constituent items and the total as shown.

10. Symbols employed. The following symbols have been used throughout the Digest:

-- = not available

. = nil or negligible (less than half the final digit shown)

* = five week period

Central Statistical Office,

Great George Street, London, S.W.1.

October, 1950.

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UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

I. British units of measurement and their metric equivalents

British unit

Metric equivalent

Length

centimetres

1 inch (in.)

2.54

1 foot (ft.)

=

12 inches

30.48

centimetres

1 yard (yd.)

=

3 feet

91.44

centimetres

1 mile

=

1,760 yards

1 60934

kilometres

Surface

1 square foot (sq. ft.)

0.09290

square metres

1 square yard (sq. yd.)

=

9 square feet

0.83613

square metres

1 acre

=

4,480 square yards

40.47

ares

1 square mile (sq. mile)

=

640 acres

258.99

hectares

Capacity

1 Imperial gallon (gall.)

=

4 quarts

4.546

litres

1 bulk barrel

=

36 gallons

1 63655

hectolitres

1 cubic foot (cu. ft.)

0.02832

cubic metres

1 cubic yard (cu. yd.)

=

27 cubic feet

0.76456

cubic metres

Weight

1 ounce avoirdupois (oz.)

28.35

grammes

1 pound avoirdupois (lb.)

=

16 ounces

453.59

grammes

1 hundredweight (cwt.)

112 pounds

50.80

kilogrammes

1 long ton

2,240 pounds

1.01605

metric tons

1 short ton

2,000 pounds

0.90718

metric tons

II. Miscellaneous units

Food and drink:

Butter

Cheese

5,600 gallons milk = 1 ton butter (average)

2,240 gallons milk = 1 ton cheese

Condensed milk

600 gallons milk = 1 ton full cream condensed milk

660 gallons skimmed milk = 1 ton skimmed condensed milk

Dried egg

81,000 eggs = 1 ton dried egg

Eggs

17,400 eggs = 1 ton

Milk

1 million gallons = 4,600 tons

Milk powder

Sugar

1,800 gallons milk = 1 ton full cream milk powder

2,400 gallons skimmed milk = 1 ton skimmed milk powder

100 tons raw sugar = 93 tons refined sugar

Fuel and power:

British thermal unit (B.Th.U.)

The amount of heat required to raise 1 lb. of water through 1 degree Fahrenheit at or near 39.1 degrees Fahrenheit.

Therm

100,000 British thermal units

Unit of electricity

An output of 1 kilowatt over 1 hour

Shipping:

Deadweight tonnage

These terms are defined in the Definitions Section (pages 225 and 229)

Gross tonnage

Net tonnage

Standard displacement

War load displacement

Timber:

Softwood

1 standard = 165 cubic feet

Pitwood

1 standard = 180 piled cubic feet

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CONTENTS

Table

I POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

Population of the United Kingdom

1

Age distribution of the population

2.3

Births

4

Reproduction rates

5

Infantile mortality

6

Deaths analysed by age and sex

7

Marriages

8

II MANPOWER

7

Distribution of manpower

9

Armed forces and auxiliary services

Strength

10

Age distribution

11

Intake and outflow

12

Releases

13

Casualties

14

Home Guard and Royal Observer Corps

15

Civil Defence services

16

Police services

17

Civilian employment

Agriculture

18

Engineering, metals, explosives, chemicals and shipbuilding

19.23

Iron and steel

24

Textiles

25

Clothing

26

Woodworking and furniture

27

Paper and printing

28

Leather and rubber

29

Glass and pottery

30

Railway staff

31

Civil Service

32.33

Government building programme

34

Government training centres

35

Industrial stoppages

36

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III SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Public health

Deaths analysed by age and cause

37.38

Infectious diseases

39

Venereal disease

40

National insurance

National health insurance

41

Unemployment insurance

42

Pensions

43

War pensions

44

Justice and crime

Offences known to the police and persons found guilty

45.47

Juvenile delinquency

48.50

Prison population

51

Divorce proceedings

52

Housing and building

Houses built

53

Construction activity

54

IV AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Agriculture

Area of crops and grassland

55.56

Crops and grass harvested

57.58

Yield per acre

59.60

Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry

61.62

Horses grazed on agricultural land

63

Agricultural machinery in use

64

Food

Movement off farms of cereals, potatoes and sugar beet

65

Animals purchased for slaughter

66

Milk sales

67

Processed food: Production

68

Food and animal feeding-stuffs: Consumption

69

Estimated food supplies per head of civilian population...................

70

Arrivals of lend-lease foodstuffs

71

Losses of food and feeding-stuffs at sea

72

V FUEL AND POWER

Coal:

Production, consumption and stocks

73

Inland consumption

74

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Distributed stocks

75

Productivity

76

Coke: Production, consumption and stocks

77

Coal tar products : Production

78

Gas: Production and sales

79.80

Electricity: Production and sales

81.82

Petroleum:

Arrivals of petroleum products and crude and process oils

83

Production of finished products from imported crude and process oils........

84

Production from indigenous materials of petroleum products and substitutes

85

Deliveries into consumption of petroleum products

86.89

VI RAW MATERIALS

Iron ore and manganese ore

90

Pig iron

91

Iron and steel scrap and steel ingots and castings

92

Semi-finished and finished iron and steel

93

Chrome ore and ferro-alloys

94

Non-ferrous metals

95

Aluminium

96

Timber

97.98

Hides, skins and finished leather

99

Rubber

100

Chemicals

101

Fertilizers, ammonia and molasses

102

Plastics and materials for plastics

103

Paper and paper-making materials

104

Raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton linters

105

Cotton yarn

106

Rayon, rayon yarn and woven fabrics

107

Wool and silk

108

Jute, flax and hemps

109

Losses of raw materials at sea

110

VII PRODUCTION

Shipbuilding

Naval vessels: Major combat

111

Naval vessels: Ocean and coastal convoy, etc.

112

Merchant vessels built in the United Kingdom

113.114

Merchant vessels awaiting repair and repaired

115.116

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Munitions

Index of munitions production

117

Artillery equipment

118

Naval guns

119

Aircraft and light guns

120

Other weapons

121

Small arms

122

Ammunition and explosives

123.125

Armoured fighting vehicles

126

Wheeled vehicles

127

Signal equipment

128

Engineer stores

129

Aircraft

Production by main groups

130

Production by structure weight

131

Index of aircraft production

132

Aircraft awaiting repair and repaired

133

Aircraft engines: Production, imports and repairs

134

Arrivals of aircraft in the United Kingdom from North America

135

Arrivals of aircraft overseas from North America

136

Manufactured goods

Machine tools

137

Agricultural machinery

138

Locomotives and motor vehicles

139

Woven cloth, household textiles, hosiery and footwear

140

Pottery, hollow-ware and brushes

141

VIII EXTERNAL TRADE

Value and volume of external trade

142

Value of retained imports

143

Value of exports

144

Value of imports: Analysis by source

145

Value of exports: Analysis by destination

146

Quantity of imports

147.149

Quantity of exports

150

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IX TRANSPORT

Merchant shipping

Merchant shipping under British control

151.153

Merchant shipping: Analysis by employment

154

Gains and losses of merchant shipping

155.157

Losses from enemy action

158

Shipping movement: Entrances and clearances in the foreign trade

159

Arrivals of shipping at United Kingdom ports

160

Imports under Departmental programmes

161.163

Inland transport

Rail:

Repair and availability of rolling stock

164

Passenger and goods traffic

165

Operating statistics

166

Traffic receipts

167

Road:

Vehicles with licences current

168

New vehicle registrations

169

Canal traffic originating

170

Coasting trade

171

X PUBLIC FINANCE

Exchequer receipts and issues

172.173

Floating debt

174

Currency circulation and bank clearings

175

Prices and yields of British Government securities

176

External disinvestment

177

United States lend-lease aid to the British Empire

178

United Kingdom reciprocal aid

179

XI NATIONAL INCOME

National income, depreciation and expenditure

180

Revenue account of persons

181

Revenue account of public authorities

182

Combined capital account

183

Central government revenue

184

The finance of the central government deficit on current account

185

Personal expenditure on consumers' goods and services

186

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XII WAGES AND PRICES

Average weekly earnings and hours worked

187.189

Wage rates and working-class cost of living index

190

Agricultural price indices

191

Stock and fertilizer price indices

192

Wholesale prices

193

ABBREVIATIONS

A.A.

Anti-aircraft

A.C.

Alternating current

A.F.V.

Armoured fighting vehicle

A.P.

Armour piercing

A.S.

Anti-Submarine

A.S. R.

Air sea rescue

C.A.

Coastal artillery

D.C.

Direct current

Derv (fuel)

Diesel-engined road vehicle

G.O.

Gas operated

H.E.

High explosive

L.S.T.

Landing ship tank

P.I.A.T.

Projector infantry anti-tank

S.D.

Standard displacement

SHAEF

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

U.P.

Unrotated projectile

W.L.D.

War load displacement

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I. POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

Population of the United Kingdom

TABLE 1

Mid-year estimates

Thousands

United Kingdom

England and Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total population(1)

1939(2)

47,762

22,962

24,799

41,460

19,920

21,540

5,007

2,412

2,594

1,295

630

665

1940

48,226

23,304

24,922

41,862

20,216

21,646

5,065

2,454

2,611

1,299

634

665

1941

48,216

23,266

24,950

41,748

20,141

21,607

5,160

2,492

2,668

1,308

633

675

1942

48,400

23,336

25,064

41,897

20,180

21,717

5,174

2,508

2,666

1,329

648

681

1943

48,789

23,574

25,215

42,259

20,397

21,862

5,189

2,521

2,668

1,341

656

685

1944

49,016

23,672

25,344

42,449

20,473

21,976

5,210

2,534

2,676

1,357

665

692

1945

49,182

23,723

25,459

42,636

20,549

22,087

5,187

2,508

2,679

1,359

666

693

Civilian population(3)

1940

45,996

21,076

24,920

39,889

18,243

21,646

4,826

2,215

2,611

1,281

618

663

1941

44,849

20,003

24,846

38,743

17,228

21,515

4,818

2,160

2,658

1,288

615

673

1942

44,297

19,542

24,755

38,243

16,802

21,441

4,758

2,121

2,637

1,296

619

677

1943(4)

43,771

19,006

24,765

37,818

16,334

21,484

4,651

2,050

2,601

1,302

622

680

1944

43,743

18,852

24,891

37,785

16,188

21,597

4,641

2,035

2,607

1,316

629

687

1945

43,873

18,858

25,015

37,916

16,200

21,716

4,640

2,029

2,611

1,317

629

688

Source: Registrars General

(1) The total population includes all members of the armed forces and Merchant Navy whether at home or overseas.

(2) Estimated population actually in the country (resident population). The figures exclude members

of the armed forces serving overseas and merchant seamen at sea estimated at about a quarter

of a million at June 1939.

(3) The civilian population excludes members of the armed forces serving at home and abroad; it includes all members of the Merchant Navy. (4) From 1943, excluding certain classes of seamen previously included. The numbers so excluded

at that date were: England and Wales, 122,000; Scotland, 26,000; Northern Ireland, 3,000.

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Age distribution of the resident population of the United Kingdom (1)

TABLE 2

At 30 June 1939 Thousands

United Kingdom

England and Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total all ages

47,762

22,962

24,799

41,460

19,920

21,540

5,007

2,412

2,594

1,295

630

665

Age groups:

1,403

402

204

198

114

58

56

0.4

3,376

1,719

1,657

2,861

1,458

5.9

3,340

1,689

1,651

2,830

1,431

1,399

398

201

198

113

57

55

10.14

3,576

1,799

1,777

3,037

1,527

1,510

422

212

210

117

60

57

15.19

4,198

2,105

2,093

3,603

1,806

1,797

472

237

235

123

62

61

20.24

3,488

1,737

1,751

2,998

1,493

1,505

388

194

194

102

50

52

25.29

3,985

1,959

2,026

3,467

1,704

1,763

414

206

209

103

49

54

30.34

3,949

1,932

2,017

3,461

1,698

1,763

393

189

204

95

45

50

35.39

3,683

1,793

1,890

3,233

1,578

1,655

363

174

189

87

41

46

40.44

3,236

1,481

1,755

2,839

1,300

1,539

314

143

172

82

38

44

45.49

3,019

1,386

1,633

2,665

1,224

1,441

288

131

157

66

31

35

50.54

2,822

1,299

1,523

2,490

1,147

1,343

269

122

146

64

30

34

55.59

2,586

1,190

1,396

2,281

1,049

1,232

248

114

134

56

27

29

60.64

2,250

1,042

1,208

1,974

912

1,062

222

104

118

54

26

28

65.69

1,786

819

967

1,566

714

852

173

82

91

47

23

24

70 and over

2,463

1,010

1,453

2,155

879

1,276

239

99

140

71

32

39

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 1.

Source: Registrars General

Age distribution of the total population of the United Kingdom (1)

TABLE 3

At 30 June 1945 Thousands

United Kingdom

England and Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

49,182

23,723

25,459

42,636

20,549

22,087

5,187

2,508

2,679

1,359

666

693

Age groups:

206

134

69

65

0.4

3,678

1,881

1,797

3,126

1,600

1,526

418

212

5.9

3,364

1,711

1,654

2,843

1,446

1,397

409

208

202

113

57

55

10.14

3,301

1,671

1,630

2,786

1,410

1,376

405

205

200

111

57

54

15.19

3,518

1,767

1,751

2,978

1,496

1,482

419

209

210

121

62

59

20.24

3,875

1,907

1,968

3,332

1,633

1,699

425

214

211

118

60

58

25.29

3,567

1,788

1,779

3,085

1,536

1,549

362

191

171

120

61

59

30.34

3,950

1,951

1,998

3,449

1,703

1,746

399

199

200

101

49

52

35.39

3,947

1,944

2,003

3,465

1,714

1,751

391

187

205

90

43

47

40.44

3,729

1,835

1,894

3,274

1,619

1,655

372

177

195

83

39

44

45.49

3,248

1,511

1,737

2,856

1,333

1,523

321

146

175

71

32

39

50.54

2,957

1,352

1,605

2,599

1,190

1,409

292

131

160

67

31

36

55.59

2,696

1,226

1,469

2,383

1,085

1,298

256

114

141

57

27

30

60.64

2,384

1,066

1,318

2,100

937

1,163

229

103

126

55

26

29

65.69

1,983

882

1,101

1,744

772

972

191

87

104

47

23

25

70 and over........

2,986

1,232

1,753

2,616

1,075

1,541

298

126

171

72

32

40

(1) See footnote (1) to Table 1.

Source: Registrars General

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l

VITAL STATISTICS

Births in the United Kingdom

TABLE 4

Live births

Still-births

Total

Males

Females

Legitimate

Illegitimate

Percentage of illegitimate

Total births per 1,000 population

Total births per 1,000 women aged 15.44

Legitimate births per 1,000 married women aged 16.44

Males born per 1,000 females

Thousands

Rate per 1,000 births (including stillbirths)

Thousands

United Kingdom

1939

727

373

353

695

32

4.4

15.2

62.9

1,056

1940

702

360

342

670

32

4.6

14.6

60.6

1,053

1941

696

357

338

657

38

5.5

14.4

60.3

1,056

1942

772

397

374

727

44

5.8

15.9

67.0

1,061

1943

811

418

393

758

53

6.5

16.6

70.6

1,063

1944

878

453

425

814

65

7.3

17.9

76.7

1,065

1945

796

410

386

723

73

9.1

16.2

69.9

1,061

England and Wales

1939

614

316

299

589

26

4.2

14.8

61.3

107.5

1,056

24

38

1940

590

303

288

564

26

4.3

14.1

58.7

98.5

1,053

23

37

1941

579

297

282

548

31

5.4

13.9

57.9

94.1

1,053

21

35

1942

652

336

316

615

36

5.6

15.6

65.2

103.8

1,063

22

33

1943

684

353

332

641

44

6.4

16.2

68.6

107.6

1,064

21

30

1944

751

388

364

696

55

7.3

17.7

75.7

117.4

1,065

21

28

1945

680

350

330

617

63

9.3

15.9

68.8

103.9

1,061

19

28

Scotland

1939

87

45

42

82

5

6.0

17.4

72.1

141.1

1,060

4

42

1940

86

44

42

81

5

6.0

17.1

71.4

137.0

1,050

4

42

1941

90

46

44

84

6

6.6

17.4

73.5

138.1

1,059

4

40

1942

91

46

44

84

7

7.2

17.5

74.2

135.9

1,048

4

38

1943

95

49

46

88

7

7.6

18.2

78.7

140.6

1,051

3

36

1944

96

50

46

88

8

7.9

18.4

79.9

141.5

1,069

3

32

1945

87

45

42

79

8

8.7

16.8

73.1

126.1

1,063

3

33

Northern Ireland

1939

25

13

12

24

1

4.7

19.5

82.5

1,044

1940

25

13

12

24

1

4.6

19.5

83.2

1,082

1941

27

14

13

26

1

4.8

20.6

85.4

1,096

1942

30

15

14

28

1

4.9

22.3

93.5

1,060

1943

32

16

15

30

2

5.5

23.5

99.5

1,076

1944

31

16

15

29

2

5.6

22.8

96.7

1,052

1945

29

15

14

27

2

5.4

21.3

91.0

1,063

Source: Registrars General

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TABLE 5

Reproduction rates

England and Wales

Gross

Effective

Gross

Net

1935

0.854

0.764

1.057

0.909

1936

0.862

0.774

1.069

0.914

1937

0.872

0.785

1.051

0.901

1938

0.897

0.810

1.077

0.933

1939

0.892

0.808

1.058

0.932

1940

0.850

0.772

1.042

0.896

1941

0.836

0.761

1.058

0.893

1942

0.934

0.853

1.087

0.948

1943

0.985

0.900

1.162

1.012

1944

1.089

0.996

1.183

1.041

1945

0.992

0.909

1.088

0.978

Scotland

Source: Registrars General

Infantile mortality

Deaths of infants under 1 year of age per thousand live births

TABLE 6

United Kingdom

England and Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

1935

60

68

53

57

64

50

77

87

66

86

96

76

1936

62

70

54

59

66

51

82

92

72

77

86

67

1937

61

68

53

58

65

50

80

90

71

77

83

71

1938

55

62

48

53

60

46

70

77

62

75

79

71

1939

53

60

47

51

56

44

69

77

59

70

81

60

1940

60

69

52

57

64

49

78

90

66

86

95

76

1941

63

71

55

60

67

52

83

93

72

77

85

67

1942

53

59

46

51

57

44

69

78

60

76

87

65

1943

52

58

46

49

55

43

65

73

57

78

87

69

1944

48

53

42

45

50

40

65

73

56

67

74

61

1945

49

55

43

46

51

40

56

65

47

68

73

63

Source: Registrars General

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Deaths analysed by age and sex(1)

(i) Males

TABLE 7 Thousands

All ages

Under 1 year

1 and under 2

2.4

5.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65.74

75 and over

United Kingdom

1939

296.5

22.4

2.4

2.9

4.9

8.2

10.6

14.7

28.2

54.4

76.7

70.9

1940

340.6

25.0

3.3

4.1

6.2

9.4

13.1

18.8

33.4

63.3

85.6

78.3

1941

316.3

25.4

3.4

4.5

6.6

9.0

11.5

18.2

30.3

56.8

78.8

71.9

1942

283.2

23.5

2.2

3.0

4.9

6.6

8.6

14.5

26.4

51.0

74.7

67.8

1943

291.2

24.1

2.3

2.8

4.8

6.2

7.8

14.3

27.2

51.8

76.7

73.5

1944

287.2

24.0

2.0

2.6

4.8

5.8

7.2

14.0

26.4

51.5

76.5

72.9

1945

284.6

22.4

2.0

2.4

4.1

5.3

6.6

12.7

25.7

51.1

77.0

75.4

England and Wales

1939

254.9

17.9

1.9

2.4

4.0

7.0

9.1

12.6

24.5

47.6

66.2

61.7

1940

294.2

19.7

2.7

3.3

5.2

8.1

11.4

16.3

29.3

55.9

74.2

68.2

1941

270.3

19.9

2.8

3.7

5.4

7.5

9.8

15.6

26.1

49.6

67.8

62.2

1942

242.1

18.6

1.8

2.5

4.1

5.4

7.3

12.4

22.6

44.6

64.4

58.5

1943

249.6

19.2

1.8

2.3

3.9

5 0

6.5

12.2

23.5

45.5

66.3

63.6

1944

246.9

19.2

1.6

2.1

4.0

4.7

6.1

12.0

22.8

45.2

66.3

63.1

1945

245.4

18.4

1.6

2.0

3.4

4.3

5.6

10.9

22.1

44.8

66.9

65.5

Scotland

1939

32.9

3.5

0.4

0.4

0.7

1.0

1.2

1.7

3.0

5.5

8.1

7.3

1940

36.8

4.0

0.5

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.3

2.0

3.3

6.1

9.0

8.0

1941

36.2

4.3

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.1

1.3

2.1

3.4

5.8

8.6

7.6

1942

32.3

3.6

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.9

1.0

1.7

3.1

5.2

8.1

7.3

1943

32.8

3.5

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.7

3.0

5.2

8.2

7.9

1944

31.9

3.6

0.3

0.4

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.6

2.9

5.2

8.1

7.7

1945

31.1

2.9

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.8

0.8

1.5

2.9

5.2

8.1

7.8

Northern Ireland

1939

8.7

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.7

1.3

2.4

1.9

1940

9.6

1.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.8

1.3

2.4

2.1

1941

9.8

1.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.8

1.4

2.4

2.1

1942

8.8

1.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.7

1.2

2.2

2.0

1943

8.8

1.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.7

1.1

2.2

2.0

1944

8.4

1.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.7

1.1

2.1

2.1

1945

8.1

1.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.7

1.1

2 0

2.1

(1) Civilians only for England and Wales and Scotland from 3 September 1939 and for Northern Ireland from 1941.

Source: Registrars General

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Deaths analysed by age and sex(1) (ii) Females

TABLE 7 (continued) Thousands

All

ages

Under 1 year

1 and under 2

2.4

5.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 74

75 and over

United Kingdom

1939

284.2

16.5

2.1

2.4

4.1

7.7

10.3

13.3

22.9

41.8

69.4

93.8

1940

322.9

17.9

2.9

3.6

5.3

10.0

12 2

15.6

25.9

47.4

77.9

104.5

1941

298.9

18.6

3.1

4.0

5.3

9.9

11.8

14.6

23.9

42.1

70.4

95.3

1942

268.1

17.3

1.8

2.6

3.8

7.8

9.8

12.6

21.0

38.5

64.4

88.5

1943

282.9

17.8

2.0

2.3

3.7

7.6

9.6

13.1

21.5

39.3

68.0

97.7

1944

273.8

17.8

1.7

2.0

3.6

7.3

9.2

12.4

20.9

38.0

66.2

94.7

1945

274.6

16.5

1.6

2.0

3.0

6.4

8.2

11.7

20.3

37.7

68.0

99.2

England and Wales

1939

244.0

13.3

1.7

2.0

3.3

6.4

8.7

11.2

19.6

36.1

59.8

81.8

1940

278.4

14.2

2.2

2.8

4.4

8.5

10.4

13.4

22.6

41.1

67.5

91.3

1941

254.1

14.6

2.5

3.2

4.3

8.1

9.9

12.3

20.5

36.2

60.1

82.4

1942

228.6

13.7

1.4

2.1

3.1

6.3

8.1

10.6

18.1

33.1

55.3

76.7

1943

241.9

14.2

1.6

1.9

3.0

6.1

8.0

11.1

18.5

33.7

58.7

85.1

1944

234.2

14.3

1.4

1.6

2.9

5.9

7.7

10.5

18.0

32.7

57.0

82.1

1945

235.8

13.6

1.3

1.6

2.5

5.1

6.8

9.9

17.3

32.6

58.6

86.4

Scotland

1939

31.4

2.5

0.3

0.3

0.6

1.0

1.2

1.6

2.6

4.5

7.3

9.6

1940

35.1

2.8

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.2

1.4

1.7

2.6

5.0

8.1

10.7

1941

34.9

3.1

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.4

1.5

1.8

2.7

4.6

7.8

10.3

1942

31.1

2.7

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.2

1.3

1.5

2.3

4.3

7.1

9.5

1943

32.4

2.6

0.3

0.3

0.6

1.2

1.3

1.6

2.4

4.5

7.3

10.2

1944

31.2

2.6

0.2

0.3

0.5

1.1

1.1

1.5

2.3

4.2

7.2

10.2

1945

30.6

2.0

0.2

0.3

0.4

1.0

1.1

1.4

2.4

4.1

7.4

10.3

Northern Ireland

1939

8.8

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.2

2.3

2.4

1940

9.4

0.9

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.3

2.3

2.5

1941

9.9

0.9

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.3

2.5

2.6

1942

8.4

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.1

2.0

2.3

1943

8.6

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.6

1.1

2.0

2.4

1944

8.4

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.6

1.1

2.0

2.4

1945

8.2

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.6

1.0

2.0

2.5

(1) Civilians only for England and Wales and Scotland from 1 June 1941 and for Northern Ireland Source: Registrars General

from January 1941.

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Marriages

TABLE 8 Thousands

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

United Kingdom

Number of marriages ................

409.1

495.1

533.9

448.5

428.8

344.8

349.2

456.7

Persons married per 1,000 population

17.2

20.6

22.1

18.6

17.7

14.1

14.3

18.6

Civil condition:

Bachelors

375.9

459.9

498.0

413.1

393.0

309.9

312.7

414.2

Divorced men

4.8

6.2

6.0

5.6

5.9

7.0

8.8

12.0

Widowers

28.4

29.1

29.9

29.8

29.9

28.0

27.8

30.7

Spinsters

387.0

471.2

508.6

422.4

402.0

317.7

320.2

419.3

Divorced women

4.2

5.5

5.4

4.8

4.8

5.5

6.5

9.0

18.0

18.5

20.0

21.4

21.9

21.4

22.6

28.5

Age of males:

Under 21 years .........

14.1

22.4

34.0

37.1

38.9

32.2

30.1

32.9

21 years and upwards..............

395.0

472.6

499.9

411.3

389.9

312.4

319.1

423.7

Age of females:

Under 21 years

67.6

97.3

129.3

116.0

117.1

93.9

90.5

108.3

21 years and upwards.........

341.6

397.8

404.7

332.4

311.8

250.9

258.8

348.3

England and Wales

Number of marriages

361.8

439.7

470.5

388.9

369.7

296.4

302.7

397.6

Persons married per 1,000 population____

17.6

21.2

22.5

18.6

17.7

14.0

14.3

18.7

Civil condition:

Bachelors

331.8

407.9

438.2

357.1

337.5

265.2

269.9

359.3

Divorced men........

4.4

5.7

5.5

5.1

5.4

6.2

7.9

10.9

Widowers

25.6

26.1

26.9

26.7

26.8

25.1

24.9

27.5

Spinsters ..........

341.4

417.8

447.3

365.1

345.5

272.0

276.4

363.6

Divorced women ........

3.8

5.0

4.9

4.3

4.3

4.9

5.8

8.0

Widows

16.6

16.9

18.4

19.5

19.9

19.5

20.6

26.1

Age of males:

Under 21 years .......

12.2

19.5

30.2

32.7

34.3

28.2

26.4

28.8

21 years and upwards.....

349.7

420.1

440.4

356.2

335.4

268.1

276.3

369.0

Age of females:

Under 21 years .....

59.3

86.6

115.8

102.6

103.1

82.2

79.5

95.2

21 years and upwards.......

302.5

353.1

354.8

286.3

266.7

214.2

223.3

302.4

Scotland

Number of marriages

38.7

46.2

53.5

47.6

47.4

38.2

37.0

48.6

Persons married per 1,000 population____

15.5

18.5

21.1

18.5

18.3

14.7

14.2

18.8

Civil condition:

Bachelors

36.1

43.3

50.5

44.6

44.4

35.1

33.9

45.0

Divorced men.......

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.0

Widowers .......

2.2

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

Spinsters .......

37.2

44.5

51.7

45.6

45.2

35.9

34.6

45.6

Divorced women ........

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.0

Widows

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.7

2.1

Age of males:

Under 21 years ......

1.6

2.6

3.4

3.8

4.1

3.5

3.3

3.6

21 years and upwards

37.1

43.6

50.1

43.8

43.3

34.6

33.7

45.1

Age of females:

Under 21 years ........

7.1

9.3

11.9

11.1

11.8

9.8

9.3

11.2

21 years and upwards.......

31.6

36.9

41.7

36.5

35.6

28.4

27.7

37.5

Northern Ireland

Number of marriages .......

8.6

9.2

9.8

12.0

11.7

10.2

9.5

10.5

Persons married per 1,000 population

13.4

14.2

15.1

18.3

17.6

15.1

14.0

15.4

Civil condition:

Bachelors

8.0

8.7

9.3

11.4

11.1

9.6

8.9

9.9

Divorced men

0.1

0.1

0.1

Widowers

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

Spinsters

8.4

8.9

9.6

11.7

11.3

9.8

9.2

10.1

Divorced women

Widows

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Age of males:

Under 21 years

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.5

21 years and upwards..............

8.3

8.9

9.4

11.4

11.2

9.7

9.1

10.0

Age of females:

Under 21 years

1.2

1.4

1.7

2.3

2.2

1.9

1.7

1.9

21 years and upwards..............

7.4

7.8

8.1

9.7

9.5

8.3

7.8

8.6

Source: Registrars General

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II. MANPOWER

Distribution of total manpower(1)

Great Britain

At June in each year

TABLE 9

Thousands

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total working population

19,473

19,750

20,676

21,332

22,056

22,285

22,008

21,649

Males

14,476

14,656

15,104

15,222

15,141

15,032

14,901

14,881

Females

4,997

5,094

5,572

6,110

6,915

7,253

7,107

6,768

Total in Armed Forces and Auxiliary Services

385

480

2,273

3,383

4,091

4,761

4,967

5,090

Males

385

480

2,218

3,278

3,784

4,300

4,500

4,653

Females

55

105

307

461

467

437

Registered insured unemployed..............

1,710

1,270

645

198

87

60

54

103

Males

1,325

1,013

434

100

61

44

40

68

Females

385

257

211

98

26

16

14

35

Ex-members of H.M. Forces not yet in employment

20

20

40

Males

13

14

27

Females

7

6

13

Total in civil employment ..................

17,378

18,000

17,758

17,751

17,878

17,444

16,967

16,416

Males

12,766

13,163

12,452

11,844

11,296

10,675

10,347

10,133

Female

4,612

4,837

5,306

5,907

6,582

6,769

6,620

6,283

Agriculture and fishing................

949

950

925

981

1,002

1,047

1,048

1,041

Mining and quarrying ................

849

873

886

820

823

818

813

799

Metals, engineering, vehicles and shipbuilding

2,590

2,812

3,198

3,753

4,372

4,659

4,496

3,899

Chemicals, explosives, paints, oils, etc.....

276

294

361

487

618

574

515

447

Textiles

861

1,002

1,074

871

723

669

635

634

Clothing, boots and shoes ............

717

752

748

674

550

493

455

481

Food, drink and tobacco ..............

640

654

621

597

567

519

508

518

Cement, bricks, pottery, glass, etc.......

271

265

220

211

188

170

159

159

Leather, wood, paper, etc...............

844

859

725

614

573

539

536

555

Other manufactures

164

177

181

190

163

123

129

127

Building and civil engineering ..........

1,264

1,310

1,064

1,043

893

726

623

722

Gas, water and electricity supply ........

240

242

213

214

214

200

193

196

Transport and shipping................

1,225

1,233

1,146

1,194

1,217

1,176

1,237

1,252

Distributive trades

2,882

2,887

2,639

2,332

2,173

2,009

1,927

1,958

Commerce, banking, insurance and finance

414

413

370

358

317

282

268

264

National and Local Government........

1,386

1,385

1,448

1,636

1,728

1,786

1,809

1,903

Civil Defence, Fire Service and Police

80

345

383

384

323

282

127

Miscellaneous services ................

1,806

1,812

1,594

1,393

1,373

1,331

1,334

1,334

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) Men aged 14.64, women aged 14.59. Including employers and self-employed as well as employees, but excluding indoor private domestic service. Women in part-time paid employment are included, two being counted as one unit. Figures exclude prisoners-of-war, but include such other foreign workers as entered civilian employment.

--8--

Strength of the Armed Forces and Women's Auxiliary Services of the United Kingdom

TABLE 10

End of month

Thousands

Armed Forces(1)

Women's Auxiliary Services(2)

Total

Royal Navy(3)

Army (4)

Royal Air Force

Total

Women's Royal Naval Service

Auxiliary Territorial Service (5)

Women's Auxiliary Air Force

Nursing Services(6)

1939 September

1,270

180

897

193

1.6

2.4

December

1,557

214

1,128

215

43.1

3.4

23.9

8.8

7.0

1940 March

1,842

241

1,361

240

4.4

8.9

8.2

June

2,212

271

1,650

291

56.6

5.6

31.5

11.9

7.6

September

2,615

307

1,888

420

69.3

7.9

36.1

17.4

7.9

December

2,899

333

2,075

491

75.1

10.0

36.4

20.5

8.2

1941 March

3,090

365

2,166

559

85.8

12.3

37.5

27.0

9.0

June

3,278

395

2,221

662

105.3

15.1

42.8

37.4

10.0

September

3,483

424

2,292

767

157.5

18.0

65.0

64.1

10.4

December

3,602

449

2,340

813

216.0

21.6

85.1

98.4

10.9

1942 March

3,690

477

2,397

816

258.6

24.8

111.1

110.8

11.9

June

3,784

496

2,453

835

307.5

28.6

140.2

125.7

13.0

September

3,918

529

2,494

895

351.1

33.5

162.2

141.5

13.9

December

4,068

566

2,566

936

400.6

39.3

180.7

166.0

14.6

1943 March

4,186

610

2,628

948

435.9

45.0

195.3

180.1

15.5

June

4,300

660

2,673

967

461.6

53.3

210.3

181.6

16.4

September

4,371

710

2,679

982

470.7

60.4

212.5

180.3

17.5

December

4,435

756

2,680

999

467.5

64.8

207.5

176.8

18.4

1944 March

4,448

768

2,680

1,000

468.8

68.6

206.2

175.7

18.3

June

4,500

778

2,720

1,002

466.4

73.5

199.0

174.4

19.5

September

4,509

776

2,741

992

463.7

74.0

198.2

171.2

20.3

December

4,525

780

2,760

985

457.1

73.4

196.4

166.2

21.1

1945 March

4,553

781

2,802

970

449.7

73.2

195.3

159.7

21.5

June

4,653

783

2,920

950

437.2

72.0

190.8

153.0

21.4

Source : Service Departments

(1) Excluding men locally enlisted abroad.

(2) Including women locally enlisted abroad.

(3) Including men serving with the Royal Navy on T.124 agreements, Royal Marine Police and, up to June 1941, prisoners.of.war and missing.

(4) Including men serving with the India Unattached List, but excluding the British Indian Service. Men locally enlisted abroad are included up to September 1941.

(5) Excluding those locally enlisted abroad on modified forms of Auxiliary Territorial Service

engagements whose documents were maintained outside the United Kingdom. From June 1944 all women locally enlisted abroad whose documents were maintained outside the United Kingdom are excluded.

(6) Including Queen's Army Schoolmistresses.

9

Age distribution of the Armed Forces and Women's Auxiliary Services

TABLE 11 Thousands

Armed Forces(1)

Women's Auxiliary Services(1)

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

December

June

June

June

June

December

June

June

June

June

Age:

18 and under

63.3

66.0

149.1

78.5

76.2

29.4

18.1

17.3

9.5

7.4

19

155.0

143.5

184.7

195.3

186.3

23.4

34.4

40.2

25.6

22.7

20

253.5

213.2

222.1

226.3

215.4

25.7

36.4

60.3

39.6

30.3

21

311.1

272.6

241.0

239.5

228.5

31.6

46.4

62.5

64.2

36.8

22

252.8

300.8

281.1

254.6

236.6

18.2

41.2

66.5

61.8

57.5

23

210.9

236.3

297.9

277.9

248.2

11.5

21.8

56.3

61.0

54.1

24

190.7

208.0

231.3

306.3

272.8

8.7

14.5

29.3

51.6

52.4

25

211.9

183.9

203.2

235.2

304.5

8.5

11.6

20.6

27.9

43.7

26

201.3

203.9

183.1

197.6

237.5

6.8

10.9

13.8

19.7

23.6

27

191.3

196.1

212.9

184.2

201.3

6.1

8.6

12.6

12.7

15.9

28

179.5

189.4

205.2

212.4

180.3

4.6

7.7

10.4

11.9

10.3

29

176.0

177.8

196.6

205.5

209.7

3.9

6.2

8.8

9.3

10.0

30

161.7

176.6

185.5

197.7

202.5

3.3

5.6

7.0

8.2

7.9

31

145.8

158.8

184.5

187.5

194.5

2.9

4.4

6.0

6.9

7.0

32

119.8

146.6

168.3

184.1

184.5

2.5

3.9

4.9

5.9

5.8

33

113.9

121.6

159.9

171.4

182.1

2.2

3.2

4.2

4.7

5.3

34

104.6

114.9

136.9

161.6

170.1

1.9

2.6

3.5

3.9

4.0

35

99.3

108.9

127.8

138.6

160.8

1.9

2.4

3.1

3.1

3.2

36

74.7

102.7

120.0

130.0

136.4

1.6

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

37

62.1

78.7

112.2

122.7

127.1

1.5

1.9

2.3

2.4

2.3

38

49.4

65.3

88.7

114.5

119.4

1.3

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.0

39

44.0

54.3

74.4

90.6

112.5

1.1

1.5

1.9

1.7

1.7

40

40.6

50.2

62.2

76.1

87.9

1.0

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.4

41

29.5

44.2

57.5

61 6

72.8

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.3

42

20.1

159.2

50.2

57.8

58.5

1.1

4.7

1.1

1.2

1.1

43

16.4

157.0

50.3

74.8

0.8

5.0

1.0

1.0

44

14.1

33.5

48.0

0.6

1.1

0.8

45

13.6

33.5

0.4

3.4

0.8

46 and over........

82.0

91.6

1.0

2.3

All ages

3,589.0

3,773.7

4,293.3

4,515.1

4,654.4

204.7

294.4

445.2

446.2

415.2

Source: Service Departments

(1) The differences between the total figures given in this table and in Table 10 are explained as follows. The figures for the Royal Navy in this table exclude Royal Marine Police, merchant seamen on T.124 agreements, and prisoners-of-war; those for the Army include personnel locally enlisted abroad; and those for the Women's Auxiliary Services exclude the Nursing Services.

10

Intake and outflow of the Armed Forces and Women's Auxiliary Services(1)

TABLE 12

Thousands

Armed Forces(2)

Women's Auxiliary Services

Intake

Outflow

Transfers to and from reserve, releases,

etc. (net)(4)

Net change in

strength

In take

Outflow

Transfers

to and from reserve, releases, etc. (net) (4)

Net change in

strength

Called up under National

Service Acts

Volunteers (3)

Direct officer intake

Casualties and other deaths

Medical

discharges

Volunteers

Called up under National

Service Acts

Medical

discharges

1939 September 3 to December 31

122.2

193.5

17.3

3.2

6.8

+60.8

+869.1(5)

1940

1,044.6

461.0

38.6

68.9

69.1

.67.7

+1,338.4

+138.27

1941

632.7

272.3

28.0

55.4

104.8

.68.8

+704.3

155.49

1.67

.15.56

1942

547.2

194.9

14.2

126.7

96.8

.64.1

+468.6

146.61

67.15

6.09

.26.81

+180.90

1943

347.4

186.9

10.3

68.3

77.4

.34.9

+364.4

58.65

50.35

8.28

.37.58

+63.14

1944

254.5

83.5

7.4

98.5

93.3

.62.3

+91.6

40.38

7.48

8.58

.52.43

.13.16

1945

231.3

66.6

4.1

+121.2(6)

141.5

.1,253.2

.971.9

29.27

0.01

8.75

.176.30

.155.76

1939 September 3 to December 31

122.2

193.5

17.3

3.2

6.8

+60.8

+869.1(5)

1940 1st Quarter

304.3

9.0

2.2

14.2

.10.0

+286.9

2nd Quarter

414.8

11.6

17.5

18.0

.21.5

+369.4

3rd Quarter

452.0

9.7

37.8

15.9

.8.3

+399.7

4th Quarter

334.3

8.3

11.4

20.9

.27.9

+282.4

1941 1st Quarter

242.5

8.3

7.1

25.4

.27.3

+191.0

14.39

0.34

.4.04

+1001

2nd Quarter

236.5

6.1

18.5

30.8

.6.6

+186.7

23.21

0.28

.4.55

+18.37

3rd Quarter

259.5

6.4

17.9

26.8

.14.7

+206.6

55.11

0.38

.2.90

+51.83

4th Quarter

166.7

7.1

11.8

21.9

.20.1

+119.9

62.79

0.67

.4.06

+58.06

1942 1st Quarter

182.8

3.3

56.2

20.9

.20.3

+88.7

45.12

3.51

0.95

.6.15

+41.56

2nd Quarter

163.6

3.4

14.3

24.8

.28.4

+99.3

37.04

18.38

1.37

.6.32

+47.76

3rd Quarter

207.1

3.7

40.4

27.4

11.0

+132.2

33.17

18.91

1.90

.7.51

+42.67

4th Quarter

188.4

3.8

15.7

23.7

.4.6

+148.3

31.28

26.35

1.89

.6.83

+48.91

1943 1st Quarter

108.3

47.3

2.8

16.2

19.4

.5.0

+118.3

25.35

18.39

1.80

.7.60

+34.33

2nd Quarter

101.0

48.5

2.7

19.6

17.1

. 5.7

+110.3

15.42

19.99

1.92

.8.55

+24.94

3rd Quarter

66.6

49.3

2.8

17.5

19.9

.7.3

+74.0

11.24

8.80

2.28

.9.83

+7.92

4th Quarter

71.4

41.5

2.1

14.7

21.1

.17.1

+62.1

6.67

3.16

2.28

.11.60

.4.04

1944 1st Quarter

50.5

25.0

1.9

20.6

24.1

.18.1

+14.4

9.84

6.90

2.21

.13.16

+1.36

2nd Quarter

78.3

26.1

2.2

19.9

26.5

.6.6

+53.7

13.86

0.49

2.44

.15.46

.3.53

3rd Quarter

72.8

19.4

1.9

33.9

24.7

.28.2

+7.7

9.75

0.08

2.30

.11.09

.3.58

4th Quarter

52.9

13.6

1.2

24.1

18.5

. 9.5

+15.7

6.95

0.03

1.64

.12.73

.7.42

1945 1st Quarter

62.5

14.1

1.3

13.0

27.6

.10.8

+26.6

7.95

0.01

2.08

.13.73

.7.85

2nd Quarter

57.6

14.1

0.7

+103.1(6)

33.8

.38.8

+103.0

9.71

2.69

.19.43

.12.40

Source: Service Departments

(1) Excluding men and women locally enlisted abroad. Figures for the Army and A.T.S., however, include those whose documents are maintained in the United Kingdom.

(2) Excluding men serving with the Royal Navy on T.124 agreements (and variants), but including Royal Marine Police.

(3) From January 1945 including intake into the Royal Navy from Deferred List.

(4) From June 1945 including Class A and B releases.

(5) Including about 485,400 mobilized and embodied at the outbreak of war.

(6) The number of prisoners repatriated exceeded casualties.

--11--

Releases from the Armed Forces, Women's Auxiliary Services and Nursing Services(l)

TABLE 13 Number

Armed Forces

Women's Auxiliary Services

Nursing Services

Total

Class A

releases

Class B

releases

Class C

releases

Other

releases

and dis-

charges

Total

Class A

releases

Class B

releases

Class C

releases

Other

releases

and dis-

charges

Total

Class A

releases

Other

releases

and dis-

charges

1945 June 18.30

32,120

22,108

21

9,991

11,694

9,110

36

2,548

457

403

54

July

76,884

59,919

2,051

174

14,740

32,330

28,771

5

239

3,315

1,079

931

148

August

111,437

88,629

6,492

489

15,827

30,232

25,292

9

424

4,507

824

737

87

September

131,543

102,856

9,815

3,307

15,565

22,293

19,000

39

918

2,336

992

881

111

October

266,595

200,700

20,598

4,706

40,591

24,006

19.023

182

1,032

3,769

952

796

156

November

377,371

317,764

29,046

6,762

23,799

24,535

20,824

716

1,150

1,845

1,020

911

109

December

346,157

294,883

24,653

5,805

20,816

21,144

17,916

920

733

1,575

925

794

131

1946 January

422,135

381,100

25,843

3,677

11,515

30,869

28,635

583

761

890

931

844

87

February

329,665

288,202

26,921

2,520

12,022

31,886

30,328

192

523

843

985

875

110

March

335,547

289,408

34,933

2,219

8,987

32,618

30,759

270

492

1,097

1,173

1,078

95

April

255,509

210,271

32,243

1,396

11,599

21,734

20,441

445

389

459

938

876

62

May

254,712

224,589

20,586

1,271

8,266

23,378

22,155

180

358

685

931

852

79

June

218,559

201,780

10,207

732

5,840

21,128

20,325

90

276

437

1,036

967

69

July

174,259

156,711

11,029

600

5,919

14,960

14,281

87

265

327

747

664

83

August

132,827

120,942

6,516

351

5,018

10,568

9,802

82

193

491

650

573

77

September

145,235

135,779

5,009

239

4,208

10,678

9,837

96

238

507

549

466

83

October

108,573

98,827

3,579

281

5,886

9,333

8,007

67

194

1,065

856

776

80

November

88,454

82,344

1,597

283

4,230

7,603

6,924

32

179

468

818

757

61

December

79,740

75,195

883

309

3,353

6,011

5,599

31

142

239

670

633

37

1947 January

41,951

36,250

764

545

4,392

4,039

3,336

14

142

547

423

345

78

February

33,545

29,372

386

662

3,125

3,246

2,731

12

159

344

257

211

46

March

47,483

43,495

361

626

3,001

3,649

3,226

10

166

247

389

311

78

April

51,938

46,473

1,400

300

3,765

3,786

3,192

12

152

430

374

339

35

May

63,657

56,721

2,146

251

4,539

3,793

3,228

10

123

432

299

267

32

June

57,779

51,787

1,730

302

3,960

3,472

3,009

16

73

374

231

197

34

July

55,316

48,808

1,545

358

4,605

4,259

3,637

10

105

507

272

219

53

August

37.870

32,828

1,144

211

3,687

4,465

4,005

7

122

331

183

153

30

September

39,415

33,404

1,593

225

4,193

3,884

3,347

14

114

409

142

112

30

October

52,295

46,930

848

265

4,252

3,750

3,258

11

99

382

224

207

17

November

53,163

48,622

647

163

3,731

2,824

2,485

7

74

258

161

140

21

December

57,236

53,261

425

120

3,430

2,476

2,272

2

25

177

168

140

28

Source: Service Departments

(1) Excluding releases for a temporary period, but including those released locally abroad or 

repatriated from the United Kingdom.

--12--

Casualties suffered during the war by the Armed Forces, Auxiliary Services and Merchant Navy(1) TABLE 14 Number

Total

War against Germany

War against Japan

Total

Killed

Missing

(2)

Wounded

Prisoners of

war

Killed

Missing

Wounded

Prisoners of war

Killed

Missing

Wounded

Prisoners of war

Armed Forces(3)

Total

755,439

264,443

41,327

277,077

172,592

234,475

35,075

260,548

135,009

29,968

6,252

16,529

37,583

Royal Navy.......

73,642

50,758

820

14,663

7,401

46,911

416

14,360

5,518

3,847

404

303

1,883

Army

569,501

144,079

33,771

239,575

152,076

121,484

29,255

224,427

119,764

22,595

4,516

15,148

32,312

Royal Air Force

112,296

69,606

6,736

22,839

13,115

66,080

5,404

21,761

9,727

3,526

1,332

1,078

3,388

Women's Auxiliary

Services

Total

1,486

624

98

744

20

Women's Royal

Naval Service

124

102

22

Auxiliary Territorial Service(4)

751

335

94

302

20

Women's Auxiliary

Air Force.......

611

187

4

420

Merchant Navy .......

45,329

30,248

4,654

4,707

5,720

28,748

30

4,467

4,675

1,500

4,624

240

1,045

Source: Service Departments

(1) From 3 September 1939 to 14 August 1945 as reported to 28 February 1946. 

(2) Including 6,244 still missing at 28 February 1946 and 39,835 who rejoined their units.

(3) Including men from overseas serving in the United Kingdom forces, in particular from Newfoundland and Southern Rhodesia.

(4) Including Army Nursing Services.

Strength of the Home Guard and Royal Observer Corps

TABLE 15

Thousands

Home Guard

Royal Observer Corps

Men

Women

Total

Full-time(1)

Part-Time(1)

Men

Women

Men

Women

1940 June

1,456

27.9

2.3

25.6

1941 June

1,603

33.2

4 0

29.3

December

1,530

34.8

4.4

30.0

0.4

1942 June

1,565

34 0

5.1

0.2

28.0

0.8

December

1,741

32.4

5.5

0.4

25.6

0.9

1943 March

1,793

32.8

5.7

0.7

25.2

1.1

June

1,784

4

32.9

5.9

1.0

24.8

1.2

September

1,769

16

32.9

6.2

1.4

24.1

1.3

December

1,754

22

33.0

6.4

2.1

23.2

1.3

1944 March

1,739

28

32.8

6.5

2.5

22.4

1.4

June

1,727

31

32.7

6.4

2.6

22.1

1.5

September

1,698

32

32.5

6.4

2.8

21.9

1.5

December

1,685

32.2

6.4

2.9

21.4

1.4

1945 March

32.1

6.5

3.0

21.2

1.4

June

8.7

5.7

2.1

0.9

(1) Figures before 1942 are estimated.

Source: War Office and Air Ministry

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Numbers employed in the Civil Defence services

Great Britain

TABLE 16 Thousands

Whole-time

Part-Time

A.R.P. Services(1)

National Fire Service(2)

Casualty

Services(3)

A.R.P.

Services(1)

National Fire

Service(2)

Casualty

Services(3)

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

1940 March..........

117.5

15.9

72.9

5.4

17.0

31.6

153.9

7.6

41.9

125.0

June

108.7

14.9

72.2

4.7

14.9

33.0

719.4

136.9

161.6

8.9

46.7

134.2

September

112.0

14.9

82.1

4.2

15.2

35.0

774.0

153.0

168.0

9.0

51.2

137.0

December

112.3

15.2

88.0

5.4

15.1

35.4

774.7

149.9

163.4

8.9

49.8

129.1

1941 March

112.0

15.8

92.5

4.5

14.9

35.3

778.4

152.2

168.1

9.8

48.0

122.8

June

110.1

16.8

96.8

5.4

14.5

36.0

759.2

148.3

159.4

10.0

47.2

122.2

September

109.0

17.5

13.6

37.2

734.7

140.6

45.6

117.7

December

107.1

19.1

106.8

19.7

13.4

37.9

668.0(4)

127.2(4)

136.5

8.2

42.9

107.6

1942 March

99.7

19.4

108.6

26.0

11.8

36.1

710.8

127.2

122.1

9.6

39.8

97.1

June

88.7

17.6

107.7

28.5

9.3

30.7

739.6

137.3

129.9

11.1

39.7

95.2

September

78.9

14.9

101.8

30.4

8.2

26.2

746.2

148.1

141.1

18.6

41.2

101.9

December

74.4

13.5

98.0

31.9

7.5

24.8

777.4

165.5

176.6

33.1

44.5

114.2

1943 March

69.6

12.4

95.5

32.2

7.2

23.2

782.5

165.3

200.3

42.6

48.2

120.3

June

66.5

11.7

93.8

30.7

7.1

21.8

773.4

167.1

214.8

47.0

47.5

116.6

September

62.2

11.0

92.6

29.4

6.9

20.3

797.9

175.7

224.5

51.1

49.0

117.7

December

59.6

10.4

90.6

27.3

6.7

19.3

799.3

177.4

233.2

53.8

49.0

116.2

1944 March

57.7

10.2

88.6

25.7

6.6

18.7

802.5

178.4

234.9

53.6

49.4

115.0

June

56.9

10.0

86.6

24.1

7.1

17.8

799.4

179.8

231.9

54.6

49.8

114.2

September

54.3

9.5

84.4

22.2

6.5

17.8

791.7

177.4

228.5

53.0

48.9

112.6

December

28.5

5 0

71.7

20.0

4.1

9.6

651.8

150.8

160.4

46.3

37.8

81.9

1945 March

24.8

4.4

57.9

15.1

3.4

7.7

622.7

142.3

136.6

35.7

29.3

63.0

June

46.2

10.6

102.9

25.2

September

36.5

5.5

47.6

9.8

Source: Home Office

(1) Civil Defence (General) Services: wardens, rescue and first-aid parties, report and control centres,

messengers.

(2) Until September 1941 regular fire brigades and Auxiliary Fire Service. Including Works Brigades.

Emergency ambulance service and first-aid post service. (3) Excluding non.effective previously included. They numbered 37.3 thousand males and 11.9 thousand females in December 1941.

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Numbers employed in the Police services Great Britain

TABLE 17

Thousands

Whole-time

Part-Time

Regular

Auxiliary (1)

Auxiliary (2)

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

1939 September

68.4

0.3

36.1(3)

0.1

180.2

December

65.4

0.3

34.4

0.1

1940 March

64.6

0.3

33.8

0.1

0.5

June

64.4

0.3

31.9

0.2

159.3

0.6

September

64 0

0.3

35.6

0.2

160.5

0.7

December

64.1

0.3

36.3

0.3

159.0

0.8

1941 March

64.5

0.3

37.5

0.3

158.1

0.7

June

64.4

0.4

38.2

0.3

156.2

0.7

September

62.8

0.4

39.5

0.8

160.4

0.9

December

62.0

0.4

39.1

2.2

145.5

1.2

1942 March

61.3

0.4

38.5

2.7

145.1

1.2

June

60.4

0.4

36.8

3.6

145.3

1.6

September

56.1

0.4

36.4

4.5

147.0

1.8

December

54.6

0.4

36.0

4.8

147.7

1.9

1943 March

53.8

0.4

35.1

5.0

146.0

1.9

June

51.6

0.4

34.1

5.0

145.0

1.9

September

50 0

0.4

33.1

4.9

143.3

1.9

December

48.8

0.4

28.1

4.8

142.3

1.9

1944 March

49.6

0.4

26.8

4.7

141.1

2.0

June

48.9

0.4

25.3

4.6

138.9

1.9

September

48.3

0.4

23.5

4.5

137.2

1.8

December

47.9

0.4

21.1

4.3

132.1

1.8

1945 March

47.4

0.4

19.8

4.2

122.3

1.7

June

46.8

0.4

18.6

4.0

103.6

1.3

September

49.6

0.5

16.8

3.7

52.7

0.6

Source: Home Office and Scottish Home Department

(1) Police War Reserve, First Police Reserve, special constables, and Women's Auxiliary Police  Corps, but excluding civilian employees. From September 1941 the Police Auxiliary Messenger  Service is included.

(2) Special constables and Women's Auxiliary Police Corps, but excluding civilian employees. From September 1941 the Police Auxiliary Messenger Service is included. From September 1939 to September 1941 the figures relate to persons enrolled for employment.

(3) This figure does not include whole-time special constables.

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Numbers employed in agriculture Great Britain

TABLE 18 Thousands

All workers (1)

Regular workers(2)

Casual workers

Women's Land Army(3)

Total

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

1939 June

711

618

93

546

55

72

39

1940 June

712

602

110

530

58

72

52

8.8

December

669

591

79

514

46

76

32

8.8

1941 June

759

619

141

531

71

88

69

15.9

December

729

598

131

504

72

94

59

23.5

1942 June

824

627

197

530

110

97

87

44.4

December

789

614

175

516

104

98

71

59.0

1943 June

843

621

223

517

128

104

95

77.7

December

805

619

186

514

121

105

66

80.3

1944 June

863

647

216

522

95

100

73

78.0

December

835

652

182

514

83

91

54

71.6

1945 June

887

683

204

521

90

104

71

65.3

Source: Agricultural Departments

(1) Workers on holdings of more than one acre. Excluding the occupier, his wife and domestic 

servants, but including relatives of the occupier (or of his wife) who work on the holding, members of the Women's Land Army, members of H.M. Forces, prisoners of war, etc., but not school children.

(2) Including before June 1944, in the case of England and Wales, and December 1945 in the case of Scotland, prisoners of war and members of the Women's Land Army employed as regular workers but not then returned separately. For subsequent dates they are included only in the figures for all workers.

(3) The figures include all those in full-time employment in agricultural, horticultural and timber work.

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Numbers employed in engineering and metals (1), explosives and chemicals and shipbuilding industries(2). Great Britain

TABLE 19

Thousands

Total numbers employed

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders for export

Orders for home market

Total

Males

Females

Total

Orders for Admiralty

Orders for Ministry of Supply

Orders for Ministry of

Aircraft Production

1939 June

2,742.0

2,254.0

488.0

1940 June

3,170.1

2,523.6

646.5

2,099.8

259.2

811.1

September

3,339.8

2,616.2

723.6

2,371.5

225.9

742.4

December

3,461.4

2,699.1

762.3

2,554.8

619.7

937.3

997.8

199.0

707.6

1941 March

3,651.6

2,744.7

906.9

2,734.2

619.9

1,021.7

1,092.6

191.8

725.6

June

3,852.7

2,789.4

1,063.3

2,979.2

642.4

1,168.9

1,167.9

166.9

706.6

September

4,003.3

2,832.7

1,170.6

3,154.1

656.8

1,284.5

1,212.8

156.6

692.6

December

4,260.7

2,900.8

1,359.9

3,397.0

676.4

1,433.9

1,286.7

136.7

727.0

1942 March

4,438.5

2,930.4

1,508.1

3,590.0

685.8

1,540.0

1,364.2

125.2

723.3

June

4,589.5

2,949.2

1,640.3

3,772.1

704.7

1,629.2

1,438.2

110.3

707.1

September

4,712.5

2,991.9

1,720.6

3,893.1

728.9

1,658.7

1,505.5

98.6

720.8

December

4,809.9

3,006.4

1,803.5

3,982.9

741.9

1,686.0

1,555.0

92.1

734.9

1943 March

4,839.8

3,004.6

1,835.2

4,020.0

766.0

1,670.3

1,583.7

84.6

735.2

June

4,847.8

2,992.2

1,855.6

4,019.6

786.8

1,627.7

1,605.1

85.5

742.7

September

4,820.4

2,975.9

1,844.5

3,997.5

805.3

1,536.9

1,655.3

86.5

736.4

December

4,799.1

2,959.9

1,839.2

3,977.6

806.5

1,459.5

1,711.6

86.8

734.7

1944 March

4,736.0

2,928.5

1,807.5

3,915.4

806.1

1,422.2

1,687.1

88.4

732.2

June

4,642.6

2,877.7

1,764.9

3,810.4

793.2

1,377.6

1,639.6

87.6

744.6

September

4,536.1

2,832.3

1,703.8

3,709.6

780.3

1,338.7

1,590.6

91.6

734.9

December

4,362.4

2,761.2

1,601.2

3,503.6

756.1

1,277.0

1,470.5

104.8

754.0

1945 March

4,208.0

2,694.2

1,513.8

3,301.4

720.1

1,250.5

1,330.8

122.0

784.6

JUne

3,998.6

2,601.4

1,397.2

2,953.8

667.7

1,156.1

1,130.0

154.9

889.9

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) Excluding iron and steel manufacture and the tinplate, tube and wire industries. 

(2) Males under 65 and females under 60, but excluding non-manual workers earning 

over £420 per annum. Part-Time female workers are included, two being counted

as one unit.

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Numbers employed in the explosives, chemicals, paints, oils, etc., industries (1)

Great Britain

TABLE 20

Thousands

Total numbers employed

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

Total

Males

Females

Total

Orders for Admiralty

Orders for Ministry of Supply

Orders for Ministry of Aircraft Production

1939 June

284.4

210.5

73.9

1940 June

339.9

236.9

103.0

156.6

43.5

139.8

September

362.4

240.7

121.7

175.7

37.8

148.9

December

394.9

257.2

137.7

224.8

26.8

173.2

24.8

34.7

135.4

1941 March

432.4

268.4

164.0

254.2

31.6

196.9

25.7

40.2

138.0

June

477.7

269.8

207.9

312.9

25.0

256.2

31.7

30.6

134.2

September

516.9

275.7

241.2

365.0

28.2

315.6

21.2

29.7

122.2

December

559.5

282.6

276.9

401.0

31.3

342.4

27.3

27.3

131.2

1942 March

598.3

287.5

310.8

436.5

35.1

372.9

28.5

25.7

136.1

June

610.2

288.8

321.4

453.7

33.2

394.9

25.6

23.5

133.0

September

605.4

286.1

319.3

449.2

37.1

381.6

30.5

21.5

134.7

December

600.5

283.8

316.7

436.5

37.0

371.1

28.4

20.4

143.6

1943 March

586.1

281.6

304.5

420.9

38.2

351.6

31.1

17.5

147.7

June

565.3

272.9

292.4

398.8

38.8

328.7

31.3

19.2

147.3

September

548.1

267.5

280.6

383.1

39.6

312.6

30.9

19.2

145.8

December

529.7

260.6

269.1

366.4

40.2

292.8

33.4

19.3

144.0

1944 March

515.2

256.6

258.6

351.8

39.0

278.4

34.4

19.0

144.4

June

506.3

256.3

250.0

344.4

39.5

269.0

35.9

19.7

142.2

September

493.0

253.7

239.3

333.5

39.3

260.2

34.0

19.0

140.5

December

465.6

246.0

219.6

307.1

38.2

238.7

30.2

20.1

138.4

1945 March

457.2

248.1

209.1

298.0

36.7

233.5

27.8

21.9

137.3

June

438.1

240.4

197.7

264.0

34.1

207.1

22.8

26.0

148.1

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

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Numbers employed in shipbuilding and ship repairing(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 21

Thousands

Total

Naval vessels

Merchant vessels

Total

H.M.

dockyards

Private yards

Total

New work

Repairs and conversions

New work

Repairs and conversions

1939 June

144.7

1940 June

203.1

130.3

26.4

62.4

41.5

72.8

28.8

44.0

September

208.6

131.3

28.6

65.8

36.9

77.3

28.1

49.2

December......

215.5

135.2

29.5

68.5

37.2

80.3

30.6

49.7

1941 March

221.7

139.8

30.0

67.1

42.7

81.9

31.6

50.3

June

232.4

141.9

30.1

73.0

38.8

90.5

36.0

54.5

September......

234.9

141.9

30.1

74.3

37.5

93.0

36.6

56.4

December ......

239.5

146.3

33.5

75.1

37.7

93.2

35.9

57.3

1942 March

244.3

148.6

34.9

75.3

38.4

95.7

37.2

58.5

June

249.3

153.6

35.4

78.2

40.0

95.7

38.2

57.5

September......

257.7

158.7

36.2

81.4

41.1

99.0

40.5

58.5

December ......

260.5

158.3

36.1

81.6

40.6

102.2

43.1

59.1

1943 March ........

265.1

163.3

36.3

83.0

44.0

101.8

42.8

59.0

June

272.3

167.5

36.7

87.5

43.3

104.8

42.0

62.8

September......

272.5

170.1

36.7

89.3

44.1

102.4

42.9

59.5

December ......

272.3

168.5

37.8

88.0

42.7

103.8

42.2

61.6

1944 March

271.7

169.7

37.5

87.7

44.5

102.0

40.7

61.3

June

271.1

164.6

37.4

88.3

38.9

106.5

41.3

65.2

September......

265.5

168.8

37.4

86.2

45.2

96.7

41.0

55.7

December

260.6

167.5

37.1

82.7

47.7

93.1

40.0

53.1

1945 March ........

258.7

161.4

36.7

77.0

47.7

97.3

41.6

55.7

June

252.3

148.4

35.7

73.9

38.8

103.9

42.5

61.4

Source: Admiralty and Ministry of Labour

and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

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Numbers employed in engineering and allied industries(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 22 Thousands

Total numbers employed

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Manufacture of equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders for export

Orders for home market

Total

Orders for Admiralty

Orders for Ministry of Supply

Orders for Ministry of

Aircraft Production

1939 June

2,312.9

1,901.7

411.2

1940 June

2,627.1

2,087.4

539.7

1,812.9

215.7

598.5

September......

2,768.8

2,171.6

597.2

2,064.5

188.1

516.2

December

2,851.0

2,232.4

618.6

2,194.8

457.7

764.1

973.0

164.3

491.9

1941 March

2,997.5

2,260.8

736.7

2,340.2

448.5

824.8

1,066.9

151.6

505.7

June

3,142.6

2,294.0

848.6

2,524.4

475.5

912.7

1,136.2

136.3

481.9

September

3,251.5

2,330.0

921.5

2,647.2

486.7

968.9

1,191.6

126.9

477.4

December......

3,461.7

2,388.6

1,073.1

2,849.7

498.8

1,091.5

1,259.4

109.4

502.6

1942 March

3,595.9

2,410.8

1,185.1

3,004.9

502.1

1,167.1

1,335.7

99.5

491.5

June

3,730.0

2,425.5

1,304.5

3,164.8

517.9

1,234.3

1,412.6

86.8

478.4

September

3,849.4

2,464.8

1,384.6

3,285.2

533.1

1,277.1

1,475.0

77.1

487.1

December......

3,948.9

2,482.5

1,466.4

3,388.1

546.6

1,314.9

1,526.6

71.7

489.1

1943 March

3,988.6

2,480.4

1,508.2

3,435.8

564.5

1,318.7

1,552.6

67.1

485.7

June

4,010.2

2,472.6

1,537.6

3,453.3

580.5

1,299.0

1,573.8

66.3

490.6

September

3,999.8

2,461.6

1,538.2

3,444.3

595.6

1,224.3

1,624.4

67.3

488.2

December

3,997.1

2,453.2

1,543.9

3,442.7

597.8

1,166.7

1,678.2

67.5

486.9

1944 March

3,949.1

2,427.1

1,522.0

3,393.9

597.4

1,143.8

1,652.7

69.4

485.8

June

3,865.2

2,377.8

1,487.4

3,301.4

589.1

1,108.6

1,603.7

67.9

495.9

September

3,777.6

2,339.0

1,438.6

3,207.3

572.2

1,078.5

1,556.6

72.6

497.7

December......

3,636.2

2,278.3

1,357.9

3,029.0

550.4

1,038.3

1,440.3

84.7

522.5

1945 March

3,492.1

2,209.7

1,282.4

2,842.0

522.0

1,017.0

1,303.0

100.1

550.0

June

3,308.2

2,130.6

1,177.6

2,541.4

485.2

949.0

1,107.2

128.9

637.9

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19. The industries included are those shown in detail in Table 23. Source: Ministry of Labour and

National Service

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Numbers employed in engineering and metals industries (1)

Great Britain

TABLE 23

Thousands

Engineering, boilermaking, etc.

(including marine engineering)

Motor vehicles, cycle and aircraft manufacture and repair

Construction and repair of railway and other carriages, etc.

Bolts, nuts, screws, hand tools, cutlery, brass and allied metal ware and miscellaneous metal goods

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

1939 June

939.8

841.5

98.3

473.3

428.1

45.2

65.6

62.3

3.3

378.1

241.3

136.8

1940 June

1,114.5

967.4

147.1

561.9

489.0

72.9

61.8

58.2

3.6

406.5

246.7

159.8

September

1,193.1

1,016.0

177.1

626.4

531.5

94.9

57.6

53.9

3.7

408.7

250.0

158.7

December

1,237.9

1,045.8

192.1

676.9

563.7

113.2

56.1

52.5

3.6

396.7

249.1

147.6

1941 March

1,277.8

1,035.6

242.2

756.4

603.0

153.4

56.7

52.2

4.5

412.6

251.0

161.6

June

1,381.3

1,083.0

298.3

780.1

600.8

179.3

59.6

53.8

5.8

419.2

243.9

175.3

September

1,441.3

1,099.9

341.4

814.3

609.9

204.4

60.1

53.6

6.5

425.0

248.2

176.8

December

1,540.6

1,122.1

418.5

899.8

647.1

252.7

58.5

50.9

7.6

435.5

248.1

187.4

1942 March

1,615.7

1,134.5

481.2

946.4

657.9

288.5

59.4

50.9

8.5

440.0

250.5

189.5

June

1,685.0

1,147.3

537.7

995.2

677.9

317.3

59.5

50.7

8.8

448.0

242.2

205.8

September

1,735.3

1,165.4

569.9

1,044.3

696.5

347.8

59.9

50.4

9.5

448.6

240.0

208.6

December

1,787.0

1,178.4

608.6

1,080.2

703.3

376.9

59.8

50.3

9.5

449.9

237.7

212.2

1943 March

1,799.9

1,174.5

625.4

1,101.7

708.2

393.5

59.1

49.5

9.6

448.4

235.5

212.9

June

1,790.9

1,159.7

631.2

1,121.8

711.7

410.1

59.1

49.5

9.6

447.8

233.7

214.1

September

1,776.7

1,150.7

626.0

1,128.2

713.9

414.3

60.7

50.7

10.0

446.4

233.4

213.0

December

1,760.3

1,136.3

624.0

1,140.2

722.5

417.7

61.0

50.7

10.3

445.9

232.9

213.0

1944 March

1,730.3

1,124.3

606.0

1,129 1

714.6

414.5

61.2

51.0

10.2

445.0

232.1

212.9

June

1,673.3

1,091.6

581.7

1,116.9

709.2

407.7

61.2

51.2

10.0

440.4

229.5

210.9

September

1,630.4

1,070.1

560.3

1,093.8

700.4

393.4

61.1

51.3

9.8

430.8

226.0

204.8

December

1,568.0

1,045.6

522.4

1,031.6

673.1

358.5

60.7

51.4

9.3

422.9

223.2

199.7

1945 March

1,508.4

1,017.2

491.2

964.3

640.7

323.6

60.8

51.6

9.2

415.3

219.5

195.8

June

1,438.0

989.8

448.2

876.2

597.2

279.0

61.2

52.0

9.2

405.7

215.9

189.8

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19. 

21

Numbers employed in engineering and metals industries(1) (continued)

Great Britain

TABLE 23 (continued)

Thousands

General iron founding, heating and ventilating apparatus

Electric cables, apparatus, etc.

Scientific instruments, watches, clocks, plate, jewellery, etc.

Non-ferrous metal manufacture

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

1939 June

117.3

106.1

11.2

195.9

116.4

79.5

87.0

54.8

32.2

55.9

51.2

4.7

1940 June

98.6

86.6

12.0

222.7

122.9

99.8

92.6

55.0

37.6

68.5

61.6

6.9

September

91.3

78.7

12.6

227.2

123.1

104.1

93.3

55.1

38.2

71.2

63.3

7.9

December

89.5

77.0

12.5

227.4

123.1

104.3

92.5

56.2

36.3

74.0

65.0

9.0

1941 March

88.6

75.6

13.0

233.7

120.4

113.3

95.2

56.3

38.9

76.5

66.7

9.8

June

89.4

75.2

14.2

237.3

117.1

120.2

98.0

56.1

41.9

81.7

68.1

13.6

September

89.0

77.0

12.0

242.1

114.8

127.3

98.2

61.4

36.8

85.5

69.2

16.3

December

88.5

74.2

14.3

254.5

115.4

139.1

98.4

61.3

37.1

85.9

69.5

16.4

1942 March

88.2

73.1

15.1

257.1

113.7

143.4

98.6

60.3

38.3

90.5

69.9

20.6

June

87.8

68.3

19.5

261.4

114.7

146.7

98.7

53.2

45.5

94.4

71.2

23.2

September

93.0

68.4

24.6

270.2

117.4

152.8

98.5

52.4

46.1

99.6

74.3

25.3

December

89.7

66.8

22.9

280.5

118.8

161.7

97.8

51.1

46.7

104.0

76.1

27.9

1943 March

89.4

65.6

23.8

285.4

118.8

166.6

98.0

50.5

47.5

106.7

77.8

28.9

June

85.8

64.6

21.2

291.0

118.8

172.2

99.4

51.3

48.1

114.4

83.3

31.1

September

82.1

61.8

20.3

293.1

117.8

175.3

99.3

51.0

48.3

113.3

82.3

31.0

December

81.4

61.4

20.0

296.5

116.9

179.6

98.8

50.4

48.4

113.0

82.1

30.9

1944 March

80.3

60.6

19.7

295.6

115.7

179.9

97.2

48.9

48.3

110.4

79.9

30.5

June

74.8

56.3

18.5

295.0

114.7

180.3

96.9

48.6

48.3

106.7

76.7

30.0

September

74.7

56.3

18.4

290.4

114.0

176.4

95.6

48.0

47.6

100.8

72.9

27.9

December

74.6

56.2

18.4

292.0

114.0

178.0

94.4

47.2

47.2

92.0

67.6

24.4

1945 March

74.6

56.2

18.4

289.3

113.5

175.8

93.1

46.6

46.5

86.3

64.4

21.9

June

72.2

55.1

17.1

279.9

112.2

167.7

91.0

45.4

45.6

84.0

63.0

21.0

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

22

TABLE 24

Numbers employed in the iron and steel industry(1)

Great Britain

Thousands

Total numbers employed

Numbers employed in

Total

Males

Females

Pig iron production

Steel melting, iron

and steel rolling, etc.

Tin plate production

Iron and steel tube manufacture

Wire, wire netting and

ropes manufacture

1939 June

259.1

246.1

13.0

15.5

160.0

25.1

31.7

26.8

1940 June

273.3

255.0

18.3

16.7

167.3

24.3

33.8

31.2

1941 June

299.9

267.1

32.8

17.6

193.9

16.7

37.2

34.5

1942 June

318.8

258.4

60.4

17.3

207.4

16.3

39.9

37.9

1943 June

303.9

239.7

64.2

17.4

195.4

13.8

41.3

36.0

1944 June

292.3

230.6

61.7

17.9

189.1

12.3

39.1

33.9

1945 June

267.7

216.8

50.9

15.9

174.8

12.4

34.7

29.9

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

Source : Ministry of Labour and National Service

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Numbers employed in the textile industries(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 25

Thousands

All textile industries

Cotton spinning and weaving

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

987.9

388.3

599.6

339.9

119.2

220.7

1940 June

1,040.9

378.3

662.6

363.8

115.7

248.1

December

970.0

346.8

623.2

339.2

107.4

231.8

1941 June

855.0

298.3

556.7

276.1

84.4

191.7

December

752.4

258.8

493.6

254.6

166.2

331.6

237.3

71.6

165.7

83.2

57.6

96.5

1942 June

708.2

243.0

465.2

276.2

112.0

320.0

233.8

70.5

163.3

89.2

44.0

100.6

December

677.4

230.2

447.2

276.3

90.0

311.1

231.0

68.8

162.2

90.3

37.7

103.0

1943 June

654.1

219.8

434.3

270.7

87.1

296.3

227.3

65.8

161.5

83.9

40.9

102.5

December

636.1

216.0

420.1

270.9

86.5

278.7

223.5

65.4

158.1

76.2

46.4

100.9

1944 June

622.4

210.3

412.1

273.5

92.1

256.8

220.1

63.6

156.5

81.7

45.5

92.9

December

615.4

209.9

405.5

273.9

93.4

248.1

214.9

63.4

151.5

78.9

45.5

90.5

1945 June

619.2

210.3

408.9

224.6

111.0

283.6

212.9

62.7

150.2

56.4

52.6

103.9

TABLE 25 (continued)

Thousands

Woollen and worsted

Silk and rayon

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for home market

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

207.6

90.3

117.3

72.2

34.6

37.6

1940 June

222.3

89.6

132.7

75.7

35.7

40.0

December

212.1

84.5

127.6

107.0

40.7

64.4

65.7

29.8

35.9

13.0

21.2

31.5

1941 June

195.3

76.5

118.8

80.2

45.3

69.8

58.6

24.8

33.8

10.2

23.5

24.9

December

176.1

67.6

108.5

66.7

40.2

69.2

52.7

22.2

30.5

8.1

20.5

24.1

1942 June

162.1

63.4

98.7

70.4

23.0

68.7

50.0

21.0

29.0

14.2

13.2

22.6

December

152.3

60.0

92.3

62.6

20.9

68.8

47.5

20.0

27.5

19.6

8.7

19.2

1943 June

143.5

56.4

87.1

62.1

17.7

63.7

45.9

19.2

26.7

19.4

7.7

18.8

December

136.0

54.1

81.9

61.6

14.3

60.1

45.4

19.3

26.1

20.1

7.9

17.4

1944 June

129.1

51.1

78.0

55.0

16.5

57.6

44.1

19.0

25.1

22.2

8.7

13.2

December

127.5

50.6

76.9

56.8

16.2

54.5

44.7

19.4

25.3

23.0

8.9

12.8

1945 June

129.8

50.1

79.7

50.3

20.3

59.2

45.9

19.9

26.0

21.2

10.1

14.6

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19. 

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Numbers employed in the textile industries (1)(continued)

Great Britain

TABLE 25 (continued)

Thousands

Hosiery and lace

Linen, jute, hemp, etc.

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

139.3

34.2

105.1

55.4

20.7

34.7

1940 June

136.9

31.8

105.1

61.1

20.4

40.7

December

123.4

27.5

95.9

23.5

14.5

85.4

55.6

18.2

37.4

19.9

7.7

28.0

1941 June

110.9

24.9

86.0

18.0

11.3

81.6

49.9

15.7

34.2

18.7

6.6

24.6

December

92.6

21.2

71.4

14.9

11.6

66.1

47.9

14.1

33.8

19.8

5.1

23.0

1942 June

81.4

18.1

63.3

17.7

7.6

56.1

48.3

13.8

34.5

22.9

3.9

21.5

December

77.6

16.1

61.5

19.6

3.9

54.1

46.3

13.4

32.9

23.9

3.l

19.3

1943 June

74.3

15.4

58.9

17.0

3.2

54.1

42.9

12.6

30.3

25.3

2.8

14.8

December.....

69.1

14.5

54.6

15.2

3.l

50.8

42.0

12.5

29.5

27.3

2.7

12.0

1944 June

67.9

14.3

53.6

17.8

5.1

45.0

41.5

12.3

29.2

26.4

2.8

12.3

December.....

68.2

14.4

53.8

18.7

5.4

44.1

39.9

11.8

28.1

25.2

2.5

12.2

1945 June

69.6

14.7

54.9

14.9

5.5

49.2

39.7

11.8

27.9

20.1

4.3

15.3

TABLE 25 (continued) Thousands

Textile bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing

Other textile industries

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

79.6

56.7

22.9

93.9

32.6

61.3

1940 June

80.0

55.0

25.0

101.1

30.1

71.0

December

75.2

50.4

24.8

23.6

25.3

26.3

98.8

29.0

69.8

44.6

12.5

41.7

1941 June

71.1

46.8

24.3

22.5

25.8

22.8

93.1

25.2

67.9

44.5

11.2

37.4

December

63.2

40.5

22.7

21.8

21.7

19.7

82.6

21.6

61.0

40.1

9.5

33.0

1942 June

57.2

36.8

20.4

22.0

13.9

21.3

75.4

19.4

56.0

39.8

6.4

29.2

December.....

53.5

33.9

19.6

19.6

11.6

22.3

69.2

18.0

51.2

40.7

4.1

24.4

1943 June

51.7

32.6

19.1

21.1

10.7

19.9

68.5

17.8

50.7

41.9

4.1

22.5

December

51.8

32.5

19.3

23.9

9.5

18.4

68.3

17.7

50.6

46.6

2.6

19.1

1944 June

51.8

32.4

19.4

24.2

10.6

17.0

67.9

17.6

50.3

46.2

2.9

18.8

December.....

52.0

32.3

19.7

24.6

11.7

15.7

68.2

18.0

50.2

46.7

3.2

18.3

1945 June

52.2

32.0

20.2

21.1

12.6

18.5

69.1

19.1

50.0

40.6

5.6

22.9

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

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Numbers employed in certain clothing industries(1) Great Britain

TABLE 26

Thousands

Tailoring

Hats and caps

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders.

for export

Orders

for home market

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

234.6

66.6

168.0

29.6

11.1

18.5

1940 June

243.3

54.8

188.5

23.7

8.2

15.5

December

238.7

50.7

188.0

22.3

7.1

15.2

4.9

3.6

14.4

1941 June

242.0

49.3

192.7

128.2

2.8

111.0

23.2

7.0

16.2

4.4

1.9

16.9

December

208.0

43.8

164.2

20.4

5.9

14.5

3.l

3.0

14.3

1942 June

194.6

41.4

153.2

19.1

5.6

13.5

5.1

2.9

11.1

December

190.7

40.3

150.4

15.0

4.5

10.5

4.1

1.4

9.5

1943 June

178.1

38.0

140.1

49.5

1.5

127.1

12.7

3.8

8.9

3.3

0.7

8.7

December

165.0

36.3

128.7

11.6

3.3

8.3

4.7

1.1

5.8

1944 June

158.5

34.9

123.6

60.3

2.7

95.5

11.4

3.3

8.1

4.3

1.5

5.6

December

158.2

31.2

127.0

65.0

2.1

91.1

11.5

3.3

8.2

4.9

1.3

5.3

1945 June

172.2

37.4

134.8

45.0

2.1

125.1

12.7

3.7

9.0

5.1

2.1

5.5

TABLE 26 (continued) Thousands

Shirts, collars, etc.

Boots and shoes, etc.

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of

equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

Manufacture of equipment and supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders

for home market

1939 June

93.5

101

83.4

135.0

78.4

56.6

1940 June

91.5

8.9

82.6

132.9

73.6

59.3

December

83.1

8.9

74.2

28.2

4.6

50.9

129.8

69.6

60.2

23.6

6.9

99.3

1941 June

77.7

6.8

70.9

26.8

2.3

48.6

127.8

65.0

62.8

27.0

3.2

97.6

December

66.4

5.3

61.1

19.5

3.0

43.9

118.9

58.2

60.7

22.1

4.1

92.7

1942 June

58.4

5.1

53.3

16.6

3.7

38.1

107.0

54.3

52.7

22.5

3.1

81.4

December

56.8

4.9

51.9

15.2

1.4

40.2

99.9

52.2

47.7

22.1

1.8

76.0

1943 June

55.1

4.7

50.4

10.6

0.9

43.6

96.3

51.1

45.2

19.1

0.9

76.3

December

52.1

4.5

47.6

12.0

0.9

39.2

93.7

50.2

43.5

15.8

1.0

76.9

1944 June

49.6

4.4

45.2

12.7

1.0

35.9

92.2

49.5

42.7

16.8

1.0

74.4

December

47.7

4.2

43.5

12.3

1.0

34.4

91.9

49.1

42.8

17.8

0.9

73.2

1945 June

52.5

4.2

48.3

11.1

1.4

40.0

95.3

51.1

44.2

14.0

1.0

80.3

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (a) to Table 19.

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Numbers employed in woodworking and furniture industries(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 27

Thousands

Sawmilling and machined woodwork, wooden box and packing-case making and other woodworking

Furniture, upholstery, etc.

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

Manufacture of

supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

1939 June

101.6

90.0

11.6

138.4

111.5

26.9

1940 June

88.3

75.4

12.9

107.7

81.1

26.6

December

86.6

74.7

11.9

37.3

10.1

39.2

93.7

67.8

25.9

30.4

3.0

60.3

1941 June

91.4

74.0

17.4

47.9

9.7

33.8

78.2

52.8

25.4

30.8

1.5

45.9

December

97.1

73.5

23.6

52.4

8.2

36.5

72.9

46.8

26.1

30.6

0.7

41.6

1942 June

107.8

79.6

28.2

65.1

7.1

35.6

70.4

44.4

26.0

30.3

0.6

39.5

December

119.5

83.7

35.8

78.6

5.2

35.7

68.5

42.6

25.9

31.8

0.5

36.2

1943 June

118.9

82.5

36.4

79.9

3.2

35.8

61.5

37.5

24.0

32.4

0.3

28.8

December

121.1

82.5

38.6

82.9

3.3

34.9

59.6

36.4

23.2

31.6

0.2

27.8

1944 June

127.8

84.6

43.2

90.1

3.l

34.6

57.8

35.4

22.4

29.8

O.2

27.8

December

127.8

84.5

43.3

89.3

3.7

34.8

58.3

35.9

22.4

28.9

0.3

29.1

1945 June

124.9

83.6

41.3

75.1

5.2

44.6

62.4

39.8

22.6

21.1

0.6

40.7

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (a) to Table 19.

Numbers employed in certain paper and printing industries(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 28 Thousands

Paper, paper board, cardboard box, etc. making

Printing, publishing and bookbinding, etc.

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

1939 June

152.1

79.7

72.4

304.3

198.9

105.4

1940 June

134.2

66.6

67.6

233.5

143.0

90.5

December

123.9

61.9

62.0

16.4

23.8

83.7

205.1

123.3

81.8

5.0

26.2

173.9

1941 June

120.4

57.7

62.7

23.6

14.3

82.5

190.2

111.3

78.9

7.7

21.0

161.5

December

113.0

50.8

62.2

27.6

11.6

73.8

185.9

108.3

77.6

10.1

17.3

158.5

1942 June

108.7

49.9

58.8

31.1

8.3

69.3

175.8

99.4

76.4

23.9

13.2

138.7

December

104.3

48.6

55.7

30.0

6.1

68.2

169.3

95.4

73.9

18.2

12.5

138.6

1943 June

97.8

45.1

52.7

33.8

5.3

58.7

165.0

92.9

72.1

17.0

14.8

133.2

December

99.6

45.8

53.8

42.3

5.3

52.0

163.8

92.0

71.8

21.9

13.1

128.8

1944 June

97.8

44.1

53.7

42.6

5.4

49.8

162.5

90.6

71.9

23.1

13.5

125.9

December

95.9

43.8

52.1

39.2

5.8

50.9

164.8

91.5

73.3

23.3

14.2

127.3

1945 June

98.2

45.4

52.8

35.4

7.8

55.0

173.4

97.0

76.4

18.8

14.9

139.7

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

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Numbers employed in leather and rubber manufacture(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 29

Thousands

Leather, leather goods and fur

Rubber manufacture (excluding rubber garments)

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

1939 June

73.0

45.1

27.9

70.2

41.1

29.1

1940 June

73.7

42.7

31.0

80.8

45.2

35.6

December

69.0

38.8

30.2

28.9

7.8

32.3

82.7

43.7

39.0

50.5

8.9

23.3

1941 June

67.8

36.5

31.3

26.3

6.6

34.9

85.8

42.8

43.0

43.9

9.5

32.4

December

62.6

32.6

30.0

26.0

6.8

29.8

78.9

38.9

40.0

43.7

5.3

29.9

1942 June

60.3

31.5

28.8

27.8

5.5

27.0

67.5

34.6

32.9

40.4

1.5

25.6

December

55.6

29.2

26.4

27.8

3.4

24.4

61.0

31.2

29.8

37.7

2.5

20.8

1943 June

53.3

28.2

25.1

29.6

3.5

20.2

60.6

31.2

29.4

43.1

1.8

15.7

December

52.1

27.5

24.6

61.4

32.3

29.1

45.1

1.4

14.9

1944 June

49.5

27.0

22.5

30.4

4.0

15.1

62.1

33.2

28.9

46.5

1.6

14.0

December

50.2

27.3

22.9

30.0

4.1

16.1

62.8

34.0

28.8

46.3

1.7

14.8

1945 June

51.6

27.6

24.0

26.8

6.4

18.4

62.3

34.3

28.0

43.7

2.4

16.2

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

Numbers employed in glass and pottery manufacture (1)

Great Britain

TABLE 30

Thousands

Glass manufacture (excluding bottles and scientific glass)

Pottery, earthenware, etc.

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Total

Males

Females

Numbers employed on

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

Manufacture of supplies for the Forces

Orders

for export

Orders for the home market

1939 June

30.6

22.5

8.1

67.0

30.0

37.0

1940 June

28.3

19.2

9.1

59.3

23.9

35.4

December

27.8

18.5

9.3

5.2

6.8

15.8

55.2

21.0

34.2

10.7

22.6

21.9

1941 June

25.9

16.3

9.6

6.6

6.9

12.4

52.1

19.1

33.0

5.3

21.6

25.2

December

25.2

15.2

10.0

5.3

4.0

15.9

44.5

16.3

28.2

4.7

18.6

21.2

1942 June

26.1

15.6

10.5

7.6

2.9

15.6

39.7

15.4

24.3

4.2

16.6

18.9

December

24.9

14.6

10.3

8.6

1.6

14.7

37.5

14.9

22.6

5.5

10.0

22.0

1943 June

24.4

14.0

10.4

8.8

1.1

14.5

36.7

14.6

22.1

4.9

9.8

22.0

December

24.4

14.0

10.4

9.5

2.4

12.5

36.6

14.6

22.0

4.6

10.3

21.7

1944 June

24.3

14.0

10.3

9.6

2.6

12.1

36.2

14.3

21.9

4.5

10.0

21.7

December

25.1

14.8

10.3

7.9

2.7

14.5

37.1

14.5

22.6

5.1

11.1

20.9

1945 June

25.7

15.5

10.2

7.0

3.8

14.9

39.0

14.7

24.3

7.5

12.9

18.6

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (2) to Table 19.

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Railway staff: Numbers employed Great Britain

TABLE 31 

At March in each year Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total staff

588,517

583,627

587,864

599,608

612,596

616,756

622,369

Men and boys:

Total

563,264

557,711

547,030

525,648

524,132

523,439

531,062

Officers, supervisor, clerical, etc.

86,049

82,930

81,127

77,487

72,240

70,076

69,440

Conciliation

330,571

332,629

332,775

317,785

319,382

319,607

326,301

Shop and artisan

112,113

107,246

102,958

100,569

101,668

101,469

102,438

Police, electrical generating station and miscellaneous

6,605

6,981

7,611

7,816

7,814

7,742

8,126

Ancillary

27,926

27,925

22,559

21,991

23,028

24,545

24,757

Women and girls:

Total

25,253

25,916

40,834

73,960

88,464

93,317

91,307

Officers, supervisory, clerical, etc.

12,229

13,372

17,595

26,665

29,291

29,641

30,294

Conciliation

.

.

9,260

24,255

32,280

36,093

35,612

Shop and artisan

990

884

2,348

10,474

13,933

13,976

11,355

Police, electrical generating station and miscellaneous

6,160

5,997

5,463

5,732

5,939

6,412

6,790

Ancillary

5,874

5,663

6,168

6,834

7,021

7,195

7,256

Source: Ministry of Transport

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Industrial staff in the Civil Service(1) Great Britain

TABLE 32

Thousands

Total

Admiralty

War Office

Air Ministry

Ministry

of Supply(2)

Ministry of Aircraft Production

Post Office

Forestry Commission

Ministry of

Transport

Ministry

of Works

Other departments

1939 April 1

240.2

71.6

68.3

25.8

51.1

5.2

2.0

6.6

9.6

1940 January 1

294.4

80.4

38.3

38.3

65.7

43.5

7.2

3.5

7.4

10.1

April 1

322.7

87.0

42.2

41.5

74.8

42.2

10.7

5.5

6.6

12.2

July 1

366.1

94.0

46.5

45.5

97.8

2.5

43.8

13.8

4.7

6.6

10.9

October 1

398.8

99.6

43.5

48.7

116.3

7.4

43.9

16.2

4.2

7.1

11.9

1941 January 1

427.1

103.2

44.9

53.2

131.1

6.0

44.5

16.9

4.3

10.6

12.4

April 1

475.5

106.7

47.3

54.7

181.8

5.0

45.7

5.3(3)

3.9

12.6

12.5

July 1

538.6

112.3

49.5

52.6

238.4

5.4

47.1

5.2

4.7

13.4

10.0

October 1

596.6

119.0

49.5

50.6

287.5

9.1

47.7

5.0

4.8

13.4

10.0

1942 January 1

654.0

122.6

53.3

52.2

332.6

10.1

49.1

4.8

5.1

14.0

10.2

April 1

690.0

125.9

54.7

54.1

357.4

12.1

50.5

5.1

5.0

14.6

10.6

July 1

697.4

125.2

55.2

57.3

358.6

15.2

50.5

5.4

5.6

13.6

10.8

October 1

700.3

128.8

55.7

61.9

351.4

16.6

49.9

5.4

6.2

13.4

11.0

1943 January 1

729.8

146.5

60.4

65.2

351.9

17.9

50.2

5.2

6.5

15.0

11.0

April 1

737.8

151.2

66.5

66.9

346.0

18.2

50.3

5.3

6.6

15.8

11.0

July 1

724.7

152.6

64.9

55.4

331.6

31.9

49.9

5.1

6.1

16.4

10.8

October 1

727.0

156.5

72.0

56.7

319.1

33.1

49.9

5.1

5.6

17.4

11.6

1944 January 1

716.5

159.5

71.7

57.6

305.5

33.2

48.9

4.8

5.4

18.2

11.7

April 1

710.3

160.3

75.3

59.0

294.1

32.7

48.1

4.7

5.4

18.8

11.9

July 1

698.6

158.8

78.0

58.9

282.1

32.1

47.3

4.9

5.5

19.5

11.5

October 1

692.8

160.8

78.9

58.0

274.8

32.6

46.8

4.8

4.6

20.3

11.2

1945 January 1

675.3

156.6

77.5

56.4

265.4

31.3

46.8

4.7

4.2

21.4

11.0

April 1

665.3

154.8

76.5

56.2

260.3

30.5

46.5

4.7

3.7

20.4

11.7

July 1

620.8

151.3

72.3

54.5

227.2

26.9

46.3

4.9

3.7

20.3

13.4

October 1

514.8

148.1

64.0

52.8

138.6

22.1

47.2

5.1

3.3

20.1

13.5

Source: Treasury

(1) Including part-time workers, two part-time workers being counted as one whole-time worker. 

Excluding staff in Northern Ireland other than reserved and agency services. (2) Including some staff which in 1939 was employed by the War Office or Air Ministry. (3) Between April 1940 and April 1941, home-grown timber production work was transferred from

the Forestry Commission to the Ministry of Supply.

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Non-industrial staff in the Civil Service: Departmental analysis

TABLE 33 

Great Britain

Thousands

Total C)

Post Office

Admiralty

War Office

Air Ministry

Ministry

of Supply

Ministry

of Aircraft Production

Ministry

of Labour and National Service

Ministry of Food

Ministry

of Transport

Ministry

of Works

Other departments

1939 April 1

387.7

196.6

12.9

19.8

19.7

28.3

3.0

6.3

101.1

1940 January 1

433.9

186.9

17.6

28.2

26.9

16.0

27.9

13.7

3.2

7.1

106.4

April 1

454.8

188.4

20.1

32.6

28.7

18.7

26.0

19.3

6.5

7.4

107.1

July 1

482.1

188.0

21.6

33.3

19.8

23.0

12.4

28.9

23.7

3.l

7.8

120.5

October 1

492.2

188.0

23.5

34.1

21.2

27.0

7.9

29.7

24.9

3.l

8.2

124.5

1941 January 1

520.3

188.7

23.9

39.0

23.5

30.6

8.9

30.4

29.0

3.0

8.3

135.0

April 1

554.5

195.3

25.9

44.2

26.2

37.0

10.0

32.4

29.8

11.3

9.2

133.2

July 1

605.3

198.9

28.2

49.5

33.2

41.8

10.9

39.0

40.4

12.4

10.1

140.9

October 1

620.5

202.6

29.7

54.9

34.6

48.3

12.0

38.2

33.6

12.8

11.1

142.7

1942 January 1

640.7

204.1

32.0

55.1

35.4

54.2

12.9

39.3

35.4

13.2

12.0

147.1

April 1

657.4

204.8

33.7

58.6

36.2

58.7

13.8

40.3

36.8

13.7

12.8

148.0

July 1

674.4

206.1

34.7

62.6

36.6

61.4

14.9

42.0

38.9

14.4

13.5

149.3

October 1........

688.4

207.2

36.4

64.0

37.9

64.5

15.6

42.5

38.3

15.0

14.2

152.8

1943 January 1

704.1

207.4

42.1

66.3

39.6

67.7

16.4

43.0

38.1

15.2

14.5

153.8

April 1

710.6

207.6

43.4

69.2

39.6

67.9

16.2

43.8

39.4

15.6

14.4

153.5

July 1

719.2

206.3

45.8

68.6

36.5

68.0

18.8

43.3

49.2

15.7

14.2

152.8

October 1........

715.5

204.9

47.7

69.5

36.5

67.9

19.7

41.2

45.0

15.9

14.6

152.6

1944 January 1

708.1

203.4

49.0

69.2

36.7

66.4

20.3

39.8

42.3

16.0

14.3

150.7

April 1

704.4

202.7

50.2

68.7

37.3

64.0

20.6

39.4

40.0

16.1

14.5

150.9

July 1

712.7

203.5

51.9

68.3

37.1

63.1

21.1

40.3

44.7

16.6

14.8

151.3

October 1........

705.9

205.2

52.7

67.9

36.6

62.1

21.6

38.4

39.3

16.3

14.8

151.0

1945 January 1

704.6

207.4

53.4

68.1

36.2

61.6

21.5

37.1

38.2

15.0

15.3

150.8

April 1

704.7

208.6

54.4

67.5

35.7

60.8

21.5

35.6

37.9

14.9

14.3

153.5

July 1

703.8

210.5

54.4

63.8

34.7

58.6

21.0

36.6

43.0

14.5

15.1

151.6

October 1........

690.0

220.4

52.7

61.3

33.7

50.4

20.0

36.0

38.3

13.4

15.8

148.0

Source: Treasury

(1) Established and unestablished, excluding staff in Northern Ireland other than reserved and agency services. In arriving at the totals two part-time workers are counted as one whole-time worker.

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Male operatives employed on the Government building programme in Great Britain(1)

TABLE 34

End of month

Thousands

Total

For Service and Supply Departments

For Civil Departments (2) (3)

New house construction (including site preparation)

Total

Admiralty

War Office

(2)

Air Ministry (2)

Ministry

of Supply

Ministry

of Aircraft Production

(2)

Ministry of

Transport (2)

1941 July

541.8

342.6

34.2

55.1

109.3

100.5

32.8

10.7

199.2

August

543.8

341.0

33.2

55.7

109.3

100.0

32.1

10.7

202.8

September

557.8

347.2

32.2

55.5

109.9

108.1

30.6

10.9

210.6

October

560.9

348.5

32.6

56.5

108.7

105.9

32.3

12.5

212.4

November

537.7

346.0

31.0

56.5

106.7

106.4

34.3

11.1

191.7

December

517.6

333.7

29.5

55.9

99.3

103.0

34.9

11.1

183.9

1942 January

503.7

330.8

28.6

54.7

102.5

92.3

40.6

12.1

171.9

1.0

February.......

496.7

329.8

28.7

50.2

105.3

92.8

40.5

12.3

165.9

1.0

March

510.2

332.7

27.0

52.1

106.5

92.6

41.7

12.8

176.0

1.5

April

514.0

337.7

26.2

50.7

112.6

91.5

43.5

13.2

174.7

1.6

May

495.5

328.3

26.4

48.0

109.8

82.1

49.1

12.9

165.6

1.6

June

480.9

319.4

26.6

44.2

112.8

75.3

48.0

12.5

159.8

1.7

July

466.7

319.3

25.0

45.0

117.1

65.2

54.9

12.1

145.6

1.8

August

464.7

327.3

28.3

52.8

120.7

60.5

53.3

11.7

134.7

2.7

September

460.5

331.0

26.5

62.0

126.1

52.1

53.1

11.2

126.8

2.7

October

460.7

336.3

27.0

71.2

129.6

48.9

49.4

10.2

121.7

2.7

November

445.2

328.5

27.9

72.8

130.1

45.1

43.4

9.2

114.2

2.5

December

426.6

320.5

27.2

75.6

129.8

41.9

37.9

8.1

103.6

2.5

1943 January

425.3

323.5

27.7

78.3

130.2

38.9

39.7

8.7

99.7

2.1

February.......

419.9

319.9

30.0

76.9

127.8

37.7

39.0

8.5

97.9

2.1

March

405.7

312.4

32.2

72.5

124.5

37.5

37.7

8.0

91.2

2.1

April

388.7

296.4

31.6

61.3

123.8

36.2

35.3

8.2

89.9

2.4

May

372.3

280.3

31.4

51.4

119.1

35.6

33.7

9.1

89.7

2.3

June

356.1

263.1

32.2

44.9

109.8

34.7

32.6

8.9

90.7

2.3

July

347.1

247.1

31.9

38.2

103.9

34.1

29.6

9.4

96.1

3.9

August

351.4

244.4

31.8

37.8

102.2

33.0

29.6

10.0

101.0

6.0

September

344.8

235.8

31.4

36.9

99.0

31.5

26.6

10.4

101.7

7.3

October

335.4

224.9

31.8

34.4

94.5

29.4

25.2

9.6

101.6

8.9

November......

330.5

221.4

31.9

33.2

87.6

35.0

24.7

9.0

100.3

8.8

December

316.7

215.6

30.8

34.1

78.3

40.1

23.9

8.4

91.5

9.6

1944 January

317.3

213.3

30.7

35.1

71.9

45.2

22.4

8.0

94.6

9.4

February.......

316.8

207.7

29.4

34.4

63.8

47.9

23.1

9.1

100.5

8.6

March

306.3

190.7

27.7

32.2

53.8

46.0

21.9

9.1

107.7

7.9

April

295.6

175.6

25.1

31.2

47.9

42.7

20.3

8.4

113.0

7.0

May

273.4

153.1

22.2

29.9

39.9

33.7

18.8

8.6

114.0

6.3

June

267.5

146.2

20.5

28.9

38.9

31.6

17.6

8.7

115.5

5.8

July

249.4

134.4

19.3

26.3

32.9

31.3

16.4

8.2

110.3

4.7

August

231.5

133.2

18.5

24.4

31.6

36.6

14.4

7.7

93.7

4.6

September

222.1

124.2

18.5

23.0

30.0

31.5

13.3

7.9

93.1

4.8

October

216.5

114.0

19.2

22.0

30.4

23.1

11.5

7.8

97.6

4.9

November......

201.9

105.0

18.4

21.0

28.6

21.0

9.4

6.5

92.0

4.9

December.....

195.0

98.6

17.6

18.9

27.0

20.3

8.7

6.1

91.4

5.0

1945 January

189.7

93.8

16.3

17.6

26.9

20.3

7.2

5.5

90.5

5.4

February.......

198.2

94.5

16.4

17.6

26.5

21.2

7.1

5.7

95.3

8.4

March

200.1

92.3

15.1

17.0

25.9

22.1

6.4

5.8

94.7

13.1

April

207.1

91.0

15.3

16.7

25.6

21.5

5.7

6.2

99.6

16.5

May

218.1

91.9

15.0

15.9

25.4

23.0

5.6

7.0

105.7

20.5

June

219.9

87.0

14.4

15.0

23.3

23.6

4.3

6.4

106.3

26.6

July

242.5

87.4

14.6

14.0

22.8

24.2

4.5

7.3

122.8

32.3

Source: Ministry of Works

(1) Aged 16 and over. 

(2) Labour employed on licensed work sponsored by War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of

Aircraft Production and Ministry of Transport is included under "Civil Departments"

before January 1943.

(3) Including repair of houses made uninhabitable by war damage; salvage operations and war debris clearance; and first aid repairs carried out by the Special Repair Service.

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Training of civilians in Government training centres and emergency training establishments(1)

TABLE 35

Number in training

Number admitted to training

Number completed training

Males

Females (2)

Males

Females (2)

Males

Females (2)

End of period

Weekly averages

1940 3rd Quarter

24,039

1,829

515

4th Quarter..........

24,286

1,616

1,160

1941 1st Quarter

20,741

6,576

1,729

861

1,482

245

2nd Quarter .........

28,256

10,231

2,200

1,147

1,099

644

3rd Quarter..........

19,670

10,280

1,052

1,104

1,371

789

4th Quarter..........

12,254

14,399

824

1,524

1,235

971

1942 1st Quarter

9,283

12,041

695

1,362

800

1,345

2nd Quarter .........

8,436

12,132

706

1,336

644

1,164

3rd Quarter..........

6,140

12,073

513

1,318

575

1,156

4th Quarter..........

5,780

11,940

447

1,146

396

1,022

1943 1st Quarter

5,184

11,166

418

1,046

397

989

2nd Quarter .........

4,521

9,512

395

937

394

943

3rd Quarter..........

3,216

6,460

281

636

319

729

4th Quarter..........

3,345

5,786

274

538

218

523

1944 1st Quarter

3,172

3,796

253

308

203

417

2nd Quarter .........

3,236

3,191

225

276

191

287

3rd Quarter..........

2,654

1,985

187

170

187

215

4th Quarter..........

2,634

953

189

78

153

142

1945 1st Quarter

2,596

443

167

37

129

71

2nd Quarter .........

2,851

291

162

23

116

28

3rd Quarter..........

3,498

270

190

19

101

18

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) Excluding coal mining training centres.

(2) Women were admitted to Government training centres in January 1941.

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Industrial stoppages (1) Working days lost as a result of disputes

TABLE 36

Thousands of days

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Working days lost through the stoppages which began in the year(2)

1,354

941

1,077

1,530

1,832

3,696

2,847

Analysis by number of workers involved:

Under 100

90

66

82

66

82

105

151

100 and under 250

192

111

84

92

146

136

197

250 and under 500

308

111

151

129

214

252

205

500 and under 1,000

257

119

231

184

261

255

287

280

309

229

459

338

392

391

2,500 and under 5,000

132

69

82

151

185

158

203

95

156

218

449

606

2,398

1,413

Working days lost each year through all stoppages in progress(3)

Analysis by industry:

All industries and services ...................

1,356

940

1,079

1,527

1,808

3,714

2,835

Building and contracting ................

131

73

36

29

25

7

5

Mining and quarrying...................

612

508

338

862

889

2,495

644

Metals, engineering and shipbuilding......

332

163

556

526

635

1,048

528

Textiles

100

77

36

26

17

47

10

Clothing

13

40

16

19

7

5

68

56

13

54

35

181

85

1,491

Other industries and services.............

112

66

43

30

54

27

89

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) Stoppages involving fewer than ten workers or lasting less than one day have been omitted except when the aggregate number of working days lost exceeded 100.

(2) The figures relate to stoppages beginning in the years shown and the figures for working days lost include days lost in subsequent years where the stoppage extended into the following calendar year.

(3) This analysis shows the total working days lost within each year as a result of stoppages in progress in that year whether beginning in that or an earlier year.

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III. SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Civilian deaths registered Analysis by cause and age(1) United Kingdom: Males

TABLE 37

Number

All

ages(2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Deaths from all causes other than violence (1.162, 199 and 200):

1939

277,627

21,880

4,588

2,141

1,584

6,146

8,285

12,646

25,738

51,287

143,331

1940

309,506

24,301

6,355

2,506

1,672

6,265

8,978

14,384

28,900

58,320

157,820

1941

285,352

24,697

6,610

2,448

1,535

5,788

7,895

13,571

25,794

52,080

144,929

1942

265,626

22,944

4,408

1,885

1,450

5,197

6,912

12,277

23,911

48,226

138,415

1943

275,509

23,542

4,235

1,853

1,364

4,922

6,431

12,442

24,945

49,418

146,357

1944

269,091

23,265

3,542

1,647

1,289

4,391

5,790

11,662

23,736

48,656

145,111

1945

270,291

21,740

3,477

1,422

1,151

4,115

5,636

11,174

23,783

48,956

148,833

Scarlet fever (8):

1939

146

7

54

29

15

17

6

10

5

2

1

1940

106

7

36

31

8

9

7

1

3

1

3

1941

85

4

42

23

3

3

2

3

3

1

1

1942

61

3

18

20

6

2

3

4

2

3

1943

80

2

29

23

7

3

2

6

3

4

1

1944

61

4

25

17

3

2

2

3

1

3

1

1945

42

3

17

9

6

1

1

3

1

1

Whooping cough (9):

1939

773

469

281

19

2

2

1940

485

282

189

14

1941

1,353

759

548

41

2

1

1

1

1942

423

277

142

3

1

1943

681

419

237

22

1

1

1

1944

597

412

168

14

1

1

1

1945

384

251

124

7

1

1

Diphtheria (10):

1939

1,343

31

534

564

146

37

14

7

3

3

4

1940

1,624

50

671

659

160

47

15

8

6

5

3

1941

1,625

57

775

561

127

54

23

8

11

5

4

1942

1,073

34

457

404

103

43

13

9

5

3

2

1943

822

50

313

294

82

46

15

10

7

3

2

1944

560

29

220

201

63

24

7

2

6

2

6

1945

410

14

166

141

42

21

8

4

6

6

2

Tuberculosis of respiratory system (13):

1939

15,039

37

67

33

73

2,055

2,944

2,923

3,148

2,670

1,089

1940

15,865

36

74

40

75

2,098

3,183

3,238

3,243

2,773

1,105

1941

15,821

48

133

56

88

2,020

3,020

3,284

3,301

2,741

1,130

1942

14,227

49

105

43

74

1,852

2,566

2,912

2,968

2,531

1,127

1943

14,767

77

98

49

56

1,701

2,461

3,038

3,234

2,820

1,233

1944

13,870

60

103

44

62

1,615

2,301

2,749

3,005

2,654

1,277

1945

13,641

43

97

43

68

1,550

2,288

2,708

2,917

2,602

1,325

Source: Registrars General

See footnotes on page 37.

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Civilian deaths registered: Analysis by cause and age(1)(continued)

United Kingdom: Males

TABLE 37 (continued)

Number

All

ages(2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Other forms of tuberculosis (14.22):

1939

2,703

196

551

253

178

495

306

242

191

172

119

1940

2,934

251

637

254

191

521

355

241

204

163

117

1941

3,192

236

831

324

221

559

314

251

186

164

106

1942

2,925

220

647

291

215

503

313

256

210

148

122

1943

2,730

201

628

279

185

469

266

240

193

142

127

1944

2,539

186

568

260

191

416

244

215

190

161

108

1945

2,461

157

596

272

192

386

214

246

164

134

100

Influenza (33):

2,191

1939

4,882

177

105

36

21

146

193

366

674

973

1940

7,387

311

217

33

31

170

283

622

1,079

1,761

2,880

1941

3,950

195

102

29

17

102

146

313

467

850

1,729

1942

2,053

124

58

14

13

57

62

137

295

473

820

1943

6,556

227

101

30

31

103

113

339

789

1,308

3,515

1944

2,294

148

58

17

13

43

35

129

281

489

1,081

1945

1,550

126

64

8

9

34

45

90

162

345

667

Measles (35):

1939

174

55

94

23

1

1

1940

645

196

371

56

10

3

3

3

1

2

1941

691

214

366

82

12

5

3

2

2

5

1942

337

112

189

26

3

2

1

1

2

1

1943

428

146

228

32

6

4

4

3

2

3

1944

149

62

77

9

1

1945

434

170

215

31

7

2

1

3

1

I

3

Bronchitis (106):

1939

10,266

615

142

20

24

100

130

311

991

1,890

6,043

1940

28,359

1,146

310

47

30

149

292

876

3,100

6,680

15,729

1941

21,030

1,240

285

51

20

100

195

619

2,027

4,678

11,815

1942

17,708

804

170

40

24

96

192

537

1,739

4,026

10,080

1943

19,485

859

159

38

22

93

177

541

1,939

4,246

11,411

1944

17,966

733

119

32

16

89

160

490

1,731

4,227

10,369

1945

19,329

718

114

30

20

81

146

518

1,833

4,573

11,295

Pneumonia (107.109):

1939

14,573

3,212

1,066

149

77

309

457

855

1,645

2,492

4,311

1940

19,112

4,463

1,788

176

98

339

568

1,043

1,967

3,221

5,449

1941

16,915

4,322

1,428

176

84

293

380

896

1,672

2,837

4,827

1942

13,714

3,480

887

128

75

222

303

762

1,263

2,296

4,298

1943

15,650

4,083

886

134

76

212

247

789

1,462

2,474

5,287

1944

13,183

3,593

696

107

73

145

239

634

1,176

2,056

4,464

1945

12,576

3,649

651

97

53

148

202

479

1,025

1,946

4,326

Source: Registrars General

See footnotes on page 37.

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Civilian deaths registered: Analysis by cause and age(1) (continued)

United Kingdom: Males

TABLE 37 (continued)

Number

All

ages (2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Deaths by violence (163.198):

1939

18,918

495

726

672

450

2,116

2,379

2,157

2,478

3,119

4,325

1940

31,084

638

1,233

1,090

951

3,163

4,081

4,371

4,487

5,004

6,039

1941

30,941

722

1,342

1,351

1,182

3,132

3,706

4,601

4,412

4,822

5,650

1942

17,565

568

899

918

632

1,502

1,635

2,199

2,494

2,714

3,997

1943

15,710

612

787

918

595

1,263

1,282

1,955

2,218

2,396

3,679

1944

18,160

685

963

1,068

742

1,391

1,287

2,314

2,615

2,905

4,188

1945

14,283

630

842

915

616

1,156

980

1,572

1,905

2,108

3,553

Suicides (163.164):

1939

3,667

2

198

417

520

715

1,000

815

1940

3,167

4

127

289

471

625

846

805

1941

2,568

5

109

237

406

475

647

689

1942

2,309

5

123

204

347

450

556

624

1943

2,421

5

109

198

404

487

575

643

1944

2,405

4

110

170

356

500

592

673

1945

2,429

6

84

179

342

511

572

735

Deaths of civilians due to operations of war (197):

1939

73

3

8

20

28

13

1

1940

11,851

102

412

388

463

1,463

1,992

2,079

1,894

1,731

1,320

1941

12,279

136

456

470

555

1,555

1 811

2,237

1,923

1,805

1,324

1942

10,852

114

383

387

456

1,344

1,587

2,013

1,724

1,652

1,192

1943

13,376

509

637

765

508

1,042

1,091

1,674

1,916

2,091

3,143

1944

16,155

600

820

909

654

1,215

1,154

2,090

2,367

2,624

3,721

1945

12,421

555

706

781

518

999

836

1,364

1,651

1,869

3,142

Source: Registrars General

(1) The figures in brackets following each cause of death are the reference numbers to that particular

cause in the Fifth Revision of the International List. (2) Including a small number of unstated age.

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Civilian deaths registered: Analysis by cause and age(1) United Kingdom: Females

TABLE 38

Number

All

ages(2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Deaths from all causes other than violence (1.162, 199 and 200):

1939

274,745

16,165

4,034

1,960

1,637

7,182

9,702

12,580

21,936

40,615

158,934

1940

302,418

17,395

5,586

2,278

1,696

7,923

10,073

13,463

23,501

44,680

175,823

1941

279,261

18,002

6,014

2,186

1,605

7,904

9,763

12,517

21,624

39,698

159,948

1942

257,771

16,824

3,815

1,691

1,390

7,168

9,105

11,758

20,060

37,272

148,687

1943

273,463

17,484

3,864

1,640

1,433

7,015

8,986

12,253

20,704

38,184

161,900

1944

260,910

17,226

3,095

1,447

1,240

6,416

8,152

11,155

19,479

36,319

156,381

1945

265,299

15,933

3,042

1,301

1,124

5,905

7,660

10,933

19,363

36,694

163,344

Scarlet fever (8):

1939

156

4

59

40

12

21

4

6

7

3

1940

108

3

30

32

11

9

9

7

3

2

2

1941

83

4

35

13

7

8

9

3

3

1

1942

65

5

16

22

7

2

3

4

3

1

2

1943

82

3

25

23

7

5

11

4

2

1

1

1944

67

1

21

24

7

4

4

3

1

1

1

1945

61

1

17

16

7

7

8

2

1

1

1

Whooping cough (9):

1939

965

523

413

23

3

1

2

1940

531

255

253

21

1

1

1941

1,848

900

885

54

5

1

3

1942

532

309

209

12

1

1

1943

851

469

360

20

1

1

1944

731

447

259

21

1

1

1

1

1945

501

273

208

17

2

1

Diphtheria (10):

1939

1,293

29

466

541

141

57

24

9

12

9

5

1940

1,641

34

637

650

187

57

26

24

10

11

5

1941

1,643

41

646

611

158

98

31

22

15

13

8

1942

1,111

29

415

414

106

67

27

21

14

11

7

1943

821

39

281

265

79

65

26

21

23

17

5

1944

592

21

227

197

52

33

21

15

7

10

9

1945

443

6

155

157

40

21

20

18

9

10

7

Tuberculosis of respiratory system (13):

1939

10,705

18

57

40

163

3,138

2,969

1,791

1,165

828

536

1940

11,585

34

70

40

183

3,503

3,225

1,962

1,145

853

570

1941

11,583

49

107

46

198

3,594

3,223

1,877

1,125

844

520

1942

10,407

45

87

33

144

3,275

2,852

1,661

1,011

779

520

1943

10,077

46

96

46

150

3,041

2,754

1,645

1,019

767

513

1944

9,677

43

96

47

138

2,951

2,676

1,607

918

705

496

1945

9,653

44

106

52

127

2,813

2,701

1,643

970

656

541

Source: Registrars General

See footnotes on page 40.

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Civilian deaths registered: Analysis by cause and age(1) (continued)

United Kingdom: Females

TABLE: 38 (continued)

Number

All

ages(2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Other forms of tuberculosis (14.22):

1939

2,415

160

454

216

191

488

300

183

142

132

149

1940

2,714

172

551

233

212

616

316

200

168

127

119

1941

3,098

174

749

311

226

700

290

221

154

133

140

1942

2,735

160

544

236

214

582

346

213

171

129

140

1943

2,734

155

564

260

206

623

292

201

149

118

166

1944

2,594

149

493

268

218

557

290

201

141

134

143

1945

2,442

157

506

251

213

500

230

182

137

119

147

Influenza (33):

1939

5,467

112

85

22

44

133

241

333

483

812

3,202

1940

6,489

185

153

41

30

156

198

340

577

1,099

3,710

1941

4,060

155

75

34

20

87

116

178

343

574

2,478

1942

1,830

85

62

15

13

52

68

111

155

259

1,010

1943

7,510

190

118

38

52

126

208

366

546

908

4,958

1944

2,157

107

47

16

13

54

63

75

139

244

1,399

1945

1,461

71

44

8

5

24

34

59

114

214

888

Measles (35):

1939

166

49

83

28

1

1

2

2

1940

663

200

365

62

5

9

7

4

1

5

5

1941

572

152

315

52

9

16

6

11

4

7

1942

332

94

186

37

5

5

3

1

1

1943

463

162

225

45

9

6

6

5

1

1

3

1944

148

55

75

14

1

1

1

1945

405

131

214

32

2

7

7

2

1

2

7

Bronchitis (106):

1939

8,568

505

140

22

21

58

80

153

329

853

6,407

1940

23,115

782

247

41

34

120

187

437

1,068

3,099

17,100

1941

16,984

869

218

27

20

108

123

259

731

1,904

12,725

1942

12,287

554

134

25

15

93

116

214

546

1,409

9,181

1943

15,123

626

141

20

18

81

130

306

631

1,625

11,545

1944

12,023

522

107

28

10

74

127

227

566

1,314

9,048

1945

13,281

496

109

24

11

71

107

249

577

1,628

10,009

Pneumonia (107.109):

1939

11,376

2,329

910

145

103

262

385

503

758

1,336

4,645

1940

14,988

3,166

1,465

162

90

257

444

631

1,026

1,725

6,022

1941

13,828

3,289

1,266

159

83

264

385

554

829

1,451

5,548

1942

10,588

2,520

810

108

64

230

337

485

667

1,158

4,209

1943

13,089

3,022

849

114

85

275

405

573

816

1,402

5,548

1944

10,121

2,737

623

80

71

178

257

390

577

976

4,232

1945

10,218

2,808

586

69

54

165

233

361

541

986

4,415

Source: Registrars General

footnotes on page 40.

--39--

Civilian deaths registered: Analysis by cause and age(1) (continued)

United Kingdom: Females

TABLE 38 (continued)

Number

All ages(2)

Age group

Under 1 year

1.4

5.9

10.14

15.24

25.34

35.44

45.54

55.64

65 and over

Deaths by violence (163.198):

1939

9,485

384

432

288

132

478

605

677

935

1,219

4,335

1940

20,532

503

868

729

601

1,976

2,102

2,145

2,452

2,700

6,456

1941

19,561

614

986

881

664

2,008

1,995

2,015

2,255

2,414

5,725

1942

10,343

470

588

464

248

621

733

854

993

1,188

4,184

1943

9,443

431

531

397

264

522

635

828

890

1,054

3,891

1944

12,850

599

580

555

332

898

1,068

1,191

1,412

1,642

4,573

1945

9,360

520

538

406

196

464

606

747

914

1,054

3,915

Suicides (163.164):

1939

1,911

1

94

283

353

470

413

297

1940

1,783

1

81

204

315

422

450

310

1941

1,484

59

219

249

350

365

242

1942

1,461

2

54

182

282

348

330

263

1943

1,472

1

56

193

319

325

321

257

1944

1,387

1

50

169

276

306

313

272

1945

1,556

1

63

191

288

367

354

292

Deaths of civilians due to operations of war (197):

1939

1940

10,571

101

357

367

441

1,526

1,587

1,495

1,538

1,455

1,704

1941

10,058

135

419

467

480

1,551

1,443

1,423

1,427

1,288

1,422

1942

1,779

22

78

72

81

211

225

234

246

245

365

1943

1,486

16

56

69

106

176

165

219

205

202

272

1944

4,821

56

134

166

175

583

628

650

747

743

939

1945

1,205

14

43

58

47

149

156

189

199

160

190

Source: Registrars General

(1) The figures in brackets following each cause of death are the reference numbers to that particular

cause in the Fifth Revision of the International List. (2) Including a small number of unstated age.

--40--

Notifications of infectious diseases

TABLE 39

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

United Kingdom

Diphtheria

58,052

63,018

64,794

52,074

44,176

31,428

25,134

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers ..................

1,909

3,761

5,945

1,170

1,004

848

730

Erysipelas

17,626

16,062

14,907

14,305

14,500

13,548

12,093

Scarlet fever

94,194

76,531

69,598

100,549

134,033

108,253

87,370

Smallpox

1

1

109

16

4

Dysentery

3,082

4,756

9,101

9,820

10,909

17,420

21,110

Ophthalmia neonatorum

5,947

5,563

5,117

5,556

5,543

4,603

4,044

Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal)......

52,482

61,977

64,549

54,901

67,141

50,740

44,637

Puerperal fever and pyrexia

11,034

9,161

8,957

10,244

9,976

9,336

8,276

Tuberculosis: Total

53,834

54,893

59,834

62,289

65,129

65,042

62,513

England and Wales

Diphtheria

47,343

46,280

50,797

41,404

34,662

23,199

18,596

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers ..................

1.479

2,833

4,763

858

713

542

535

Erysipelas

14,141

13,123

12,232

11,598

11,833

11,148

9,853

Scarlet fever

78,101

65,302

59,433

85,084

116,034

92,671

73,687

Smallpox

1

1

7

16

4

Dysentery

1,941

2,860

6,670

7,296

7,905

13,025

16,278

Ophthalmia neonatorum

4,594

4,390

4,195

4,517

4,502

3,660

3,314

Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal)

42,312

47,875

50,942

42,698

52,407

38,631

34,371

Puerperal fever and pyrexia......................

9,252

7,627

7,356

8,542

8,354

7,944

7,013

Tuberculosis(1): Total

46,206

46,572

50,964

52,619

54,342

54,313

52,110

Respiratory

34,930

36,151

39,499

40,629

42,410

43,794

42,166

Other

11,276

10,421

11,465

11,990

11,932

10,519

9,944

Scotland

Diphtheria

9,476

15,069

12,395

9,474

7,944

6,835

5,679

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers ..................

345

859

1,070

225

200

183

137

Erysipelas

3,235

2,715

2,514

2,570

2,557

2,261

2,103

Scarlet fever

12,023

8,353

8,760

13,792

14,722

12,057

11,654

Smallpox

101

Dysentery

1,132

1,888

2,429

2,515

2,984

4,373

4,811

Ophthalmia neonatorum

1,328

1,152

902

1,023

1,019

930

722

Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal)

9,455

13,658

13,316

11,855

14,428

11,852

10,049

Puerperal fever

784

735

709

775

814

680

617

Puerperal pyrexia

903

731

775

797

716

624

606

Tuberculosis(1): Total

7,097

7,722

8,294

9,048

10,088

9,933

9,658

Respiratory

4,657

5,212

5.739

6,224

7,215

7,282

7,316

Other

2,440

2,510

2,555

2,824

2,873

2,651

2,342

Northern Ireland

Diphtheria

1,233

1,669

1,602

1,196

1,570

1,394

859

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers ................

85

69

112

87

91

123

58

Tuberculosis (1): Total

250

224

161

137

110

139

137

Scarlet fever

4,070

2,876

1,405

1,673

3,277

3,525

2,029

Smallpox

1

Dysentery

9

8

2

9

20

22

21

Ophthalmia neonatorum

25

21

20

16

22

13

8

Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal)

715

444

291

348

306

257

217

Puerperal fever

22

22

16

22

5

9

6

Puerperal pyrexia

73

46

101

108

87

79

34

Tuberculosis(2): Total

531

599

576

622

699

796

745

Source: Registrars General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland and Department of Health for Scotland

(1) Formal notifications of new cases only.

(2) Cases of acute infectious tuberculosis only.

--41--

Venereal disease

Cases dealt with at civilian treatment centres in Great Britain (1)

TABLE 40

Number

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total all cases

149,218

137,746

121,754

130,054

137,330

142,377

139,034

145,387

Males

100,228

91,449

81,238

89,692

92,562

89,795

81,082

82,907

Females

48,990

46,297

40,516

40,362

44,768

52,582

57,952

62,480

Syphilis

64,377

63,138

59,832

62,963

72,654

80,656

81,155

81,024

Gonorrhoea

83,335

73,247

60,514

65,348

62,914

60,313

56,707

63,320

Soft chancre

1,506

1,361

1,408

1,743

1,762

1,408

1,172

1,043

New infections(2)

57,726

51,086

46,361

52,492

53,960

56,252

51,780

57,444

Males

42,272

37,789

34,470

37,705

36,082

34,848

30,121

34,531

Females

15,454

13,297

11,891

14,787

17,878

21,404

21,659

22,913

Syphilis

15,808

14,528

14,046

16,841

20,411

21,591

19,460

19,271

Gonorrhoea

40,826

35,579

31,230

34,337

32,326

33,695

31,545

37,458

Soft chancre

1,092

979

1,085

1,314

1,223

966

775

715

Source: Health Departments

(1) Cases from the services are included.

(2) Cases in which treatment or observation was begun during the year. Included in the total of all cases.

--42--

National Health Insurance

(i) Estimated numbers entitled to benefits

TABLE 41

End of year

Thousands

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

22,049

22,848

23,632

24,626

25,133

25,249

25,135

Males:

Total

14,595

15,122

15,371

15,705

15,806

15,819

15,797

Approved societies

13,063

13,236

13,323

13,562

13,592

13.559

13,518

Navy and Army Fund

136

425

514

554

587

605

621

Deposit contributors

144

170

198

209

206

195

172

Exempt persons

7

5

3

2

2

2

2

Over age 65

1,245

1,286

1,333

1,378

1,419

1,458

1,484

Females:

Total

7,454

7,726

8,261

8,921

9,327

9,430

9,338

Approved societies

6,944

6,968

7,401

7,980

8,320

8,390

8,288

Navy and Army Fund

14

43

64

72

73

74

Deposit contributors

157

179

208

244

273

277

258

Exempt persons

6

5

3

2

2

2

1

Over age 60

347(1)

560

606

631

660

688

717

Source: Ministry of National Insurance

(ii) Receipts, expenditure and accumulated funds

TABLE 41 (continued)

£ thousand

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Receipts:

Total

45,157

43,383

47,029

59,189

58,134

58,060

57,221

Contributions from employers and workers

31,007

31,499

31,577

40,574

41,070

40,204

39,176

Interest, etc., on funds

6,382

3,530

6,952

9,155

6,389

6,765

6,882

Parliamentary votes and grants

7,768

8,354

8,500

9,460

10,675

11,091

11,163

Expenditure:

Total

41,350

41,012

39,026

47,288

51,916

54,013

54,247

Benefits:

Total

35,180

34,978

32,657

40,602

45.468

47,381

47,401

Sickness

11,251

12,353

11,053

15,808

19,285

19,406

18,725

Disablement

6,502

5,984

5,329

7,200

7,636

8,272

8,804

Maternity

1,762

1,701

1,705

1,877

2,104

2,256

2,042

Medical

12,689

12,475

12,452

13,453

14,138

15,074

15,449

Other

2,976

2,465

2,118

2,264

2,305

2,373

2,381

Administration:

Total

6,170

6,034

6,369

6,686

6,448

6,632

6,846

Approved societies and insurance committees

5,034

5,047

5,149

5,530

5,308

5,509

5,547

Central departments

1,136

987

1,220

1,156

1,140

1,123

1,299

Accumulated funds (at end of year)....................

147,046

148,510

155,606

166,073

171,084

174,289

176,303

Source: Ministry of National Insurance

(1) Over 65 years of age.

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Unemployment Insurance

Great Britain

(i) Persons insured

TABLE 42

In July of each year Thousands

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

15,548

14,803

14,922

15,061

14,630

14,150

13,640

General scheme

14,838

14,158

14,292

14,406

13,945

13,465

12,965

Agricultural scheme

710

645

630

655

685

685

675

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(ii) Receipts, expenditure and fund

TABLE 42 (continued)

Years ended 31 March

£ thousand

1939/40

1940/41

1941/42

1942/43

1943/44

1944/45

1945/46

Receipts

Total

68,543

71,480

78,941

80,306

80,159

77,797

89,834

General scheme

66,992

70,047

77,485

78,729

78,546

76,165

88,140

Agricultural scheme

1,551

1,433

1,456

1,577

1,613

1,632

1,694

Contributions from:

Employers and employees:

General scheme

43,969

46,479

50,803

50.501

49,068

46,604

45,208

Agricultural scheme

996

930

907

960

956

959

972

Defence departments

138

8,0600

Exchequer:

General scheme

22,032

23,233

25,396

25,250

24,534

23,301

26,633

Agricultural scheme

494

465

453

480

478

480

486

Income from investments:

General scheme

839

325

1,282

2,975

4,942

6,258

8,234

Agricultural scheme

61

38

96

137

179

193

236

Other receipts:

General scheme

14

10

4

3

2

2

5

Agricultural scheme

Expenditure

Total

84,414

65,621

9,079

6,301

5,490

6,753

17,105

General scheme

83,346

64,992

8,710

6,021

5,242

6,491

16,765

Agricultural scheme

1,068

629

369

280

248

262

340

Benefit, transitional payments and unemployment allowances:

General scheme: Direct

34,854

18,938

5,592

3,185

2,600

3,472

12,374

Association

1,791

864

213

79

38

49

271

Agricultural scheme: Direct

871

451

196

97

66

79

155

Administrative expenses:

General scheme:

5,335

4,256

2,589

2,477

2,327

2,704

3,855

Agricultural scheme

185

174

170

180

179

180

182

Interest on advances and reduction of debt...........

40,864

40,578

Other payments and refunds:

General scheme

502

356

316

280

277

266

265

Agricultural scheme

12

4

3

3

3

3

3

Fund

Balance of fund at end of period:

General scheme

24,156

29,211

97,986

170,694

243,998

313,672

385,047

Agricultural scheme

3,254

4,058

5,145

6,442

7,807

9,177

10,531

Investment (at cost) at end of period

27,511

33,230

103,150

177,187

251,872

322,892

396,271

Treasury advances outstanding

39,354

Source: Ministry of National Insurance

(1) This figure relates to the war years when such contributions were in abeyance.

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Pensions

TABLE 43

(i) Old age pensions payable from age 70

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Number of pensions payable(1) (Thousands)

Total

1,906

1,944

1,986

2,043

2,128

2,186

2,255

Under Contributory Pensions Act

1,299

1,372

1,439

1,519

1,622

1,707

1,797

Other

607

572

547

524

506

479

458

Men:

Under Contributory Pensions Act

608

633

656

684

724

756

789

Other

182

174

169

163

161

152

145

Women:

Under Contributory Pensions Act

691

739

783

835

898

951

1,008

Other

425

398

378

362

345

327

313

Full rate:

Under Contributory Pensions Act

1,296

1,369

1,434

1,514

1,616

1,700

1,789

Other

580

546

522

499

480

454

434

Reduced rate:

Under Contributory Pensions Act

30

3

5

5

6

7

8

Other

26

25

25

26

25

24

Total amount of pensions paid in year ended 31 March (£ thousand)

49,348

49,816

50,694

51,844

53,709

56,538

57,398

Source: Ministry of National Insurance and H.M. Customs and Excise

(ii) Persons insured and beneficiaries under the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Pensions Act, 1936

TABLE 43 (continued)

End of year Thousands

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Estimated numbers insured:

Total

21,835

22,640

23,361

24,242

24,736

24,863

24,767

Men

14,635

15,188

15,380

15,622

15,683

15,714

15,693

Women

7,200

7,452

7,981

8,620

9,053

9,149

9,074

Number of beneficiaries:

Total

2,016

2,349

2,423

2,467

2,507

2,544

2,585

Widows: Contributory

664

699

743

765

789

811

829

Non-contributory

179

161

144

130

117

104

93

Children: Contributory

282

274

261

249

241

234

225

Non-contributory

3

1

Pensioners under 70(2): Men

551

566

586

601

613

622

634

Women

337

648

689

722

747

773

804

Source: Ministry of National Insurance

(1) At the last Friday in March in each year.

(2) Men aged 65 and over; women aged 65 and over up to 30 June 1940 and 60 and over thereafter.

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Pensions (continued)

(iii) Contributory pensions: Receipts, expenditure and accumulated funds

TABLE 43 (continued)

Years ended 31 March

£ thousand

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Receipts

Total

52,004

55,443

67,761

72,949

75,855

77,804

77,189

Contributions

33,771

34,481

45,679

49,564

51,154

52,859

52,096

Parliamentary vote

17,415

19,989

20,989

21,999

22,999

22,999

22,999

Interest, etc.

818

973

1,093

1,386

1,702

1,946

2,094

Expenditure

Total

49,133

50,292

57,466

61,502

62,575

64,575

65,055

Widows' and orphans' pensions:

Contributory

19,698

20,505

21,580

22,543

22,759

23,212

23,748

Non.contributory

5,357

4,785

4,286

3,888

3,447

3,105

2,767

Pensioners under 70(1)

22,108

22,926

29,326

32,607

33,694

35,390

35,655

Administration

1,669

1,747

1,943

1,974

1,750

1,923

1,894

Payments to National Health Insurance:

Central Fund

301

329

331

316

Unemployment Arrears Fund ..................

174

925

945

991

Accumulated funds.

24,869

30,020

40,315

51,762

65,042

78,271

90,405

Source: Ministry of National Insurance

(1) See footnote (2) on page 45.

War pensions, grants and allowances

(i) Expenditure

TABLE 44 Years ended 31 March £ thousand

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

39,175

38,238

39,458

42,596

46,075

50,946

62,081

Pensions, gratuities and allowances:

Total

37,450

36,481

36,922

39,558

42,507

46,808

57,087

Services:

1914.18 war and earlier wars:

Officers, nurses and dependants

4,063

3,941

3,804

3,688

3,600

3,511

3,499

Other ranks and dependants

33,387

32,475

31,602

30,548

29,803

29,007

29,387

1939.45 war:

Officers, nurses and dependants

17

233

554

973

1,672

2,946

Other ranks and dependants..................

15

524

2,530

5,500

9,310

16,659

Mercantile marine:

Officers and dependants

6

79

252

498

740

897

Seamen and dependants

12

116

336

610

777

947

Civilians:

Men, women and dependants...................

14

565

1,651

1,524

1,790

2,752

Medical treatment to pensioners

1,007

983

1,295

1,405

1,658

1,957

2,415

Miscellaneous

32

27

30

72

83

163

305

Administration: Local and central

686

748

1,212

1,561

1,827

2,017

2,274

Source: Ministry of Pensions

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War pensions, grants and allowances (continued)

(ii) Estimated number of beneficiaries

TABLE 44 (continued)

At 31 March in each year Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

877,400

850,570

869,915

980,050

1,061,055

1,224,070

1,431,385

Services

1914.18 war and earlier wars:

Total

877,400

846,150

817,815

789,865

763,970

740,445

714,745

Officers and dependants:

Disabled officers

21,520

21,140

20,690

20,265

19,850

19,475

19,095

Widows

7,700

7,590

7,465

7,335

7,190

7,060

6,945

Adult dependants

3,700

3,500

3,270

3,005

2,770

2,560

2,345

Other(1)

600

250

105

40

25

380

535

Nurses and dependants:

Disabled nurses

885

870

865

845

830

810

800

Dependants

20

20

20

20

20

15

15

Other ranks and dependants:

Disabled other ranks

404,685

395,675

387,100

378,395

370,360

361,605

352,725

Widows

116,520

114,380

112,590

110,640

108,785

106,855

104,895

Adult dependants

196,730

183,000

171,040

159,110

148,425

136,865

125,790

Other(1)

125,040

119,725

114,670

110,210

105,715

104,820

101,600

1939.45 war:

Total

3,470

37,095

143,725

238,690

412,780

632,405

Officers and dependants:

Disabled officers

100

755

1,455

3,030

5,630

Widows

100

1,225

2,810

4,625

7,515

10,950

Adult dependants

10

120

325

580

1,045

1,630

Other(1)

95

1,100

2,625

4,155

8,430

15,765

Other ranks and dependants:

Disabled other ranks

20

5,840

35,905

64,440

116,110

177,920

Widows

1,285

8,050

18,670

30,030

46,210

69,260

Adult dependants

190

2,195

5,610

9,490

15,710

25,390

Other(1)

1,770

18,465

77,025

123,915

214,730

325,860

Mercantile marine

Officers:

Disabled officers

10

75

245

910

1,550

Widows

115

675

1,860

2,890

3,365

3,555

Adult dependants

15

125

370

605

835

900

Other(1)

135

665

1,770

2,580

3,700

4,570

Seamen:

Disabled seamen

145

485

810

1,840

3,195

Widows

230

1,250

2,895

4,720

5,165

5,115

Adult dependants

30

315

900

1,545

2,045

2,190

Other(1)

385

1,775

4,580

7,170

9,155

9,725

Civilians

Disabled civilians

185

8,675

11,200

13,695

18,465

Widows

20

4,610

8,485

9,015

9,285

10,845

Dependants

330

880

900

960

1,105

Other(1)

20

4,920

15,485

16,715

19,890

23,020

(1) Wives of disabled officers or men, children living with parents, and orphans. Source: Ministry of Pensions

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JUSTICE AND CRIME

Offences known to the police and persons proceeded against and found guilty

England and Wales

TABLE 45

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

All offences(1)

Persons proceeded against ...........

745,148

863,749

879,692

759,763

623,972

554,035

517,543

Persons found guilty

695,814

803,721

802,999

689,238

569,825

500,488

467,700

Indictable offences

Offences known to police

303,771

305,114

358,655

364,889

372,760

415,010

478,394

Persons proceeded against

86,645

99,017

118,746

118,295

115,508

118,849

128,733

Persons found guilty:

Total

78,058

89,814

107,571

107,150

104,868

106,550

115,974

Breaking and entering.............

11,714

13,353

14,762

14,625

14,548

16,554

21,260

Frauds and false pretences(2)

2,401

1,860

3,312

2,953

2,907

2,684

2,350

Larceny

55,341

65,117

77,206

75,189

72,620

72,829

75,975

Receiving

2,591

4,060

6,238

6,597

6,051

6,331

7,014

Sexual offences

2,214

1,987

2,510

2,971

3,392

3,078

3,228

Violence against the person: Total

1,708

1,445

1,589

1,622

1,846

1,898

2,459

Murder

28

22

24

31

29

20

21

Manslaughter

61

63

64

85

62

80

101

Wounding

1,413

1,177

1,259

1,250

1,370

1,404

1,869

Other offences against the person

206

183

242

256

385

394

468

Other offences

2,089

1,992

1,954

3,193

3,504

3,176

3,688

Non-indictable offences(3)

Persons proceeded against

597,117

424,392

474,590

406,934

313,673

291,096

330,692

Persons found guilty:

Total

557,825

381,462

417,066

354,369

278,132

255,865

297,438

Assaults

9,959

9,847

10,079

9,605

10,571

10,785

11,390

Betting and gaming(4)

13,035

7,550

8,936

10,359

9,811

8,950

10,626

Bye-laws and Police Regulations

28,688

23,998

23,070

21,478

19,832

16,150

13,755

Drunkenness and other offences under

Intoxicating Liquor Laws........

54,812

48,863

43,778

29,778

29,314

24,910

22,188

Education Acts

3,375

5,690

13,357

17,800

18,778

16,378

10,102

Game Laws

1,774

1,449

1,481

1,354

1,398

1,161

1,508

Labour Laws

5,883

2,754

1,792

1,878

2,220

1,943

1,774

Malicious damage

8,384

9,778

12,059

12,343

12,082

11,361

12,632

Offences by prostitutes

1,977

1,761

1,621

2,122

2,371

1,630

2,096

Railway offences

7,373

6,145

9,192

11,001

11,929

12,275

14,382

Revenue Laws

28,375

24,899

27,286

28,813

24,134

21,304

18,248

Stealing

1,898

2,333

4,651

4,568

5,187

3,780

3,394

Traffic offences

359,669

208,152

232,938

170,680

101,337

91,798

148,419

Vagrancy Acts(5)

4,986

3,294

2,587

2,977

3,028

3,060

3,482

Wireless Telegraphy Acts

3,683

648

579

1,433

815

440

356

Other offences

23,954

24,301

23,660

28,180

25,325

29,940

23,086

Offences against Defence Regulations

Persons proceeded against

61,386

340,340

286,356

234,534

194,791

144,090

58,118

Persons found guilty:

Total

59,931

332,445

278,362

227,719

186,825

138,073

54,288

Lighting offences

59,758

299,260

210,934

154,080

109,757

73,831

17,594

Looting

426

2,508

415

255

561

93

Control of industry................

20

5,624

13,543

22,832

30,071

24,237

17,472

Control of employment

275

4,114

12,583

10,124

7,597

Strikes and lockouts

50

582

1,284

125

Traffic offences

34

18,498

37,716

30,371

11,297

5,978

4,495

Other offences

119

8,637

13,336

15,325

21,578

23,342

6,912

Source: Home Office

(1) Including offences against Defence Regulations.

(2) Including offences in connection with bankruptcy.

(3) Excluding offences against Defence Regulations.

(4) Including gaming offences under the Vagrancy Acts.

(5) Excluding gaming offences under the Vagrancy Acts.

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Crimes and offences made known to the police and persons proceeded against, convicted or found guilty

Scotland

TABLE 46

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

All crimes and offences(1)

Crimes and offences made known to police

197,089

221,752

211,701

191,526

174 739

166,163

161,671

Persons proceeded against

133,459

149,061

149,095

129,369

115,726

106,436

92,440

Charge proved without finding of guilt

5,815

6,061

5,237

5,006

4,621

4,799

4,872

Persons convicted or found guilty

110,719

118,277

114,559

99,492

90,291

85,144

74,487

Crimes

Crimes made known to police

60,104

62,266

67,494

69,127

70,944

71,583

86,075

Persons proceeded against

22,086

25,140

27,119

27,440

26,917

25,741

28,109

Charge proved without finding of guilt

4,657

5,209

4,585

4,404

4,027

3,878

4,024

Persons convicted or found guilty:

Total

15,227

17,705

20,150

20,492

21,141

19,828

21,816

Frauds and false pretences(2)

1,403

787

1,039

1,070

1,003

915

975

Housebreaking

2,228

2,613

2,890

3,306

3,737

3,567

4,933

Malicious mischief

2,372

3,089

3,244

3,328

3,188

3,181

3,735

Reset (Receiving)

220

447

574

609

576

692

735

Sexual offences

361

336

378

453

433

391

479

Theft(3)

6,685

8,636

9,872

9,676

9,477

8,785

9,024

Violence against the person: Total

1,541

1,256

1,385

1,273

1,426

1,483

994

Murder

3

4

Culpable homicide

21

13

6

13

13

9

15

Assaults

1,220

1,008

1,123

999

1,105

1,180

707

Other crimes against the person

300

235

256

261

308

291

268

Other crimes

417

541

768

777

1,301

814

941

Miscellaneous offences(4)

Offences made known to police

136,985

100,866

99,423

86,602

72,970

64,716

65,801

Persons proceeded against

111,373

88,297

87,934

74,958

64,262

58,136

56,597

Charge proved without finding of guilt

1,158

770

602

555

504

835

776

Persons convicted or found guilty:

Total

95,492

65,930

61,549

53,003

46,061

43,864

45,701

Betting and gaming

3,348

1,749

1,972

2,183

1,861

1,838

1,644

Breach of the peace

16,019

13,275

12,662

12,265

12,393

11,617

11,802

Drunkenness and other offences against the Intoxicating Liquor Laws

13,929

12,345

9,646

6,150

5,179

3,569

2,777

Education Acts

132

146

825

1,495

2,065

2,082

1,779

Game Laws

250

147

160

180

167

166

182

Labour Laws

596

353

251

304

263

216

177

Police Regulations

8,342

8,420

7,198

6,569

6,017

5,217

5,168

Prostitution

125

33

40

125

246

298

235

Railway offences

373

306

310

292

375

720

551

Revenue Laws

555

326

319

208

246

231

264

Road Acts(5)

39,766

23,124

22,576

17,548

12,155

12,299

16,577

Streets and buildings

616

497

594

488

414

341

454

Vagrancy Acts

1,090

743

561

673

733

828

861

Other offences

10,351

4,466

4,435

4,523

3,947

4,442

3,230

Offences against war legislation

30,825

29,864

9,795

Offences made known to police

58,620

44,784

35,797

Persons proceeded against

35,624

34,042

26,971

24,547

22,559

7,734

Charge proved without finding of guilt

82

50

47

90

86

72

Persons convicted or found guilty:

Total

34,642

32,860

25,997

23,089

21,452

6,970

National Registration Act, 1939

96

271

473

322

1,214

274

Defence Regulations:

Lights in buildings

25,142

20,403

13,683

8,228

3,408

Lights on vehicles

6,148

5,234

3,602

3,288

2,982

Other offences

3,256

6,952

8,239

11,251

13,848

Source: Scottish Home Department

(1) Including offences against war legislation.

(2) Including offences in connection with bankruptcy.

(3) Including embezzlement.

(4) Excluding offences against war legislation.

(5) Including cases of "furious and reckless driving".

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Offences known to the police and persons proceeded against and found guilty

Northern Ireland

TABLE 47

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

All offences(1)

Persons proceeded against

44,109

49,076

55,746

52,955

54,047

54,522

44,815

Persons found guilty

40,498

46,017

52,634

49,307

50,178

50,813

41,908

Indictable offences

Offences known to police

2,579

2,990

3,586

4,307

4,566

5,123

5,709

Persons proceeded against

2,249

2,810

2,861

3,412

3,518

3,266

3,157

Persons found guilty:

Total

2,009

2,469

2,546

2,933

2,980

2,752

2,697

Breaking and entering

382

449

443

433

499

448

505

Frauds and false pretences(2)

58

43

73

82

70

65

65

Larceny

1,286

1,627

1,644

1,879

1,873

1,764

1,643

Receiving

95

179

202

260

256

244

199

Sexual offences

26

20

24

31

28

31

43

Violence against the person:

Total

63

34

52

76

81

77

62

Murder

1

7

1

4

1

Manslaughter

4

4

5

4

1

4

1

Wounding

12

7

7

3

6

15

5

Other offences against the person

46

23

40

62

73

54

55

Non-indictable offences(3)

99

117

108

172

173

123

180

Persons proceeded against

36,593

28,892

30,476

32,059

30,365

35,383

35,244

Persons found guilty:

Total

33,398

26,525

28,172

29,676

28,248

32,790

33,020

Assaults

491

469

441

481

661

505

621

Betting and gaming(4)

3,382

2,180

1,938

2,043

2,193

2,434

2,754

Byelaws and Police Regulations

1,755

1,415

1,398

1,641

1,796

2,306

2,522

Drunkenness and other offences under Intoxicating Liquor Laws

4,023

3,149

2,689

1,874

1,696

1,476

1,456

Education Acts

1,265

1,527

1,705

1,856

2,585

2,654

2,040

Game Laws

68

66

56

64

24

51

77

Labour Laws

496

257

178

121

87

63

77

Malicious damage

289

267

333

391

485

476

496

Offences by prostitutes

27

2

15

171

185

129

156

Railway offences

49

55

26

146

208

182

94

Revenue Laws

1,287

1,084

874

1,121

1,589

1,811

1,135

Stealing

60

123

127

217

241

184

159

Traffic offences

17,637

13,917

15,020

15,733

13,957

16,634

18,816

Vagrancy Acts(5)

429

323

235

378

386

467

353

Wireless Telegraphy Acts

6

17

3

2

1

2

8

Other offences

2,134

1,674

3,134

3,437

2,154

3,416

2,256

Offences against Defence Regulations

Offences known to police

5,267

17,374

22,411

17,485

20,164

15,873

6,414

Persons proceeded against

5,267

17,374

22,409

17,484

20,164

15,873

6,414

Persons found guilty:

Total

5,091

17,023

21,916

16,698

18,950

15,271

6,191

Lighting offences

5,060

15,589

18,420

12,584

11,254

9,405

3,606

Looting

153

Other offences

31

1,434

3,343

4,114

7,696

5,866

2,585

Source: Ministry of Home Affairs

(1) Including offences against Defence Regulations.

(2) Including offences in connection with bankruptcy.

(3) Excluding offences against Defence Regulations.

(4) Including gaming offences under the Vagrancy Acts.

(5) Excluding gaming offences under the Vagrancy Acts.

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Juvenile delinquency(1)

England and Wales

TABLE 48 Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Juveniles found guilty

All offences

53,106

66,080

72,483

66,522

68,049

68,069

73,620

Indictable offences:

Total

30,835

42,187

43,594

38,549

38,763

40,554

43,503

Larceny

21,476

29,545

29,698

25,291

25,378

25,931

26,443

Breaking and entering

7,715

10,275

10,982

10,512

10,281

11,544

13,664

Receiving

558

971

1,202

937

969

939

979

Sexual offences

495

465

540

503

621

594

636

Frauds, etc.

100

138

163

167

135

130

94

Violence against the person...........

136

141

176

124

180

176

244

Other offences

355

652

833

1,015

1,199

1,240

1,443

Non-indictable offences:

Total

21,291

20,341

24,160

24,347

24,816

23,391

27,575

Highway Acts

8,376

5,766

5,826

5,184

4,421

4,532

8,109

Police Regulations

2,048

1,508

1,250

1,564

1,700

1,651

1,903

Malicious damage

5,091

6,776

8,530

9,068

8,497

8,113

8,717

Railway offences

2,110

1,793

1,949

2,274

3,252

3,249

3,361

Stealing

1,040

1,530

3,319

3,198

3,697

2,719

2,241

Betting and gaming

602

866

1,131

878

777

499

439

Other offences

2,024

2,102

2,155

2,181

2,472

2,628

2,805

Offences against Defence Regulations:

Total

980

3,552

4,729

3,626

4,470

4,124

2,542

Lighting offences

974

3,183

3,315

2,772

2,594

2,307

1,481

Looting

220

946

137

118

150

25

Control of industry..................

9

36

105

136

148

115

Preservation of agricutural land

29

163

165

724

530

176

Other offences

6

111

269

447

898

989

745

(1) Young persons under 17 years of age. Source: Home Office

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Juvenile delinquency(1)

Scotland

TABLE 49

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

All crimes and offences(2)

Charges proved without finding of guilt

4,292

Juveniles found guilty

10,957

13,885

14,290

15,138

15,770

15,264

15,952

Crimes

Charges proved without finding of guilt

3,679

Juveniles found guilty

5,404

8,250

8,757

8,663

8,526

7,702

8,539

Miscellaneous offences(3)

Charges proved without finding of guilt

550

Juveniles found guilty

5,553

5,238

4,967

5,921

6,647

6,977

7,141

Offences against war legislation

Charges proved without finding of guilt

63

Juveniles found guilty

397

566

554

597

585

272

Source: Scottish Home Department

(1) Young persons under 17 years of age.

(2) Including offences against war legislation.

(3) Excluding offences against war legislation.

Juvenile delinquency(1)

Northern Ireland

TABLE 50

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Juveniles found guilty

All offences

1,706

1,971

1,826

1,888

2,032

2,234

2,069

Indictable offences

Total

717

1,126

906

929

898

811

701

Larceny

455

781

598

608

554

516

417

Breaking and entering.........

206

281

252

243

222

209

186

Receiving

15

35

22

20

35

33

16

Sexual offences

6

1

1

4

3

1

2

Frauds, etc.

7

4

3

3

2

Violence against the person.....

5

3

2

Other offences

30

21

29

51

84

46

76

Non-indictable offences

Total

960

814

817

882

1,001

1,275

1,329

Highway Acts

389

292

194

190

240

353

348

Police Regulations

351

282

241

230

237

432

497

Malicious damage

145

128

213

197

248

227

270

Railway offences.............

12

13

8

49

58

76

45

Stealing

20

52

89

144

136

110

86

Betting and gaming

1

4

3

9

11

18

Other offences

43

46

68

69

73

66

65

Offences against Defence Regulations

39

Total

29

31

103

77

133

148

Lighting offences

29

26

33

58

53

54

18

Looting

43

Other offences

5

27

19

80

94

21

Source: Ministry of Home Affairs

(1) Young persons under 16 years of age.

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Prison population: Receptions and daily average population

TABLE 51 Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

England and Wales

Receptions:

Total

44,513

40,455

48,089

51,217

45,084

47,135

48,094

Males

39,766

34,202

42,101

43,938

37,343

38,530

40,713

Females

4,747

6,253

5,988

7,279

7,741

8,605

7,381

Committals on remand or for trial

7,628

8,214

10,653

11,259

9,084

9,896

10,699

Committals by civil process (non-payment of monies, etc.)(1)

7,116

6,347

4,023

3,900

3,136

2,956

3,276

Committals in default of payment of fines.................

7,139

4,474

3,510

3,702

4,031

3,737

3,302

Sentences of imprisonment without the option of a fine(2)

20,690

19,629

27,641

29,870

26,438

27,788

26,815

Sentences of penal servitude

522

502

523

813

831

1,098

1,560

Sentences of Borstal detention...........................

1,418

1,289

1,739

1,673

1,564

1,660

2,442

Daily average population:

Total

10,326

9,377

10,634

12,400

12,790

12,915

14,708

Unconvicted(3)

1,034

1,781

1,450

1,440

1,281

1,333

1,433

Convicted.

9,292

7,596

9,184

10,960

11,509

11,582

13,275

Scotland

Receptions:

Total

13,953

13,251

12,143

11,397

11,085

10,884

12,360

Males

11,882

11,432

10,629

9,967

9,363

9,266

10,849

Females

2,071

1,819

1,514

1,430

1,722

1,618

1,511

Ordindary prisoners(4)

13,739

13,112

11,943

11,100

10,772

10,617

11,993

Convicts(5)

33

17

20

29

28

34

58

Offenders sentenced to Borstal detention..................

152

107

163

243

270

218

291

Others

29

14

17

25

15

15

18

Daily average population

1,350

1,320

1,337

1,559

1,560

1,606

1,958

Northern Ireland

Receptions:

Total

2,183

2,115

1,991

2,243

1,836

1,977

1,866

Males

1,743

1,699

1,676

1,828

1,378

1,517

1,502

Females

440

416

315

415

458

460

364

Committals on remand or for trial.......................

272

263

508

683

507

513

605

Committals by civil process (non-payment of monies, etc.)(1)

34

14

18

22

19

27

29

Committals in default of payment of fines...............

985

920

354

282

273

257

259

Sentences of imprisonment without the option of a fine(2)

850

820

1,040

1,178

955

1,114

886

Sentences of penal servitude(2)

10

51

27

39

34

13

7

Sentences of Borstal detention...........................

32

47

44

39

48

53

80

Daily average population:

Total

373

363

445

550

499

516

490

Unconvicted(3)

21

31

28

29

36

21

26

Convicted

352

332

417

521

463

495

464

Source: Prison Commission for England  and Wales, Scottish Home Department and Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland

(1) Including committals in default of sureties. 

(2) Including sentences imposed by Courts Martial--

(3) Prisoners on remand or awaiting trial and prisoners committed by civil process. 

(4) Convicted and untried and forfeited and revoked licence-holders under the  Penal Servitude Acts.

(5) New sentences of penal servitude and death.

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Divorce proceedings(1)

TABLE 52

Number

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

England and Wales(2)

Dissolution of marriage:

Petitions filed

8,517

6,915

8,079

11,613

14,887

18,390

24,857

On grounds of: Adultery

4,731

3,931

4,781

7,116

9,513

12,006

17,091

Desertion

2,813

2,326

2,667

3,630

4,342

5,100

6,227

Cruelty

705

467

437

605

736

963

1,223

Lunacy

208

159

173

223

265

278

283

Presumed decease

60

32

21

39

31

43

33

By husbands

3,822

3,485

4,279

6,303

8,100

10,154

14,271

By wives

4,695

3,430

3,800

5,310

6,787

8,236

10,586

Decrees nisi granted

7,019

7,111

6,318

8,608

10,724

14,356

18,982

Nullity of marriage:

Petitions filed

186

171

226

390

498

579

854

By husbands

96

100

127

247

288

328

503

By wives

90

71

99

143

210

251

351

Decrees nisi granted ..............

178

139

143

230

330

406

500

Scotland(2)

Divorce:

Actions in which final judgment given

884

805

772

1,027

1,317

1,745

2,237

On grounds of: Adultery

439

380

370

490

732

1,067

1,517

Desertion.......

392

370

349

467

509

583

619

Cruelty

32

33

40

53

48

77

73

Insanity.........

21

22

13

17

28

18

28

At instance of: Husbands

426

421

402

552

775

1,088

1,546

Wives

458

384

370

475

542

657

691

Divorce granted

869

794

760

1,011

1,301

1,711

2,205

Northern Ireland

Divorce:

Petitions filed

31

107

67

117

119

131

174

Nullity of marriage:

Petitions filed

3

3

3

6

3

4

9

Source: Lord Chancellor's Department (England and Wales), Scottish Home Department and High Court of Justice (Northern Ireland)

(1) Excluding proceedings for judicial separation and for the restitution of conjugal rights.

(2) The increase in the number of proceedings during the years 1939 to 1945 is to some extent due to the introduction of new legislation which gave additional grounds for divorce.

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HOUSING AND BUILDING

Number of houses built(1)

TABLE 53 Number

Total

Permanent houses built by local authorities(2)

Permanent houses built by private builders(2)

War destroyed houses rebuilt

Houses built by Government departments(3)

Temporary houses erected by local authorities

Assisted

Unassisted (4)

Assisted

Unassisted (4)

By local authorities

By private builders under licence

Permanent

Temporary

England and Wales(5)

1935.38 (average)

334,405

48,579

12,336

1,177

272,313

1938.39

332,360

88,776

12,968

4,207

226,409

1939.40

195,962

40,231

10,221

2,849

142,661

1940.41

42,498

11,802

3,606

648

26,442

1941.42

9,841

1,676

1,237

118

5,483

1,327

1942.43

9,577

586

792

40

2,454

5,705

1943.44

5,768

1,437

1,102

12

1,067

2,150

1944.45

5,537

1,691

741

108

1,744

1,253

1945 (April to December)

10,384

366

901

142

36

8,939

Scotland

1935.38 (average)

24,426

15,850

990

5

7,581

1939

25,529

18,902

216

58

6,353

1940

14,206

10,357

117

228

3,504

1941

5,406

4,676

38

68

624

1942

3,296

3,034

38

21

203

1943

2,809

2,717

28

64

1944

2,553

2,383

36

134

1945

2,006

1,428

27

111

3

437

Northern Ireland(5)

1935.38 (average)

2,951

158

2,395

385

13

1938.39

1,324

1,100

16

207

1

1939 (April to December)

267

169

2

1940

400

400

1941

206

206

1942

1943

1944

27

10

17

1945

81

21

60

Source: Health Departments

(1) Including flats, each flat being counted as one unit.

(2) The Scottish National Housing Companies, Scottish Special Housing Association and the Northern Ireland Housing Trust are included in the figures for local authorities, but other housing associations are included in the figures for private builders.

(3) Accommodation for the families of police, prison staffs, defence services and other Government employees and, in Northern Ireland, houses built on behalf of the Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust.

(4) Excluding houses in England and Wales having a rateable value exceeding £78 (or £105 in

the Metropolitan Police District). (5) Years ended 31 March, from 1934.35 to 1944.45 for England and Wales, and from 1934.35

to 1938.39 for Northern Ireland. Thereafter calendar years.

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Construction activity(1): Estimated value of work done

Great Britain

TABLE 54

£ million

Type of work

Description

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

425

470

425

350

290

290

Military construction..........

Airfields, camps and training establishments, defence works, storage depots, etc.

140

120

125

122

49

12

Industrial facilities............

Factories, warehouses and storage premises ............

80

76

65

46

29

25

Civil defence

Air raid precautions, public shelters, static water supplies, etc.

42

23

12

9

Residential building...........

Construction of hostels and houses ....................

22

16

6

13

30

Roads and streets.............

Strengthening, widening and major maintenance.........

2

3

3

3

2

Public and institutional buildings

Hospitals, schools, etc.

6

6

9

6

5

Public utilities................

Electricity, gas, water, sewerage, railways, ports, canals,

19

16

12

8

12

Mining

Mines and opencast coal production....................

2

7

13

14

Air raid damage

Repairs, demolition and debris clearance ...............

6

63

61

50

58

113

All other work

Including conversion, adaptation, maintenance and repair

120

108

83

102

77

Source: Ministry of Works

(1) Output of firms in the twelve main trades of the building and civil engineering industries, excluding the output of firms consisting solely of working principals.

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IV. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Area of crops and grassland

Great Britain

TABLE 55

Thousand acres

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Crops and grass(1)

Total

29,359

29,201

29,098

29,057

28,926

28,807

28,745

28,758

Arable land

11,991

11,870

13,203

14,991

16,175

17,387

17,936

17,866

Permanent grassland

17,368

17,331

15,896

14,066

12,752

11,420

10,809

10,892

Tillage

Total

8,471

8,342

9,826

11,916

12,839

13,659

13,708

13,063

Wheat

1,851

1,763

1,797

2,247

2,504

3,451

3,215

2,272

Barley

926

1,010

1,321

1,457

1,513

1,771

1,957

2,201

Oats

2,130

2,135

3,002

3,501

3,658

3,210

3,215

3,305

Mixed corn

96

85

258

529

529

485

415

435

Rye (threshed)

15

14

17

40

58

128

119

79

Potatoes

597

589

695

966

1,116

1,193

1,219

1,207

Sugar beet

335

345

329

351

425

417

431

417

Fodder crops:

Beans

119

135

90

193

222

248

286

206

Peas

40

37

38

64

69

64

57

46

Turnips and swedes

753

688

720

808

832

806

798

793

Mangolds

226

215

229

265

268

285

307

307

Other

297

284

332

482

514

502

523

506

Hops

18

19

19

18

18

19

20

20

Mustard (seed)

27

24

24

17

22

16

13

18

Flax for fibre (as straw)..................

1

2

18

38

45

52

60

44

Fruit

299

293

291

300

292

291

288

285

Vegetables

277

290

301

371

418

419

499

508

Flowers and nursery stock

24

25

18

14

12

9

9

11

Other crops

17

18

20

35

44

52

47

56

Bare fallow

423

374

306

219

280

240

231

347

Temporary grassland

Total

3,520

3,528

3,376

3,075

3,336

3,728

4,228

4,803

For hay

1,730

1,689

1,698

1,547

1,858

2,095

2,266

2,589

For grazing

1,790

1,838

1,678

1,528

1,478

1,633

1,962

2,213

Permanent grassland

Total

17,368

17,331

15,896

14,066

12,752

11,420

10,809

10,892

For hay

4,699

4,786

4,398

3,883

3,343

2,811

2,433

2,524

For grazing

12,669

12,545

11,497

10,184

9,409

8,609

8,376

8,369

Rough grazings

15,944

16,006

15,995

16,344

16,289

16,420

16,278

16,554

Source: Agricultural Department

(1) Excluding rough grazings.

--57--

Area of crops and grassland

Northern Ireland

TABLE 56

Thousand acres

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Crops and grass(1)

Total

2,478

2,478

2,331

2,296

2,277

2,252

2,263

2,265

Arable land

1,097

1,036

1,143

1,249

1,323

1,341

1,337

1,318

Permanent grassland.....

1,382

1,442

1,188

1,047

955

910

926

947

Tillage

Total

472

471

660

798

828

851

840

786

Wheat

6

3

12

18

12

14

5

2

Barley

3

3

18

18

15

14

16

14

Oats

273

291

397

449

475

470

441

448

Mixed corn

5

15

17

15

9

7

Rye (threshed)..........

1

1

Potatoes

127

115

137

157

187

197

198

190

Fodder crops:

Beans

1

2

1

1

2

1

Turnips and swedes

29

23

26

29

26

24

22

21

Mangolds

1

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

Other

1

1

2

3

4

4

4

4

Flax for fibre (as straw)

22

21

46

90

73

93

125

80

Fruit

8

8

9

10

10

10

10

10

Vegetables

2

2

3

4

4

4

4

4

Other crops

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

Temporary grassland

Total

625

565

483

451

495

491

497

532

For hay

209

212

211

202

245

238

225

240

For grazing

416

353

272

249

250

252

272

291

Permanent grassland

Total

1,382

1,442

1,188

1,047

955

910

926

947

For hay

216

223

221

199

191

180

180

179

For grazing

1,165

1,218

968

848

764

730

746

769

Rough grazings

533

534

644

659

670

700

707

706

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland

(1) Excluding rough grazings.

--55--

Estimated quantity of crops and grass harvested

Great Britain

TABLE 57 Thousand tons

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wheat

1,646

1,642

1,628

2,000

2,556

3,435

3,134

2,174

Barley

762

889

1,089

1,127

1,432

1,632

1,737

2,096

Oats

1,676

1,733

2,514

2,815

3,125

2,670

2,574

2,862

Mixed corn

76

73

222

423

447

380

341

366

Rye (grain)

10

10

11

26

45

94

87

58

Potatoes

4,085

4,354

5,375

6,783

8,162

8,537

8,026

8,702

Sugar beet

2,741

3,529

3,176

3,226

3,923

3,760

3,267

3,886

Fodder crops:

Beans

96

111

54

153

162

194

190

161

Peas

29

23

30

42

51

43

33

31

Turnips and swedes

10,557

9,699

10,366

11,570

12,844

11,677

11,811

11,946

Mangolds

4,065

4,050

4,229

5,090

5,404

5,785

5,543

6,508

Straw:

Wheat

2,062

1,986

1,854

2,347

2,810

3,759

3,327

2,304

Barley

720

838

961

1,083

1,282

1,425

1,492

1,776

Oat

2,212

2,227

2,858

3,515

3,805

3,197

3,072

3,263

Hops

13

14

14

13

13

14

13

14

Mustard (seed)

11

11

9

6

9

5

4

6

Flax for fibre (as straw)

2

3

30

61

79

107

105

90

Fruit

428

797

558

293

714

644

612

450

Vegetables

2,355

2,389

2,596

2,851

3,659

3,113

3,387

3,213

Hay from temporary grassland..............

2,337

2,273

2,315

2,139

2,669

3,038

2,894

3,843

Hay from permanent grassland

4,539

4,783

3,898

3,786

3,233

2,844

2,093

2,659

Source: Agricultural Departments

Estimated quantity of crops and grass harvested

Northern Ireland

TABLE 58 Thousand tons

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wheat

6

3

13

18

11

12

4

2

Barley

3

3

15

17

14

13

15

12

Oats

264

270

378

432

428

394

379

383

Mixed corn

4

15

16

14

8

6

Rye (grain)

1

1

1

Potatoes

788

864

1,030

1,221

1,231

1,285

1,070

1,089

Fodder crops:

1

1

1

Beans

1

1

Turnips and swedes

433

385

448

466

380

336

318

324

Mangolds

17

19

29

30

22

20

17

16

Straw:

Wheat

8

4

15

23

14

16

6

2

Barley

3

4

18

19

16

15

19

15

Oat

382

383

528

579

585

557

553

537

Mixed corn

1

6

20

21

18

11

9

Flax for fibre (as straw)

43

42

93

180

146

187

249

161

Fruit

23

27

25

28

35

13

54

7

Vegetables

15

13

21

32

31

30

35

29

Hay from temporary grassland

339

315

338

314

387

400

344

352

Hay from permanent grassland

458

419

460

390

371

387

359

338

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland

59

Estimated yield per acre

Great Britain

TABLE 59

Unit

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wheat

Cwts.

17.7

18.6

18.1

17.8

20.4

19.9

19.5

19.1

Barley

"

16.4

17.6

16.5

15.5

18.9

18.4

17.7

19.0

Oats

"

15.7

16.2

16.8

16.1

17.1

16.6

16.0

17.3

Mixed corn

"

15.8

17.2

17.2

16.1

17.0

15.7

16.5

16.8

Rye (grain)

"

12.5

13.7

12.6

13.2

15.4

14.7

14.7

14.6

Potatoes

Tons

6.9

7.4

7.7

7.0

7.3

7.2

6.6

7.2

Sugar beet

"

8.2

10.3

9.7

9.3

9.3

9.1

7.7

9.4

Fodder crops:

Beans

Cwts.

16.3

16.4

12.0

16.0

14.7

15.8

13.4

15.7

Peas

"

14.6

12.7

16.0

13.3

15.2

13.7

12.3

13.6

Turnips and swedes

Tons

14.1

14.1

14.4

14.3

15.4

14.5

14.9

15.1

Mangolds

"

18.0

18.9

18.5

19.3

20.3

20.4

18.1

21.3

Straw:

Wheat

Cwts.

22.3

22.5

20.6

20.9

22.4

21.8

20.7

20.3

Barley

"

15.5

16.6

14.5

14.9

17.0

16.1

15.2

16.1

Oat

"

20.8

20.9

19.0

20.1

20.8

19.9

19.1

19.8

Hops

"

13.5

15.3

14.5

14.5

14.2

14.9

13.0

14.1

Mustard (seed)

"

8.5

9.3

7.6

6.9

8.7

7.0

7.1

7.6

Flax for fibre (as straw)..........

Tons

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.7

2.0

1.9

2.0

Hay from temporary grassland

Cwts.

26.9

26.9

27.3

27.7

28.8

29.0

25.5

29.7

Hay from permanent grassland

"

19.2

20.0

17.7

19.5

19.4

20.2

17.2

21.1

Source: Agricultural Departments

Estimated yield per acre

Northern Ireland

TABLE 60

Unit

1936.38 average

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wheat

Cwts.

20.7

20.4

21.5

20.6

18.5

17.6

17.9

17.5

Barley

"

190

17.8

170

19.6

181

17.9

18.4

17.4

Oats

"

19.3

18.5

190

19.2

180

16.8

17.2

17.1

Mixed corn

"

18.5

18.7

19.1

18.5

17.7

17.9

17.7

Rye (grain)

"

12.5

13.7

12.6

13.2

15.4

14.8

14.7

14.7

Potatoes

Tons

6.2

7.5

7.5

7.8

6.6

6.5

5.4

5.7

Fodder crops:

Beans

Cwts.

16.3

16.4

12.2

15.9

14.6

15.7

13.2

15.6

Peas

"

13.5

15.3

13.7

12.6

13.6

Turnips and swedes

Tons

150

16.4

16.9

16.3

14.8

14.2

14.5

15.2

Mangolds

"

15.8

16.3

17.2

15.3

140

14.4

14.6

14.3

Straw:

Wheat

Cwts.

27.8

24.8

25.6

26.7

23.0

23.3

25.4

24.7

Barley

"

23.5

20.5

20.5

22.1

20.7

21.2

24.0

21.4

Oat

"

27.9

26.3

26.6

25.8

24.6

23.7

25.1

24.0

Mixed corn

"

26.3

26.6

25.8

24.6

23.7

25.1

24.0

Flax for fibre (as straw) .........

Tons

2 0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

Hay from temporary grassland

Cwts.

32.4

29.7

32.0

31.1

31.7

33.6

30.5

29.3

Hay from permanent grassland

"

42.3

37.5

41.7

39.2

38.9

42.9

39.9

37.8

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland

--60--

Number of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry on agricultural holdings

Great Britain

TABLE 61

At June in each year

Thousands

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cattle

Total

7,853

7,909

8,030

8,119

8,361

8,153

8,248

8,428

8,616

8,697

Cows and heifers in milk ......

2,596

2,583

2,606

2,628

2,647

2,667

2,587

2,674

2,686

2,673

Cows in calf but not in milk

461

450

429

447

455

489

545

596

605

576

Heifers in calf with first calf____

514

530

541

539

596

552

751

729

744

747

Bulls being used for service ____

101

104

106

109

110

111

120

126

127

129

Other cattle:

Two years old and over .....

1,109

1,117

1,099

1,144

1,214

1,056

1,086

1,092

1,188

1,311

One year and under two.....

1,583

1,590

1,601

1,677

1,671

1,702

1,513

1,556

1,591

1,634

Under one year ............

1,490

1,535

1,649

1,575

1,667

1,577

1,646

1,654

1,674

1,628

Sheep and lambs

Total

24,205

24,712

25,882

25,993

25,465

21,445

20,764

19,700

19,435

19,496

Ewes for breeding ............

10,548

10,606

10,406

10,572

10,309

8,865

8,520

7,899

7,820

7,916

Rams for service .............

327

338

296

305

298

249

246

237

235

234

Other sheep:

One year old and over ......

2,315

2,120

3,825

3,451

3,734

3,407

2,982

3,109

3,167

3,218

Under one year ............

11,015

11,649

11,355

11,664

11,125

8,924

9,016

8,454

8,213

8,127

Pigs

Total

4,040

3,883

3,822

3,767

3,631

2,207

1,872

1,571

1,631

1,903

Sows for breeding ............

512

487

463

479

426

216

221

162

226

218

Boars for service .............

37

35

33

33

30

18

18

15

19

19

Other pigs:

Five months old and over

3,491

3,361

3,326

677

827

633

547

573

487

628

Two months and under five.

1,616

1,567

933

679

515

522

651

Under two months..........

963

781

408

406

307

377

386

Poultry

Total

70,005

63,704

64,053

64,137

62,121

49,126

43,212

35,299

38,481

44,665

Total fowls

65,698

59,830

59,920

60,234

58,545

46,233

40,160

32,241

34,986

40,615

Six months and over

29,142

27,997

26,475

26,610

29,554

28,418

20,446

16,247

15,976

17,533

Under six months ..........

36,556

31,833

33,445

33,624

28,991

17,815

19,714

15,994

19,010

23,083

Ducks

2,843

2,499

2,564

2,467

2,263

1,796

1,981

1,939

2,234

2,542

Geese

661

577

634

611

608

620

648

707

779

866

Turkeys

804

797

934

825

705

477

423

411

483

642

Source: Agricultural Departments

--61--

Number of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry on agricultural holdings

Northern Ireland

TABLE 62 At June in each year Thousands

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cattle

Total

770

730

732

753

732

787

827

832

886

919

Cows and heifers in milk ......

250

237

229

213

202

211

222

236

242

245

Cows in calf but not in milk

(1)

(1)

(1)

32

33

35

43

44

47

49

Heifers in calf with first calf____

25

23

30

25

24

34

51

44

50

53

Bulls being used for service

5

4

5

5

5

4

5

5

5

5

Other cattle:

Two years old and over .....

81

75

85

85

87

111

128

134

155

186

One year and under two.....

199

194

191

190

186

191

180

170

179

180

Under one year ............

210

198

192

204

196

200

197

198

208

201

Sheep and lambs

Total

835

829

893

895

854

812

742

683

672

654

Ewes for breeding ............

382

377

402

403

379

364

332

301

300

295

Rams for service ..........

11

10

13

12

12

11

10

9

10

9

Other sheep:

One year old and over ......

39

36

46

43

51

71

60

61

65

71

Under one year ............

403

406

433

437

413

366

340

312

297

279

Pigs

Total

522

570

561

627

475

351

271

257

237

249

Sows for breeding ............

57

54

58

63

42

29

28

24

26

27

Boars for service .........

2

2

2

2

1

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.4

Other pigs:

Five months old and over

463

514

83

90

93

78

65

41

31

34

Two months and under five

230

255

212

181

133

153

142

149

Under two months..........

189

217

128

61

45

40

38

39

Poultry

Total

10,570

10,182

10,193

10,220

9,122

12,933

14,601

15,430

16,646

17,471

Fowls

9,543

9,222

9,199

9,295

8,210

11,850

13,342

14,130

15,256

16,050

Ducks

499

428

425

415

396

530

664

701

759

794

Geese

139

112

113

104

103

115

118

114

123

124

Turkeys

389

420

456

406

413

438

478

485

508

504

(1) Included with "other cattle". Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland

--62--

Horses grazed on agricultural land

TABLE 63

At June in each year

Thousands

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Great Britain

Total

1,013

1,005

1,002

987

959

962

917

871

829

796

Used for agricultural purposes (1)

672

663

668

649

642

667

585

616

577

545

Unbroken horses:

One year old and over

108

114

122

131

126

114

105

90

87

87

Under one year

57

61

60

57

50

42

39

37

36

34

Stallions being used for service ..........

4

4

5

5

4

3

3

3

3

3

Other(2)

171

162

148

146

136

136

184

125

126

127

Northern Ireland

Total

99

98

99

97

97

97

95

90

88

85

Used for agricultural purposes (1)

81

81

80

76

77

80

80

77

75

72

Unbroken horses:

One year old and over (3)

5

6

7

9

8

7

6

5

4

4

Under one year

4

4

5

5

4

3

3

2

3

3

Other(2)

8

7

6

8

8

7

7

6

6

6

Source: Agricultural Departments

(1) Including mares kept for breeding.

(2) Including all other horses grazed on agricultural holdings exceeding one acre in Great Britain, or one quarter of an acre in Northern Ireland regardless of the use to which they are put.

(3) Including stallions being used for service.

Agricultural tractors, machines and implements in use(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 64

Number

1942 May

1944 April

1946 January

Tractors:

Total

116,830

173,370

203,420

Tracklayers

5,600

9,090

12,350

Three and four-wheeled

104,780

153,350

175,050

Two-wheeled market garden type

6,450

10,930

16,020

Mouldboard ploughs:

Total

465,630

466,860

482,190

Horse drawn

353,180

312,710

303,240

Tractor drawn

112,450

154,150

178,950

Disc harrows

33,840

58,860

65,200

Cultivators or grubbers

161,690

191,410

247,790

Toolbars

14,340

23,100

33,710

Corn drills(2)

101,550

108,640

115,510

Mowing machines

220,420

210,590

228,320

Binders

131,600

144,040

149,500

Threshing machine

13,150

13,630

14,960

Combined harvester.threshers

1,000(3)

2,500(3)

3,800(3)

Potato spinners

37,030

53,460

59,470

Milking machines

29,510

37,790

48,290

Source: Agricultural Departments

(1) Owned by farmers, contractors, the agricultural executive committees and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland.

(2) Including combined seed and fertilizer drills.

(3) Estimated numbers in use at harvest.

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Movement off farms of cereals, potatoes and sugar beet

TABLE 65

Weekly averages

Thousand tons

Year

January*

February

March

April*

May

June

July*

August

September

October*

November

December

Cereals:

Wheat(1)

1940

18.3

22.8

24.0

19.8

13.4

12.5

5.5

2.4

21.8

31.3

25.6

23.0

20.5

1941

18.4

20.0

19.5

18.3

12.2

10.0

6.5

2.0

4.3

31.0

34.0

33.0

31.0

1942

31.1

33.2

48.8

49.8

32.8

29.3

10.5

1.8

8.8

36.8

41.4

43.5

40.3

1943

44.6

41.6

47.8

47.0

41.8

46.8

34.0

11.6

30.8

62.3

61.8

60.5

53.0*

1944

47.9

64.0

67.0

70.0

58.8

57.8

38.5

14.0

38.0

49.5

43.6

39.5

37.0

1945

39.6

44.4

52.5

50.5

50.8

45.8

44.5

18.6

30.3

50.5

32.2

30.5

28.3

Barley(2)

1941

13.6

1.2

2.0

21.8

23.0

28.3

30.0

1942

17.2

22.8

23.0

18.0

7.0

3.8

2.3

1.0

9.5

37.5

23.0

29.0

33.3

1943

24.8

30.4

32.3

30.0

16.2

11.5

6.5

6.8

34.8

36.3

28.6

39.0

29.2*

1944

23.7

30.2

30.8

27.3

15.0

10.3

5.5

4.0

28.5

42.0

32.6

31.3

30.5

1945

32.1

28.6

35.3

35.0

22.8

14.8

9.3

6.8

45.8

55.8

44.0

47.5

46.3

Oats(2)

1941

4.5

1.7

1.2

5.6

6.2

7.8

8.3

1942

8.1

7.2

8.8

9.5

7.0

6.8

6.8

4.6

5.3

5.5

10.2

13.3

13.0

1943

10.8

14.0

15.5

16.0

14.2

14.5

11.8

8.6

4.8

3.3

8.8

9.0

9.8*

1944

6.9

9.6

9.8

8.8

8.0

5.8

6.0

4.0

2.8

5.3

7.2

8.3

7.5

1945

6.7

5.6

6.5

5.8

5.4

4.3

4.5

2.8

3.5

9.8

10.2

11.5

11.0

Potatoes(2)

1940

63.9

67.4

72.0

68.5

72.2

54.8

38.0

54.4

53.5

60.5

69.8

72.8

80.5

1941

80.4

83.6

98.0

100.5

95.6

96.5

59.3

54.8

71.5

68.5

75.4

78.0

85.8

1942

97.1

87.6

121.3

112.3

88.6

90.8

94.0

98.8

81.3

92.3

91.2

102.3

110.5

1943

113.9

116.0

118.0

115.5

123.6

128.5

114.0

117.0

92.5

98.3

102.4

113.0

124.6*

1944

122.8

139.8

141.0

140.5

142.2

110.0

113.3

107.0

103.0

116.0

114.2

123.3

120.8

1945

118.2

117.6

150.5

123.5

127.4

104.0

89.3

101.2

102.8

127.5

117.6

137.5

121.8

Sugar(3)

1939

9.5(4)

1.1

0.8

27.8

36.5

33.6

1940

9.6

12.8

31.5

34.3

33.8

1941

8.1

10.0

19.4

35.0

32.9

1942

9.1

18.2

0.7

22.8

35.9

31.7

1943

10.5

24.3

4.5

26.2

32.7

31.2*

1944

7.5

14.4

0.5

0.3

20.9

28.5

24.3

1945

8.6

13.9

0.4

27.0

33.9

26.9

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Receipts by flour millers.

(2) For human consumption, processing and stock feeding under Ministry schemes.

(3) Production of refined sugar from home-grown sugar beet.

(4) Year ended January 1940.

* Average of five weeks.

64

Animals purchased for slaughter(1)

TABLE 66

Weekly averages

Thousands

Year

January*

February

March

April*

May

June

July*

August

September

October*

November

December

Cattle:

Total

1939

42 0

1940

38.7

42.8

34.6

37.7

36.7

28.6

30.0

31.0

42.0

57.6

57.1

37.2

25.9

1941

36.8

36.1

41.3

36.2

34.2

34.2

31.7

33.8

40.4

36.1

39.9

46.3

32.5

1942

30.9

25.7

22.3

25.2

28.2

31.1

27.8

30.6

37.7

37.8

44.7

35.2

22.9

1943

30.1

21.4

23.6

28.4

33.8

39.5

33.6

30.6

37.9

32.5

34.2

28.8

20.0*

1944

33.5

20.8

24.3

29.7

36.1

36.3

28.8

36.4

38.0

40.4

46.8

39.5

23.6

1945

35.9

22.9

27.8

28.5

32.1

29.8

24.8

45.4

47.5

51.6

49.3

44.9

24.8

Imported fat cattle

1939

3.7

1940

2.9

5.0

3.5

2.3

1.2

0.3

1.3

2.9

2.8

4.9

4.1

3.8

2.1

1941

5.7

2.5

3.5

2.3

1.5

0.4

1.8

4.9

5.9

7.0

9.4

15.9

14.0

1942

3.8

9.3

3.0

1.1

0.7

0.3

1.7

6.7

5.9

5.0

4.6

3.4

2.1

1943

1.5

0.8

1.4

0.8

0.3

1.7

3.l

3.0

3.6

2.5

11

0.2*

1944

2.2

0.6

4.9

4.0

5.5

5.4

3.5

2.1

1945

3.3

0.8

0.9

0.2

1.6

7.1

6.6

8.1

4.4

6.3

3.3

Home fed cattle:

Steers and

heifers(2)

Home-bred

1940

17.1

15.1

16.6

17.9

17.6

13.9

14.0

11.9

18.6

27.1

26.6

14.3

10.7

1941

16.0

16.1

19.5

17.0

16.7

18.0

16.0

13.5

18.1

16.3

16.1

15.9

9.4

1942

14.8

8.4

10.7

14.5

17.3

19.9

15.6

12.4

16.9

17.8

21.4

14.6

8.6

1943

13.0

8.1

9.6

12.9

16.5

20.9

16.1

13.0

17.3

14.1

13.6

9.3

5.9*

1944

13.3

7.0

9.2

12.7

16.8

17.9

12.4

13.9

15.7

15.9

17.6

13.5

6.4

1945

14.5

7.3

10.5

12.2

15.1

14.3

9.3

18.4

20.6

21.9

20.6

15.9

7.6

Imported from Eire as stores

1940

8.4

10.0

7.8

8.2

8.3

6.6

6.1

6.1

10.0

13.4

12.3

6.7

4.7

1941

4.6

7.0

7.5

7.0

6.9

6.6

5.1

3.3

3.9

3.l

2.2

2.0

1.0

1942

3.3

1.0

1.2

2.0

3.0

3.9

3.5

3.4

5.1

5.7

5.4

3.3

2.0

1943

5.1

2.5

3.5

6.0

8.5

10.2

7.2

5.5

7.5

4.3

3.6

2.1

1.3*

1944

5.6

2.6

4.6

6.7

9.8

9.5

5.7

6.5

7.3

5.5

4.4

2.6

1.3

1945

5.6

2.5

4.2

6.1

8.8

8.0

4.1

7.8

8.3

7.0

5.0

3.2

1.5

Cows, bulls and others

1940

10.3

12.7

6.7

9.3

9.5

7.8

8.6

10.1

10.6

12.2

14.1

12.5

8.5

1941

10.5

10.5

10.8

9.9

9.1

9.2

8.8

12.1

12.5

9.7

12.2

12.5

8.1

1942

9.0

7.0

7.4

7.6

7.2

7.0

7.0

8.1

9.8

9.3

13.3

13.9

10.2

1943

10.5

10.0

9.1

8.7

8.5

8.4

8.6

9.0

10.1

10.5

14.4

16.3

12.6*

1944

12.4

11.2

10.5

10.3

9.5

8.9

10.1

11.1

11.0

13.5

19.4

19.9

13.8

1945

12.5

12.3

12.2

10.0

8.2

7.5

9.8

12.1

12.0

14.6

19.3

19.5

12.4

Source: Ministry of Food

See footnotes on page 66.

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Animals purchased for slaughter(1) (continued)

TABLE 66 (continued)

Weekly averages

Thousands

Year

January*

February

March

April*

May

June

July*

August

September

October*

November

December

Calves

1939

15.4

1940

16.5

10.4

19.0

21.4

19.1

12.5

11.6

15.6

16.1

20.9

21.6

15.9

14.4

1941

20.3

18.7

22.6

27.8

28.1

23.2

19.6

20.2

17.2

17.3

18.6

16.0

13.6

1942

21.5

16.3

20.8

28.0

25.4

20.5

16.9

19.6

19.7

22.5

26.7

22.0

19.0

1943

25.5

23.1

26.8

36.3

31.7

23.2

17.6

17.6

20.0

26.0

31.3

29.4

23.6*

1944

25.9

24.9

30.2

36.0

25.2

15.9

14.9

17.3

22.1

30.0

36.6

33.2

24.2

1945

26.9

28.7

34.4

361

25.8

16.7

14.0

17.6

21.3

31.0

38.3

32.8

25.0

Sheep and lambs

1939

227.1

1940

212.5

154.4

168.6

158.7

94.3

100.3

152.3

242.6

288.1

328.8

376.1

294.5

186.5

1941

158.4

186.7

149.0

142.9

141.0

101.3

106.4

172.5

172.9

139.3

149.5

264.8

170.1

1942

152.5

169.9

145.8

142.4

126.8

86.7

70.4

113.8

142.6

145.2

223.5

266.4

190.6

1943

140.7

181.7

139.7

136.9

139.6

89.9

72.5

83.5

102.5

121.3

162.7

232.3

207.6*

1944

127.2

166.9

149.8

137.7

86.1

63.7

56.2

75.5

87.8

111.0

181.2

238.1

172.7

1945

121.4

163.5

131.3

131.7

97.2

64.2

48.6

65.0

83.2

120.3

160.7

221.0

169.3

Pigs(3):

Baconers

1939

41.8

1940

49.4

17.8

21.9

42.4

46.0

57.6

63.0

53.6

60.7

64.3

56.1

59.4

56.8

1941

39.6

54.6

58.3

59.9

57.9

36.8

37.4

34.0

28.6

25.0

25.1

26.4

27.5

1942

24.4

25.8

24.8

26.5

25.6

25.8

26.9

25.8

22.7

21.6

20.9

22.6

23.8

1943

22.4

23.4

22.0

24.3

26.3

26.7

27.0

25.8

21.8

19.4

17.7

17.6

17.1*

1944

18.8

16.4

18.0

17.9

20.6

21.1

19.3

20.5

17.9

17.2

17.7

19.1

19.8

1945

25.9

20.4

25.0

27.0

29.6

29.2

29.4

33.3

25.2

24.0

22.3

22.7

21.9

Porkers(4)

1940

30.6

12.0

47.2

48.9

48.4

40.0

31.1

26.9

18.1

29.7

28.6

19.3

18.8

1941

12.9

22.5

25.2

26.2

26.5

14.5

10.6

7.7

5.3

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.6

1942

3.2

3.7

4.0

4.2

3.7

2.5

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.9

2.8

3.8

4.0

1943

2.4

4.4

4.0

3.9

3.l

2.5

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.4

1.5*

1944

2.0

1.2

1.6

1.2

1.5

1.8

1.7

1.9

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.6

3.5

1945

3.5

4.4

4.8

4.2

4.3

3.l

2.1

7.7

2.8

2.0

1.9

2.2

2.1

Sows, boars and other(4)

1940

9.5

5.4

10.2

14.2

13.2

9.9

8.7

8.8

9.2

11.0

7.4

8.3

7.9

1941

5.0

8.3

9.6

8.6

8.9

5.5

4.5

3.6

2.6

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.6

1942

1.9

1.6

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.3

1943

1.5

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.0

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9*

1944

2.0

0.9

0.9

1.1

1.3

2.0

4.0

4.1

2.6

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.9

1945

2.2

2.1

2.7

3.0

2.9

2.5

2.4

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.8

1.5

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Great Britain only. Fat cattle, sheep and lambs sent from Eire and Northern Ireland are included. Detailed records begin in January 1940; earlier figures are estimated.

(2) Including cow-heifers.

(3) Excluding pigs fattened by self suppliers.

(4) The number of pigs other than baconers slaughtered in 1939 was 3,011 thousand (weekly average, 57.9).

* Average of five weeks.

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Milk: Sales through the Marketing Schemes

TABLE 67

Monthly averages or calendar months

Million gallons

Year

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total sales

1939

108.3

90.1

85.8

100.0

107.2

130.3

131.2

128.8

124.6

114.3

108.0

91.8

87.6

1940

102.3

85.0

82.6

93.6

99.6

129.3

127.8

121.3

118.0

101.2

95.1

85.7

87.7

1941

101.9

88.3

83.2

97.7

100.3

121.4

127.7

119.5

110.9

103.8

100.5

86.5

83.5

1942

105.8

83.8

79.1

95.5

104.3

130.1

137.4

129.3

119.4

109.3

102.6

89.5

88.8

1943

112.0

90.9

86.6

105.1

117.5

147.0

145.6

132.6

118.0

106.4

104.4

94.2

95.8

1944

114.8

99.3

97.4

112.2

122.2

152.6

142.8

129.3

116.6

104.9

105.0

96.3

99.4

1945

118.7

101.9

96.9

115.8

130.0

155.3

145.6

133.9

121.2

106.7

109.3

102.0

105.6

Liquid sales

1939

72.0

73.2

68.4

74.8

71.7

75.6

74.2

74.7

72.1

67.6

70.2

69.4

71.5

1940

78.1

73.2

70.0

74.6

74.4

77.6

77.4

77.9

80.9

80.1

83.9

82.9

84.2

1941

88.6

86.1

81.6

92.8

85.1

89.5

88.6

93.6

92.6

91.4

95.3

85.1

82.2

1942

92.9

82.7

76.1

87.7

90.0

97.4

101.7

105.0

100.9

98.2

99.1

88.5

87.0

1943

97.4

89.7

83.9

96.0

95.0

109.5

107.1

105.7

97.9

97.6

100.2

93.0

93.4

1944

100.4

95.7

91.1

98.0

95.9

113.2

110.7

105.0

101.4

100.4

103.1

95.2

95.4

1945

103.6

97.7

89.9

102.4

103.7

112.5

111.8

110.9

104.8

102.5

106.2

99.3

101.1

Used for manufacture(1)

1939

36.3

16.9

17.4

25.2

35.5

54.7

57.0

54.1

52.5

46.7

37.8

22.4

16.1

1940

24.2

11.8

12.6

19.0

25.2

51.7

50.4

43.4

37.1

21.1

11.2

2.8

3.5

1941

13.3

2.2

1.6

4.9

15.2

31.9

39.1

25.9

18.3

12.4

5.2

1.4

1.3

1942

12.9

1.1

3.0

7.8

14.3

32.7

35.7

24.3

18.5

11.1

3.5

1.0

1.8

1943

14.6

1.2

2.7

9.1

22.5

37.5

38.5

26.9

20.1

8.8

4.2

1.2

2.4

1944

14.4

3.6

6.3

14.2

26.3

39.4

32.1

24.3

15.2

4.5

1.9

1.1

4.0

1945

15.1

4.2

7.0

13.4

26.3

42.8

33.8

23.0

16.4

4.2

3.l

2.7

4.5

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Manufacture into milk products together with the quantity used on farms for cheese-making.

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Processed food: Production(1)

TABLE 68

Thousand tons

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Flour milling:

Wheat milled

5,627(2)

5,973

6,067

5,326

5,026

5,348

5,716

Flour produced

3,939(2)

4,391

4,600

4,394

4,527(3)

4,470(3)

4,524

Offals produced

1,744(2)

1,676

1,535

905

866(3)

825(3)

1,106

Oat milling:

Oats milled by oatmeal millers......

219

314

449

396

321

Oatmeal produced

124

178

252

221

176

Seed crushing:

Oilseeds and nuts processed ........

1,596

1,618

1,370

1,448

1,264

1,292

1,336

Crude oil produced ...............

515

622

578

599

529

538

570

Oilcake and meal produced ........

1,082(4)

969

766

810

671

715

735

Vegetable oil consumption(6):

Total disposals

787

819

768

696

745

782

For food

475

517

447

425

456

475

Whale, herring and seal oil consumption(5):

Total disposals

185

152

127

104

73

121

For food

157

128

108

86

55

93

Production of home-killed meat(6):

Total

1,180

1,072

902

772

754

783

812

Beef

602

557

523

453

445

487

517

Veal

23

25

28

28

33

32

34

Mutton and lamb

238

227

176

171

159

142

134

Pork(7)

201

155

74

29

27

30

34

Offal(7)

116

108

101

91

90

92

93

Production of bacon and ham(7)

199

207

174

121

123

139

149

Production of animal fats:

Lard

8

4

3

2

2

3

Other edible fats

35

31

34

45

41

32

Production of milk products:

Butter(8)

21

16

8

10

9

10

8

Cheese(9)

43

32

30

20

22

18

22

Condensed milk

178

72

96

97

111

94

Milk powder

15

9

14

23

23

29

Cream

33

15

Sugar: production from home-grown sugar-beet (as refined sugar)

487(10)

501

419

474

557

391

449

Production of compound edible fats:

Margarine

226

359

419

406

392

399

406

Compound cooking fat............

132

159

145

62

53

32

85

Production of other processed foods:

Jam and marmalade ..............

220(11)

226

245

299

324

303

273

Syrup and treacle

95(11)

72

86

82

96

108

106

Canned vegetables

160

190

209

195

177

192

204

Canned and bottled fruit ..........

16

42

25

6

10

Canned meat

43

60

79

54

Canned fish

1

3

2

1

2

Biscuits

300

330

361

358

278

272

261

Breakfast cereals

45

47

45

47

47

Chocolate confectionery............

173

187

162

145

148

127

Sugar confectionery...............

150

149

128

107

114

111

Cocoa and drinking chocolate......

19

26

29

24

27

28

Starch

42

35

37

38

38

Pearl barley and barley products

4

13

16

12

13

19

27

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Figures for 1939 relate to the calendar year except where otherwise stated. From 1940 onwards figures are for periods of 52 weeks (53 weeks in 1943) except for condensed milk and milk powder.

(2) Year ended 31 July.

(3) Including small quantities produced from barley, rye and oats.

(4) Including castor cake which is unfit for animal feed.

(5) As crude oil.

(6) Including production from fat cattle and fresh meat and offal imported from Eire.

(7) Including meat and offal produced by pig clubs, etc.

(8) Excluding farmhouse butter.

(9) Including farmhouse cheese.

(10) Year ended January 1940.

(11) Year ended 30 June.

--68--

Food and animal feeding stuffs: Consumption(1)

TABLE 69

Thousand tons

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cereal products and sugar:

Flour:

Total disposals

4,573

5,149

4,967

5,138

5,234

5,433

For food in the United Kingdom

4,497

5,086

4,856

4,982

5,095

5,161

Rice

188

156

92

84

86

36

Sugar:

1,657

1,550

1,533

1,540

1,765

1,761

Total disposals

For food in the United Kingdom

1,588

1,453

1,478

1,519

1,641

1,629

Syrup and treacle

72

78

86

95

110

108

Starch

153

134

106

119

114

Oatmeal and flakes

167

210

257

223

217

Other breakfast cereals

45

51

45

47

47

Meat and fish:

1,706

Fresh and frozen meat and offal

2,151

1,728

1,681

1,672

1,826

Canned corned meat

31

40

81

105

89

117

Other canned meat

26

44

178

193

220

259

Bacon and ham

440

417

408

401

508

365

Fresh, frozen and cured fish (landed weight):

425

493

504

560

735

Total disposals

495

For food in the United Kingdom

455

421

485

499

543

709

Canned fish

120

89

82

82

95

118

Dairy products:

161

183

Butter

290

205

166

170

Cheese

186

187

297

261

232

232

Condensed milk

224

189

224

219

205

175

Milk powder

32

18

62

97

79

105

Eggs in shell

399

344

248

207

203

257

Dried egg

2

3

40

57

59

81

Frozen liquid egg

49

31

6

4

9

1

Fats:

Margarine

343

399

395

394

410

424

Lard and compound cooking fat

193

208

248

253

256

234

Fruit and vegetables:

Dried fruit

159

173

192

151

223

202

Canned and bottled fruit

39

59

75

25

18

Jam and marmalade

227

251

290

363

345

290

Potatoes(2):

Total disposals

3,404

4,194

5,058

6,043

6,421

6,111

For food in the United Kingdom.................

3,356

3,850

4,602

5,460

6,154

5,820

Canned vegetables

174

255

201

211

244

Dried peas,beans and lentils

111

150

132

132

156

157

Other foods:

Chocolate and sugar confectionary

249

258

241

Biscuits

352

272

272

260

Tea

213

184

181

164

168

191

Raw coffee

26

25

27

31

40

47

Cocoa beans

141

121

132

115

155

127

Barley:

For brewing

797

883

1,039

For food

424

50

44

For animal feed

4

307

280

Maize:

Total disposals

2,037

809

180

124

116

406

Animal feed

1,889

702

61

6

6

294

Oilcake and meal

1,329

899

902

690

786

825

Milling offals

1,989

1,600

886

898

817

1,108

Fish and meat meal

118

67

51

55

69

69

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Figures relate to periods of 52 weeks (53 weeks in 1943) except for fresh, frozen and cured fish, condensed and powdered milk and cocoa beans, the figures for which are for calendar years.

(2) Excluding seed and chat potatoes.

--69--

Estimated food supplies per head of civilian population

TABLE 70

lb. per head per annum

1934.38 average

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cereal products and sugar:

Flour

194.5

208.6

237.1

226.6

230.2

233.5

240.7

Rice

4.4

6.6

6.4

3.5

2.9

3.2

0.9

Sugar(1)

103.9

71.8

67.4

69.2

67.7

71.4

70.5

Starch

2.2

1.9

1.7

1.9

1.2

1.3

1.3

Oatmeal and flakes

5.4

5.0

8.0

9.8

10.8

10.1

9.9

Other breakfast cereals............

1.8

1.8

2.2

2.3

2.0

2.1

2.2

Meat and fish:

Fresh and frozen meat ............

91.4

87.9

71.7

69.2

66.5

73.7

69.6

Offal

7.4

7.1

6.1

5.5

5.6

6.8

5.6

Canned corned meat

2.1

0.4

2.4

3.3

0.1

3 5

Other canned meat

0.8

1.1

2.0

5.0

4.6

5.8

4.9

Bacon and ham

27.3

20.2

19.1

19.4

18.5

23.6

16.8

Fresh frozen and cured fish........

21.8

11.1

11.3

13.1

14.2

16.0

20.2

Canned fish

3.6

5.2

3.4

2.8

3.l

3.3

3.4

Dairy products:

Butter

24.8

14.0

10.2

7.7

7.6

7.7

8.5

Cheese

8.8

8.2

8.3

14.0

11.5

10.3

9.7

Condensed milk

12.3

8.0

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.2

4.3

Milk powder

1.6

1.6

0.8

2.9

4.2

3.l

3.5

Eggs in shell

21.3

18.9

16.6

120

9.8

9.8

12.3

Dried egg

0.1

0.1

1.9

2.6

2.8

3.0

Frozen liquid egg

1.9

2.4

1.5

0.3

0.2

0.5

Fats:

Margarine

8.7

15.4

17.5

17.4

17.0

17.8

17.1

Lard and compound cooking fat

9.3

9.1

10.0

11.9

11.8

12.1

10.1

Other edible oils and fats..........

8.2

7.5

6.7

6.6

5.5

5.5

5.3

Fruit and vegetables:

Dried fruit

8 0

7.2

7.9

8.5

6.1

9.6

8.1

Fresh citrus fruit .................

28.5

20.4

4.0

4.7

2.0

7.1

14.8

Fresh tomatoes

10.4

8.2

6.9

8.6

8.9

8.2

9.1

Canned and bottled fruit

12.0

7.6

1.9

2.9

2.9

0.7

0.1

Jam and marmalade(2)

0.1

0.3

2.0

2.1

1.0

Potatoes

176.0

166.4

188.2

224.9

248.8

274.6

260.2

Canned vegetables

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.5

1.1

0.2

1.4

Dried peas, beans and lentils ......

7.4

4.6

6.3

5.0

4.2

4.6

4.7

Other foods:

Tea

9.3

8.6

8.1

8.2

7.0

7.4

8.2

Raw coffee

0.7

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.2

Cocoa beans

4.7

5.8

5.3

4.6

3.5

4.2

4.3

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Including sugar in all home-produced manufactured foods.

(2) Imported only.

--70--

Arrivals of Lend-Lease foodstuffs from the United States of America(2)

TABLE 71

Thousand tons

Total arrivals

Cereal products and sugar

Meat and fish

Maize

Pulses

Rice

Soya beans, flour and grits

Other cereals and cereal products

Starch. maize

Sugar

(as refined sugar)

Fresh and frozen meat and offal

Canned meat

Bacon and ham

Canned fish

1941 April to December

1,073

274

81

10

9

55

51

78

24

1942

1,427

98

27

20

12

90

33

170

114

64

1943

1,705

59

64

76

78

2

76

10

200

182

86

97

1944

1,280

21

57

6

20

2

51

289

22

92

12

1945(3)

709

199

27

5

9

10

38

100

31

4

1941 2nd Quarter

27

5

3rd Quarter

382

61

46

5

1

24

20

34

7

4th Quarter

664

213

30

5

8

31

31

43

17

1942 1st Quarter

405

23

3

5

12

12

27

16

31

2nd Quarter

281

6

5

21

1

52

34

7

3rd Quarter

403

40

6

7

37

23

54

46

6

4th Quarter

338

35

12

3

20

9

37

18

20

1943 1st Quarter

287

3

9

13

18

43

8

23

28

2nd Quarter

475

19

18

22

23

2

25

10

43

47

24

20

3rd Quarter

531

38

16

28

21

16

45

102

26

17

4th Quarter

412

2

27

17

21

17

69

25

13

32

1944 1st Quarter

276

8

2

9

17

102

1

21

6

2nd Quarter

406

20

22

1

4

1

7

117

1

49

3rd Quarter

286

1

13

1

2

10

34

9

16

1

4th Quarter

312

14

2

5

1

17

36

11

6

5

1945 1st Quarter

289

63

16

2

5

12

60

18

2nd Quarter

319

129

1

5

7

4

15

40

12

3

3rd Quarter

101

7

10

1

11

1

1

Source: Ministry of Food

See footnotes on page 72.

--71--

Arrivals of Lend-Lease foodstuffs from the United States of America(1)(2) (continued)

TABLE 71 (continued)

Thousand tons

Dairy products

Fats

Fruit and vegetables

Other foodstuffs

Cheese

Condensed and dried milk

Eggs in shell

Egg products

Lard and compound cooking fats

Other oils and fats

Dried fruit

Fruit pulp

Canned fruit

Canned vegetables

Fruit juices

Other fruit and vegetable products

1941 April to Dec

38

150

15

25

95

70

14

16

59

1

4

4

1942

122

224

2

57

215

5

91

28

4

18

7

14

12

1943

56

199

75

239

18

124

10

6

5

19

7

17

1944

110

162

66

181

2

125

9

14

3

15

9

12

1945(3)

29

63

17

68

59

14

5

2

5

22

2

1941 2nd Quarter

3

3

6

1

7

1

3rd Quarter

15

57

6

12

50

21

2

3

16

2

4th Quarter

20

90

3

13

44

42

12

13

42

1

4

2

1942 1st Quarter

28

103

2

14

39

49

6

4

18

11

2

2nd Quarter

26

25

18

66

1

8

4

2

I

4

3rd Quarter

25

50

11

69

1

11

9

3

1

4

4th Quarter

43

46

14

41

3

23

9

2

1

2

1943 1st Quarter

8

48

17

15

4

39

2

1

2

4

2

2nd Quarter

10

75

22

70

6

23

5

7

3

1

3rd Quarter

18

45

11

91

8

26

3

5

4

5

6

4th Quarter

20

31

25

63

36

1

5

8

1944 1st Quarter

18

6

16

29

25

4

5

2

3

2

2nd Quarter

28

19

18

47

53

3

3

8

3

2

3rd Quarter

25

47

17

86

1

14

2

1

3

3

4th Quarter

39

90

15

19

1

33

2

4

2

2

3

5

1945 1st Quarter

7

18

27

33

8

2

2

1

14

1

2nd Quarter

8

16

10

27

25

5

3

2

6

1

3rd Quarter

14

29

7

14

1

1

2

2

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Figures refer to 52-week years except for 1943, when there were 53 weeks.

(2) In addition there were the following arrivals from other countries :—(thousand tons)

Rice

Other oils and fats

Raw sugar

Granulated sugar

Brazil

Iceland

San Domingo

Haiti

Cuba

Porto Rico

Cuba

Java

1942 1st Quarter

5

2nd Quarter

24

3rd Quarter

8

31

3

8

1

4th Quarter

1

14

58

1

1943 1st Quarter

8

1

86

15

2nd Quarter

3

99

101

3rd Quarter

10

131

88

105

4th Quarter

8

41

8

345

82

1944 1st Quarter

4

35

16

24

2nd Quarter

4

(3) To 30 September 1945. There were no arrivals in the fourth quarter of 1945.

--72--

Losses of food and feeding-stuffs at sea

TABLE 72

Monthly averages or calendar months

Thousand tons

Total losses

Cereal products and sugar

Meat

Dairy products

Oilseeds, oils and fats

Fruit and vegetables

Beverages

Other food

Total grains and pulses

Wheat

Animal feeding. stuffs

Sugar

Tea

Other

1939(1)

35.6

22.3

15.1

7.9

1.7

0.9

0.3

0.8

1.2

0.2

0.3

1940

60.7

38.8

26.0

1.9

5.7

5.7

2.2

3.0

2.2

0.3

0.2

0.7

1941

65.6

31.8

24.6

2.5

5.2

3.8

1.5

15.5

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.4

1942

43.4

13.3

10.9

0.1

4.4

7.2

2.4

10.3

2.0

1.9

0.5

1.3

1943

30.9

10.2

8.5

3.l

5.1

2.1

8.2

0.4

1.0

0.1

0.7

1944

3.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.6

1.4

0.1

0.2

0.5

1939 September

62.8

38.7

29.0

24.1

October

42.1

25.3

13.9

0.1

7.1

0.4

01

1.1

3.1

4.9

0.1

November

22.0

19.9

12.2

0.2

0.4

0.9

0.6

December

15.4

5.4

5.4

5.8

3.7

0.5

1940 January

60.7

59.9

49.8

O.2

0.6

February

19.6

9.8

9.0

6.5

0.7

2.7

0.1

March

13.8

5.4

4.8

0.3

0.1

6.4

0.9

0.7

April

May

14.5

9.8

4.2

0.4

June

72.0

56.2

32.7

7.6

1.7

0.6

1.4

3.9

0.3

July

129.8

94.0

63.4

3.8

7.3

14.3

1.5

1.0

5.6

2.2

August

90.7

55.2

22.9

2.1

8.2

7.9

2.6

10.1

3.2

0.3

1.0

0.2

September

71.6

38.4

36.4

3.5

17.6

3.5

1.0

6.6

0.6

0.5

October

84.9

54.2

46.2

4.1

8.7

7.2

3.2

0.1

5.7

0.1

1.7

November

97.4

45.9

12.8

3.0

15.5

12.8

9.8

3.0

3.9

1.9

0.6

0.9

December

73.5

36.6

34.6

5.9

3.3

9.5

7.0

7.3

0.1

1.9

1.9

1941 January

65.2

43.4

27.2

4.7

2.7

3.6

0.6

5.0

2.8

2.4

February

78.6

19.0

11.6

10.7

6.0

0.8

33.2

1.6

3.4

1.5

2.4

March

110.4

58.7

45.0

3.4

12.7

0.1

0.8

24.1

3.6

3.2

3.8

April

95.8

68.1

63.9

4.7

3.5

5.9

2.2

6.4

1.4

1.9

1.3

0.3

May

107.8

55.2

47.7

5.1

6.6

16.5

2.6

20.1

1.1

0.6

June

84.8

37.7

25.0

0.8

12.3

5.0

1.0

22.7

2.1

0.1

1.3

1.8

July

17.8

3.1

7.0

7.7

August

32.9

6.4

5.9

21.4

3.2

1.6

0.3

September

87.2

33.1

30.2

0.5

2.7

38.9

1.2

0.7

8.4

1.7

October

28.1

17.7

15.1

3.2

3.5

1.1

2.2

0.4

November

49.0

18.5

4.8

17.6

3.2

1.6

4.3

1.3

1.9

0.6

December

30.0

20.5

18.6

1.7

2.7

1.5

1.7

1.9

1942 January

30.9

16.2

8.1

5.1

0.1

1.1

7.2

0.3

01

0.8

February

48.3

26.5

26.5

0.2

2.7

9.4

1.9

3.7

1.1

0.8

2.0

March

47.8

12.7

10.4

0.9

3.5

4.0

1.6

14.2

7.9

1.0

2.0

April

14.9

0.6

7.1

1.2

1.7

0.8

2.8

0.3

01

0.3

May

25.6

21.0

21.0

2.8

0.1

1.7

June

31.0

0.6

0.6

4.0

6.2

10.5

7.9

1.6

0.2

July

28.8

13.5

6.0

3.3

6.0

4.3

1.6

0.1

August

73.6

19.1

15.6

13.0

11.7

3.4

16.7

4.9

2.4

0.6

1.8

September

33.8

5.6

3.4

0.3

16.5

2.9

4.9

0.5

1.8

0.1

1.2

October

75.1

19.1

19.1

6.7

16.9

0.8

19.2

3.1

5.9

2.8

0.6

November

84.2

24.0

19.7

7.1

9.7

4.5

24.5

2.1

7.5

0.3

4.5

December

26.4

1.6

0.9

20.3

2.9

0.5

0.2

Source: Ministry of Food

(1) Four months, September to December. 

--73--

Losses of food and feeding-stuffs at sea (continued)

TABLE 72 (continued)

Monthly averages or calendar months

Thousand tons

Une

Total losses

Cereal products and sugar

Meat

Dairy products

Oilseeds, oils and fats

Fruit and vegetables

Beverages

Other food

Total grains and pulses

Wheat

Animal feeding. stuffs

Sugar

Tea

Other

1943 January

15.4

10.3

9.7

4.6

0.5

February

23.9

14.1

13.5

3.3

2.2

1.3

2.4

0.6

March

169.8

45.4

38.7

31.6

32.3

15.6

34.0

2.5

2.4

0.9

5.1

April

64.8

11.7

7.8

20.1

4.7

23.1

0.1

3.4

1.7

May

48.1

23.7

21.2

2.3

1.4

0.1

18.3

0.1

1.9

0.1

0.2

June

4.4

1.3

1.1

0.1

0.2

2.1

0.5

0.2

July

13.6

5.7

5.7

0.5

7.4

August

2.0

0.2

0.9

0.3

0.5

0.1

September

10.1

4.2

3.6

0.2

0.9

1.2

October

8.0

4.1

4.1

0.3

1.1

2.3

0.2

November

December

11.3

1.2

2.6

0.8

6.7

1944 January

3.4

2.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

February

2.1

0.1

1.8

0.2

March

5.4

5.4

April

4.1

3.9

0.2

May

June

July

1.0

0.4

0.5

August

6.0

3.8

2.2

September

October

7.3

0.5

2.2

4.6

November

December

10.7

2.0

1.5

3.0

2.2

0.5

3.0

1945 January

11.2

11.2

10.6

February

March

0.9

0.6

0.3

April

May

Source: Ministry of Food

--74--

V. FUEL AND POWER

Coal: production, consumption and stocks

TABLE 73

Thousand tons

Production(1)

Consumption (including exports)

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Total

Saleable mined coal

Opencast coal(2)

Total

Inland consumption(3)

Overseas shipments

and bunkers(4)

Distributed

Opencast on sites

or central stocking grounds

Colliery stocks

held on

pitbanks and in

trucks(5)

Annual totals

1939

231,338

231,338

232,919

186,401

46,518

14,550

5,186

1940

224,299

224,299

222,301

195,666

26,635

17,259

4,475

1941

206,344

206,344

206,073

196,704

9,369

18,679

3,326

1942

204,944

203,633

1,311

205,124

197,404

7,720

18,625

254

2,950

1943

198,920

194,493

4,427

198,414

190,380

8,034

17,656

1,602

2,946

1944

192,746

184,098

8,648

193,403

187,296

6,107

16,031

2,324

2,552

1945

182,773

174,658

8,115

188,028

179,500

8,528

12,314

716

2,229

Weekly averages

1939

4,437

4,437

4,467

3,575

892

14,550

5,186

1940

4,290

4,290

4,252

3,743

509

17,259

4,475

1941

3,957

3,957

3,952

3,772

180

18,679

3,326

1942

3,930

3,905

25

3,934

3,786

148

18,625

254

2,950

1943

3.815

3,730

85

3,805

3,651

154

17,656

1,602

2,946

1944

3 687

3,521

166

3,699

3,582

117

16,031

2,324

2,552

1945

3,506

3,350

156

3,606

3,442

164

12,314

716

2,229

1940 January

4,136*

4,136*

820

4,505

February

4,413

4413

737

3,963

March

4,339

4,339

659

3,437

April

4,864

4 864

743

3,219

May

4,701*

4,701*

4,448

3,665

783

10,679

3,084

June

4,758

4,758

4,217

3,609

608

12,631

3,197

July

4,365*

4,365*

4,050

3,627

423

15,078

3,322

August

4,087

4,087

3,744

3,441

303

16,563

3,465

September

4,130

4,130

3,741

3,404

337

17,872

3,762

October

4,029*

4,029*

3,927

3616

311

18,493

4,228

November

3,935

3,935

4,052

3,826

226

18,311

4,461

December

3,638

3,638

4,083

3,907

176

17,259

4,475

1941 January

3,813*

3,813*

4,212

4,021

191

15,022

4,416

February

3,890

3,890

4,272

4,071

201

13,740

4,318

March

4,047

4,047

4,263

4,041

222

12,975

4,135

April

3,839*

3,839*

4,098

3,880

218

12,345

3,779

May

4,051

4,051

3,987

3,790

197

12,952

3,536

June

3,913

3,913

3,721

3,523

198

13,856

3,395

July

3,980*

3,980*

3,582

3,384

198

15,612

3,287

August

3,624

3,624

3,513

3,357

156

16,620

3,161

September

4,129

4,129

3,701

3,561

140

18,041

3,141

October

4,135*

4,135*

3,907

3,748

159

19,124

3,289

November

4,194

4,194

4,097

3,957

140

19,318

3,393

December

3,851

3,851

4,179

4,040

139

18,679

3,326

1942 January

3,954

3,954

4,277

4,119

158

16,314

3,380

February

4,022

4,022

4,459

4,304

155

14,608

3,337

March

4,072

4,072

4,268

4.128

140

13,550

3,291

April

3,787*

3,782*

5*

3,942

3,808

134

12,850

3,166

May

3,770

3,766

4

3,758

3,606

152

13,146

3,031

June

3,986

3,973

13

3,673

3,510

163

13,918

3,008

July

3,914*

3,871*

43*

3,680

3,518

162

15,317

2,776

August

3,455

3,410

45

3,454

3,320

134

15,688

2,889

September

4,097*

4,046*

51*

3,728

3,575

153

17,515

2,839

October

4,158

4,104

54

3,888

3,741

147

18,620

3,050

November

4,141

4,105

36

4,088

3,945

143

18,959

2,987

December

3,765*

3,728*

37*

4,110

3,974

136

18,625

254

2,950

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 76.

--75--

Coal: production, consumption and stocks (continued)

TABLE 73 (continued)

Thousand tons

Production(1)

Consumption (including exports)

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Total

Saleable mined coal

Opencast coal(2)

Total

Inland consumption(3)

Overseas shipments

and bunkers(4)

Distributed

Opencast on sites

of central stocking grounds

Colliery stocks

held on

pitbanks and in

trucks(5)

1943 January

3,995

3,967

28

4,107

3,974

133

17,800

3,009

February

4,010

3,976

34

4,119

3,986

133

17,517

3,103

March

4,020

3,964

56

4,038

3,899

139

17,377

3,043

April

3,726*

3,657*

69*

3,821

3,656*

165

17,284

2,932

May

4,021

3,937

84

3,776

3,605

171

17,745

3,033

June

3,684

3,606

78

3,556

3,378

178

18,264

3,003

July

3,801 *

3,682*

119*

3,500

3,324*

176

19,434

2,973

August

3,287

3,166

121

3,276

3,156

120

19,510

2,957

September

3,931*

3,808*

123*

3,669

3,491*

178

20,283

2,976

October

4,015

3,888

127

3,852

3,685

167

20,328

2,980

November

3,903

3,796

107

3,982

3,840

142

19,757

3,025

December

3,532*

3,455*

77*

4,034

3,885*

149

17,656

1,602

2,946

1944 January

3,793

3,705

88

4,049

3,906

143

16,047

1,716

3,041

February

3,847

3,738

109

4,103

3,959

144

14,727

1,854

2,997

March

3,634*

3,508*

126*

4,023

3,893*

130

13,134

1,953

2,820

April

3,460

3,338

122

3,533

3,425

108

12,699

1,956

2,714

May

3,969

3,772

197

3,666

3,569

97

13,643

1,526

2,713

June

3,749*

3,538*

211*

3,437

3,324*

113

15,017

1,721

2,701

July

3,686

3,447

239

3,313

3,218

95

16,373

1,931

2,733

August

3,185

2,944

241

3,097

3,005

92

16,886

2,155

2,620

September

3,818*

3,622*

196*

3,495

3,381*

114

18,072

2,284

2,646

October

3,876

3,680

196

3,753

3,648

105

18,457

2,327

2,648

November

3,911

3,744

167

4,011

3,887

124

18,017

2,323

2,602

December

3,538*

3,425*

113*

3,994

3,864*

130

16,031

2,324

2,552

1945 January

3,506

3,385

121

4,108

3,978

130

13,205

2,367

2,732

February

3,693

3,578

115

4,147

3,993

154

11,372

2,360

2,612

March

3,717*

3,529*

188*

3,918

3,745*

173

10,376

2,402

2,550

April

3,591

3,414

177

3,590

3,436

154

10,142

2,353

2,516

May

3,161

3,010

151

3,333

3,186

147

10,079

2,197

2,394

June

3,778*

3,599*

179*

3,463

3,293*

170

11,562

1,917

2,374

July

3,386

3,222

164

3,201

3,033

168

12,644

1,640

2,401

August

2,501

2,363

138

2,877

2,716

161

12,058

1,358

2,286

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Great Britain.

(2) The opencast production figures have not been adjusted to allow for subsequent losses in stocking nor for some coal of inferior quality not included in the stock figures for the later periods.

(3) Including shipments to Northern Ireland. Up to December 1942, computed from figures for calendar months.

(4) Computed from figures for calendar months. The figures include bunkers for fishing vessels proceeding outside territorial waters, but exclude coastwise bunkers.

(5) A large proportion of the coal which was held by collieries in these years was of very inferior quality.

* Average of five weeks.

--76--

Coal: Inland consumption

TABLE 74

Thousand tons

Public utility undertakings(1)

Coke

ovens

Industrial consumers(2)(3)

Domestic(3)

Gas

Electricity

(4)

Railways

Iron and steel

Engineering and other metal trades

Other industries

Miners' coal

Merchants' disposals(5)

Collieries (3)

Miscellaneous

(3)(6)

Annual totals

1939

18,966

15,925

12,930

20,423

4,627

12,089

1940

18,083

18,112

13,474

22,275

45,000

4,821

46,400

12,321

15,180

1941

19,419

20,435

14,010

21,129

11,600

3,900

30,600

4,671

45,800

12,125

13,015

1942

20,734

22,283

14,724

21,581

11,383

5,214

29,265

4,711

42,800

12,046

12,663

1943

20,840

22,599

14,970

20,891

11,305

4,864

27,758

4,461

36,256

2,103

11,600

12,733

1944

20,730

24,074

15,202

20,135

10,336

4,486

26,690

4,624

33,327

2,221

11,141

14,330

1945

20,967

23,493

14,935

20,102

9,572

4,083

25,838

4,595

30,055

2,278

10,540

13,042

Weekly averages

1939

364

305

248

392

89

232

1940

346

346

258

426

861

92

887

236

291

1941

372

392

269

405

222

75

587

90

878

233

249

1942

398

427

282

414

218

100

561

90

821

231

244

1943

400

433

287

401

217

93

532

86

695

40

222

245

1944

397

460

291

385

198

86

510

88

637

42

213

275

1945

402

451

286

386

184

78

496

88

576

44

202

249

1940 January

447*

429*

260*

430*

103

960

247

February

428

403

268

428

112

960

246

March

382

346

261

433

96

920

235

April

366

340

266

441

215

102

946

252

May

320*

310*

248*

446*

215

69

565

90

875

243

284

June

307

308

253

442

215

69

564

74

869

228

280

July

308*

308*

256*

430*

203

65

534

87

918

237

281

August

310

300

254

417

197

63

517

81

806

229

267

September

289

311

248

409

201

65

529

83

777

228

264

October

315*

343*

253*

407*

220

71

578

94

819

235

281

November

352

374

262

411

234

75

613

94

884

230

297

December

383

390

266

404

232

75

609

94

924

227

303

1941 January

414*

444*

272*

404*

236

76

621

100

947

241

266

February

420

437

276

404

242

78

635

97

972

241

269

March

403

415

278

405

245

79

644

102

967

236

267

April

377*

390*

273*

402*

235

76

617

94

924

235

257

May

356

371

265

403

229

76

604

91

907

237

251

June

330

336

252

405

208

60

553

79

842

225

233

July

315*

329*

250*

403*

195

55

521

79

783

230

224

August

324

336

252

398

195

56

512

72

781

209

222

September

344

365

263

405

214

63

544

85

808

234

236

October.....

368*

398*

272*

408*

222

79

599

90

827

237

248

November

414

444

285

413

232

97

617

90

873

230

262

December

427

448

287

412

225

102

611

96

925

240

267

1942 January

466

514

290

412

231

113

624

99

863

243

264

February

471

524

301

416

244

123

642

115

944

248

276

March .....

447

487

297

417

240

112

626

104

893

240

265

April

399*

421*

286*

409*

224

107

584

94

806

234

244

May

371

397

278

413

212

93

554

84

752

221

231

June

357

383

268

408

212

79

536

84

722(7)

236

225

July

345*

370*

269*

410*

193

77

493

84

820

231

226

August

341

356

263

406

182

74

475

71

737

202

213

September

356*

389*

273*

417*

212

83

511

84

788

233

229

October

378

410

285

417

219

98

552

89

817

236

240

November

420

462

293

420

227

117

582

92

846

233

253

December

434*

448*

288*

414*

227

126

584

97

868

233

255

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 78.

--77--

Coal: Inland consumption (continued)

TABLE 74 (continued)

Thousand tons

Public utility undertakings(1)

Coke ovens

Industrial consumers(2)(3)

Domestic(3)

Collieries(3)

Miscellaneous(3)(6)

Gas

Electricity(4)

Railways

Iron and steel

Engineering and other metal trades

Other industries

Miners' coal

Merchants' disposals(5)

House coal

Anthracite and boiler fuel

1943 January........

457

478

293

415

226

128

578

96

770

42

229

262

February

446

463

300

416

238

132

570

98

783

42

235

263

March

432

452

296

416

235

126

562

97

743

46

235

259

*April

396

408

285

408

223

101

531

85

713

41

222

243

May

381

405

282

401

221

83

526

85

711

42

226

242

June

356

379

272

402

206

68

490

75

647

39

217

227

*July

351

377

277

390

190

62

472

74

656

38

214

223

Aubust

346

367

268

383

187

58

450

67

584

32

202

212

*September.....

370

418

286

392

213

65

497

80

673

39

224

234

October

396

453

292

395

219

81

556

84

699

40

223

247

November......

431

498

300

395

228

104

581

92

686

41

227

257

*December

457

521

296

395

220

115

581

94

686

41

219

260

1944 January

451

525

302

395

218

115

577

100

654

45

226

298

February.......

452

530

312

396

229

117

571

101

674

48

227

302

*March

449

526

311

384

220

116

566

97

665

46

215

298

April

386

437

295

363

193

80

502

86

579

39

203

262

May

367

432

296

389

202

72

512

89

675

43

219

273

*June

348

392

281

385

187

61

471

83

610

39

213

254

July

339

381

274

381

172

55

448

75

604

39

204

246

August

333

366

264

375

164

52

412

68

520

33

188

230

*September

356

427

282

383

190

62

464

80

628

40

211

258

October

389

472

292

387

199

84

515

90

679

43

220

278

November

434

520

302

395

207

106

554

98

702

48

223

298

*December

462

528

297

396

198

111

547

95

674

46

214

296

1945 January

490

587

303

390

197

129

561

101

669

46

216

289

February.......

479

544

308

392

211

122

548

107

720

51

221

290

*March

434

479

308

390

199

100

527

99

677

48

213

271

April

393

424

290

389

185

76

495

89

601

45

200

249

May

368

401

275

379

167

65

461

80

530

39

189

232

*June

358

398

287

390

184

59

483

86

561

43

204

240

July

347

368

277

384

166

49

443

76

469

40

192

222

August

341

342

252

359

142

42

381

61

400

32

165

199

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Excluding consumption of coal at waterworks, which amounts on an average to 8,000 tons per week.

(2) Undertakings with an annual consumption of 100 tons or more of coal and/or coke.

(3) Calculated from four-weekly or monthly figures until December 1942; from then onwards figures are on a four or five-week basis.

(4) Authorized electricity undertakings and railway and transport authorities only.

(5) Including disposals to shops, offices and other establishments, partly or entirely non-residential, with an annual consumption of less than 100 tons of coal and/or coke. Including landsale deliveries until December 1942.

(6) Including shipments to Northern Ireland, and consumption by Service departments and at waterworks.

(7) In June 1942, a revised form of return was instituted, designed to cover all controlled premises, including industrial consumers with an annual consumption of less than 100 tons. On the old basis the figure for June 1942 was about 701,000 tons.

* Average of five weeks.

--78--

Coal: Distributed stocks(1)

End of period

TABLE 75

Thousand tons

Public utility undertakings

Coke ovens

Industrial consumers(2)

Merchants' stocks

Government dumps

Miscellaneous(3)

Gas

Water

Electricity

Railways

Iron and steel

Engineering and other metal trades

Other industries

House coal

Anthracite and boiler fuel

1939

2,811

117

2,827

1,306

393

1940

3,467

147

3,477

1,634

476

587

761

3,312

1,500

768

1,130

1941

3,079

170

3,367

1,765

537

734

912

3,688

1,671

185

1,625

946

1942

2,887

154

3,712

1,021

596

737

1,067

3,475

1,808

248

1,772

1,148

1943

2,188

134

3,305

1,401

454

650

706

3,171

1,664

143

2,389

1,451

1944

2,391

136

3,247

898

484

701

736

3,184

1,073

114

2,217

850

1945

1,838

117

2,839

614

422

471

501

2,493

1,324

153

848

694

1939 September.........

3,235

2,900

1,293

434

October

3,186

2,945

1,295

423

November

3.123

2,966

1,317

445

December

2,928

2,827

1,306

393

1940 January

2,314

2,324

1,201

298

235

February

1,956

2,111

1,031

301

213

March

1,938

2,161

914

312

244

April

2,120

2,292

925

336

665

262

May

2,606

2,576

1,002

376

354

459

1,999

992

315

June

3,141

2,891

1,128

417

436

566

2,462

1,225

365

July

3,845

3,336

1,308

462

533

692

3,012

1,266

150

474

August

4,095

3,587

1,398

488

598

776

3,376

1,413

232

600

September

4,244

3,740

1,535

524

642

833

3,627

1,592

374

761

October

4,241

3,800

1,669

547

647

840

3,654

1,670

489

936

November

4,059

3,691

1,707

562

632

820

3,567

1,585

628

1,060

December

3,614

3,477

1,634

476

587

761

3,312

1,500

768

1,130

1941 January

2,965

2,992

1,469

486

531

689

2,999

1,008

916

967

February

2,556

2,740

1,367

465

500

647

2,814

840

1,003

808

March

2,226

2,570

1,277

487

490

635

2,765

744

1,047

734

April

1,939

2,463

1,166

477

491

637

2,771

591

1,084

726

May

1,977

2,572

1,193

520

515

569

3,004

679

1,095

828

June

2,070

2,773

1,255

520

565

661

3,196

743

1,108

965

July

2,442

3,149

1,404

556

639

743

3,456

1,092

1,135

996

August

2,698

3,269

1,484

491

657

907

3,725

1,226

1,157

1,006

September

3,104

3,422

1,620

531

708

1,003

3,960

1,479

1,194

1,020

October

3,457

3,565

1,730

571

722

998

3,962

1,778

1,299

1,042

November

3,469(4)

3,547(4)

1,772

583

744

955

3,822

1,982

1,437

1,007

December

3,249

3,367

1,765

537

734

912

3,688

1,856

1,625

946

1942 January

2,723

2,783

1,627

496

665

758

3,172

1,502

1,683

905

February

2.453

2,452

1,504

496

614

672

2,968

974

1,688

787

March

2,238

2 272

1,358

532

612

641

2,849

713

1,602

733

April

2,106

2,234

1,210

494

599

721

2,711

563

1,521

691

May

2,227

2,341

1,159

453

622

778

2,824

606

1,436

700

June

2,340

2,547

1,100

504

667

871

2,988

738

1,388

775

July

2,662

2,884

1,054

587

705

987

3,215

966

1,394

KM

August

2,741

3,050

936

478

700

1,016

3,305

1,143

1,375

944

September

3,049

3,391

947

539

747

1,129

3,598

1,623

1,439

1,053

October

3,268

3,599

924

581

768

1,147

3,664

1,946

1,555

1,168

November

3,248

3,608

955

615

773

1,124

3,609

2,155

1,698

1,174

December

3,041

3,712

1.021

596

737

1,067

3,475

2,056

1,772

1,148

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 80.

--79--

Coal: Distributed stocks (1)(continued)

End of period

TABLE 75 (continued)

Thousand tons

Public utility undertakings

Coke ovens

Industrial consumers(2)

Merchants' stocks

Government dumps

Miscellaneous(3)

Gas

Water

Electricity

Railways

Iron and steel

Engineering and other metal trades

Other industries

House coal

Anthracite and boiler fuel

1943 January

2,634

3,558

1,038

555

698

986

3,265

1,701

240

1,843

1,282

February.......

2,480

3,581

1,098

564

651

940

3,155

1,646

223

1,888

1,291

March

2,394

3,632

1,106

537

636

883

3,119

1,681

193

1,948

1,248

April

2,335

3,691

1,105

511

641

862

3,138

1,608

174

2,010

1,209

May

2,343

3,813

1,176

556

654

897

3,248

1,617

162

2,065

1,214

June

2,405

3,924

1,231

520

678

933

3,374

1,676

151

2,130

1,242

July

2,544

4,071

1,343

540

734

982

3,656

1,808

148

2,241

1,367

August

2,461

4,042

1,314

434

727

998

3,721

1,834

138

2,313

1,528

September

2,627

4,105

1,380

477

740

980

3,962

1,940

134

2,392

1,546

October

2,714

4,062

1,412

495

748

956

3,883

2,000

140

2,408

1,510

November

2,680

3,839

1,449

503

724

860

3,672

2,022

153

2,405

1,450

December

2,322

3,305

1,401

454

650

706

3,171

1,664

143

2,389

1,451

1944 January

1,918

127

2,894

1,317

452

612

605

2,840

1,551

133

2,366

1,232

February.......

1,808

125

2,549

1,247

464

546

524

2,573

1,413

116

2,341

1,021

March

1,698

121

2,242

1,109

450

461

453

2,167

1,165

87

2,311

870

April

1,673

126

2,251

1,026

453

484

529

2,035

971

96

2,262

793

May

1,939

135

2,530

1,133

510

538

590

2,250

911

101

2,218

788

June

2,214

138

2,898

1,202

519

623

681

2,671

1,014

110

2,202

745

July

2,470

146

3,244

1,252

537

663

785

3,027

1,159

124

2,197

769

August

2,492

146

3,449

1,151

414

673

842

3,220

1,305

123

2,195

876

September

2,741

150

3,676

1,040

450

715

915

3,550

1,505

127

2,217

986

October

2,893

150

3,794

1,009

484

732

900

3,626

1,532

130

2,221

986

November

2,807

148

3,707

989

525

733

843

3,520

1,467

131

2,218

929

December

2,391

136

3,247

898

484

701

736

3,184

1,073

114

2,217

850

1945 January

1,815

125

2,574

734

401

619

570

2,688

734

105

2,114

726

February

1,406

114

2,212

580

423

558

481

2,383

562

98

1,914

641

March

1,199

110

2,191

461

467

545

479

2,229

439

102

1,574

580

April

1,090

107

2,247

513

442

533

529

2,197

399

110

1,391

584

May

1,038

106

2,322

510

363

524

550

2,215

417

111

1,289

634

June

1,278

113

2,789

543

445

567

629

2,533

717

121

1,097

730

July

1,406

123

3,099

532

443

590

694

2,791

1,028

134

1,023

781

August

1,183

125

3,041

410

273

552

718

2,823

1,059

132

966

776

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Great Britain.

(2) Undertakings with an annual consumption of 100 tons or more of coal and/or coke.

(3) Including coal held by Service departments.

(4) From November 1941 coal held in wagons at the sidings of the gas, water and electricity undertakings and in barges alongside power stations is included. At the end of November the stocks in these categories were estimated to be 50,000 tons for gas and 55,000 tons for electricity.

--80--

Mined coal: Productivity(1)

Weekly averages

TABLE 76

Number of wage-earners on colliery books

Average number of shifts worked per wage-.earner on colliery books per week(2)

Average number of shifts possible per wage-earner on colliery books per week(2)

Absenteeism percentage overall(2)

Average output in tons per manshift worked(2)

Manshifts at the coal

face as percentage

of total (2)

Overall

At the coal face

Thousands

1939

766

5.15

5.53

6.94

1.14

3.00

37.85

1940

749

5.27

5.75

8.26

1.10

2.97

37.04

1941

698

5.37

5.91

9.03

1.07

2.99

35.96

1942

709

5.34

5.96

10.40

1.05

2.91

35.94

1943

708(3)

5.12(4)

5.85(4)

12.46(4)

1.03

2.75(4)

3748(4)

1944

710

4.96

5.74

13.61

1.00

2.70

37.19

1945

709

4.73

5.65

16.31

1.00

2.70

36.96

1939 September

748.6

5.36

5.77

7.08

1.12

2.98

37.57

October

755.2

5.40

5.80

6.92

1.14

3.02

37.74

*November

759.1

5.60

6.00

6.74

1.15

3.05

37.84

December

759.8

4.88

5.24

6.95

1.13

3.01

37.54

1940*January

759.0

5.17

5.71

9.44

1.12

2.98

37.43

February

760.4

5.22

5.87

11.16

1.13

3.04

37.33

March

762.3

5.01

5.51

9.15

1.13

3.03

37.13

April

763.1

5.70

6.15

7.35

1.15

3.07

37.58

*May

763.3

5.62

6.08

7.66

1.14

3.03

37.55

June

766.9

5.46

5.89

7.26

1.11

2.95

37.50

*July

761.1

5.41

5.84

7.48

1.11

2.99

36.97

August

757.1

5.14

5.61

8.34

1.07

2.90

36.88

September

746 0

5.13

5.58

8.02

1.07

2.90

36.76

*October

731.2

5.35

5.79

7.60

1.09

2.96

36.63

November

712.4

5.18

5.60

7.62

1.09

2.99

36.36

December

702.7

4.86

5.30

8.22

1.08

2.98

36.06

1941*January

698.9

5.29

5.85

9.49

1.08

2.99

36.26

February

694.6

5.29

5.86

9.72

1.09

3.00

36.15

March

692.0

5.31

5.87

9.57

1.09

3.02

35.99

*April

690.4

5.32

5.83

8.70

1.08

3.00

35.89

May

690.2

5.58

6.11

8.73

1.08

3.02

35.78

June

690.6

5.29

5.74

7.78

1.06

2.97

35.67

*July

692.1

5.55

6.02

7.87

1.07

3.00

35.85

August

697.3

4.86

5.30

8.25

1.06

2.98

35.58

September

704.0

5.60

6.16

9.16

1.08

2.98

36.14

*October

706.7

5.67

6.27

9.53

1.08

2.99

36.13

November

707.5

5.37

5.94

9.66

1.08

2.99

36.17

December

707.9

5.32

5.90

9.76

1.06

2.96

35.93

1942*January

707.5

5.36

6.09

11.94

1.05

2.92

36.12

February

706.8

5.49

6.18

11.13

1.07

2.94

36.26

March

705.6

5.41

6.05

10.63

1.07

2.96

36.18

*April

706.0

5.25

5.81

9.59

1.05

2.92

35.92

May

707.9

5.07

5.64

10.13

1.04

2.91

35.86

June

708.9

5.52

6.14

10.06

1.04

2.91

35.88

*July

709.6

5.46

6.04

9.62

1.05

2.92

35.82

August

701.7

4.64

5.20

10.80

1.02

2.87

35.45

*September

711.4

5.58

6.20

10.02

1.05

2.93

35.97

October

711.0

5.58

6.21

10.21

1.06

2.95

36.01

November

712.9(3)

5.39

6.02

10.41

1.06

2.94

35.95

*December

713.3

5.35

5.97

10.31

1.05

2.90

36.05

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 82.

--81--

Mined coal: Productivity (1)(continued) Weekly averages

TABLE 76 (continued)

Number of wage-earners on colliery books

Average number of shifts worked per wage.earner on colliery books per week(2)

Average number of shifts possible per wage-earner on colliery books per week(2)

Absenteeism percentage overall(2)

Average output in tons per manshift worked(2)

Manshifts

at the coal face as percentage of total(2)

Overall

At the coal face

Thousands

1943 January...........

714.1

5.33

6.07

12.32

1.04

2.78

37.48

February..........

713.7

5.33

6.10

12.53

1.04

2.78

37.61

March

712.3

5.31

6.08

12.62

1.05

2.79

37.51

*April

711.0

5.01

5.71

12.23

1.03

2.75

37.29

May

710.3

5.36

6.05

11.45

1.03

2.77

37.30

*June

708.9

4.99

5.62

11.27

1.02

2.72

37.40

*July

707.1

5.06

5.72

11.48

1.03

2.73

37.60

August

705.6

4.50

5.13

12.29

1.00

2.68

37.19

*September........

704.4

5.25

6.00

12.49

1.03

2.73

37.63

October

703.0

5.33

6.07

12.25

1.04

2.76

37.65

November

701.9

5.22

6.03

13.47

1.04

2.76

37.54

*December

702.2

4.84

5.66

14.40

1.02

2.71

37.44

1944 January

703.0

5.22

5.96

12.44

1.01

2.70

37.37

February

703.4

5.25

5.96

12.00

1.01

2.70

37.44

*March

704.3

4.95

5.67

12.68

1.01

2.70

37.20

April

706.5

4.76

5.44

12.44

0.99

2.67

37.23

May

709.8

5.22

5.98

12.67

1.02

2.72

37.38

*June

713.1

4.94

5.67

12.89

1.01

2.71

37.05

July

713.6

4.85

5.58

13.14

1.00

2.70

36.90

August

713.6

4.26

5 02

15.21

0.97

2.65

36.56

*September........

713.8

5.04

5.94

15.14

1.01

2.70

37.23

October

713.4

5.08

5.97

14.86

1.01

2.73

37.16

November

713.2

5.14

6.02

14.55

1.02

2.73

37.41

*December

713.7

4.80

5.65

15.04

1.00

2.69

37.21

1945 January

715.6

4.81

5.77

16.60

0.98

2.65

37.11

February

716.9

4.98

5.95

16.40

1.00

2.69

37.20

*March

717.4

4.92

5.83

15.55

1.00

2.70

37.09

April

717.1

4.80

5.68

15.46

0.99

2.68

37.03

May

716.0

4.32

5.09

15.10

0.97

2.65

36.77

*June

713.6

5.01

5.87

14.69

1.01

2.71

37.20

July

709.3

4.63

5.49

15.78

0.98

2.67

36.77

August

706.2

3.62

4.42

18.00

0.92

2.57

35.98

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Great Britain.

(2) Up to and including 1942, the figures are obtained from returns collected by the Joint Accountants to the industry for the purpose of wages ascertainment.

(3) The introduction of a revised form of return in November 1942 resulted in a net increase of about 1,250 in the total wage-earners.

(4) Owing to the introduction of a revised form of return the figures are not comparable with those for previous years. On the old basis the figures for 1943 are: shifts worked, 5.24; shifts possible, 5.96; absenteeism percentage, 12.06; average output, 2.86; percentage of shifts at the coal face, 35.94.

* Average of five weeks.

--82--

Coke: Production, consumption and stocks

TABLE 77

Thousand tons

Production(1)

Consumption

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Total

At coke ovens

At gasworks

Total

Inland consumption(2)

Overseas

shipments(3)

Total

At coke ovens

At

gasworks

Annual totals

1939

24,226

14,026

10,200

24,226

21,758

2,468

487

706

1940

25,268

15,351

9,917

25,488

24,544

944

2,731

441

532

1941

25,099

14,547

10,552

25,140

24.697

443

2,690

160

572

1942

26,104

14,900

11,204

26,100

25.819

281

2,694

183

453

1943

25,861

14,453

11,408

25,485

25,192

293

3,070

332

680

1944

25,576

14,081

11,495

26.546

26.433

113

2,100

82

290

1945

25,622

13,986

11,636

25,545

25,362

183

2,177

77

279

Weekly averages

1939

465

269

196

465

417

48

487

706

1940

484

294

190

488

470

18

2,731

441

532

1941

481

279

202

482

474

8

2,690

160

572

1942

501

286

215

501

495

6

2,694

183

453

1943

496

277

219

489

483

6

3,070

332

680

1944

489

269

220

508

506

2

2,100

82

290

1945

491

268

223

490

486

4

2,177

77

279

1939 September

429

271

158

473

424

49

590

868

October

463

286

177

489

440

49

545

811

November

488*

293*

195*

512*

464*

48

487

749

December

509

292

217

520

465

55

487

706

1940 January

535*

295*

240*

586*

543*

43

400

540

February

525

295

230

579

541

38

361

364

March

508

299

209

537

502

35

305

305

April

505

305

200

518

480

38

266

291

May

479*

305*

174*

469*

441*

28

243

362

June

468

302

166

449

440

9

243

438

July

463*

296*

167*

424*

420*

4

379

496

August

457

289

168

431

429

2

437

548

September

442

283

159

435

431

4

486

527

October

451*

282*

169*

447*

443*

4

517

515

November

468

284

184

481

475

6

463

516

December

485

279

206

487

481

6

2,731

441

532

1941 January

505*

281*

224*

520*

510*

10

428

450

February

505

278

227

522

518

4

423

370

March

496

278

218

517

506

11

381

313

April

481*

276*

205*

500*

490*

10

303

274

May

470

275

195

478

466

12

252

275

June

457

278

179

447

434

13

227

325

July

445*

276*

169*

434*

424*

10

198

388

August

450

274

176

444

437

7

160

433

September..............

462

278

184

449

443

6

143

484

October

480*

282*

198*

462*

455*

7

141

557

November

509

285

224

507

501

6

148

544

December

515

286

229

501

496

5

2,690

160

572

1942 January

534*

286*

248*

526*

520*

6

163

601

February

541

288

253

563

559

4

154

515

March

531

288

243

561

556

5

140

402

April

505*

286*

219*

533*

57.7*

6

130

263

May

487

285

202

462

455

7

124

359

June

478

283

195

472

467

5

131

369

July

470*

283*

187*

461*

455*

6

142

391

August

463

281

182

451

443

8

150

424

September

481*

290*

191*

466*

460*

6

160

481

October

495

291

204

484

480

4

181

497

November

517

291

226

525

521

4

186

452

December

520*

288*

232*

518*

516*

2

2,694

183

453

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 84.

--83--

Coke: Production, consumption and stocks (continued)

TABLE 77 (continued)

Thousand tons

Production(1)

Consumption

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Total

At coke ovens

At gasworks

Total

Inland consumption(2)

Overseas

shipments(3)

Total

At coke ovens

At gasworks

1943 January

535

289

246

536

530

6

184

448

February

530

288

242

533

530

3

188

432

March

522

287

235

525

520

5

194

414

April

496*

281*

215*

479*

475*

4

230

463

May

485

278

207

458

452

6

2,836

259

540

June

470

276

194

417

410

7

3,049

293

625

July

462*

270*

192*

415*

408*

7

3,284

322

717

August

453

265

188

419

411

8

3,543

369

794

September

473*

272*

201*

419*

414*

5

3,688

355

839

October

492

274

218

477

466

11

3.749

360

849

November

509

275

234

551

549

2

3,583

337

812

December

527*

275*

252*

630*

627*

3

3,070

332

680

1944 January

524

275

249

579

575

4

2,851

316

493

February

530

276

254

648

645

3

2,379

269

320

March

516*

266*

250*

626*

623*

3

1,830

189

180

April

468

253

215

474

472

2

1,806

138

166

May

479

272

207

460

459

1

1,880

98

188

June

460*

268*

192*

420*

418*

2

2,078

74

228

July

453

267

186

406

404

2

2,266

70

255

August

446

263

183

390

389

1

2,489

78

275

September

464*

267*

197*

431*

429*

2

2,655

80

301

October

484

270

214

493

491

2

2,619

81

304

November

516

276

240

589

587

2

2,326

75

299

December

533*

278*

255*

578*

577*

1

2,100

82

290

1945 January

544

273

271

617

616

1

1,809

80

241

February

535

272

263

595

594

1

1,571

88

184

March

513*

271*

242*

544*

543*

1

1,415

78

149

April

490

270

220

479

477

2

1,460

69

152

May

465

262

203

434

432

2

1,584

69

170

June

472*

271*

201*

425*

423*

2

1,819

63

180

July

462

267

195

411

409

2

2,023

67

204

August

435

247

188

493

489

4

2,254

79

257

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Great Britain.

(2) Including shipments to Northern Ireland.

(3) Calculated from figures for calendar months. Quantities of coke breeze are included.

* Average of five weeks.

--84--

Coal tar products: Production

Great Britain

TABLE 78

Unit

1942

1943

1944

1945

Road tar (including refined tar)

Thousand

tons

640

650

606

628

Creosote/pitch mixture .................

"

"

530

624

591

559

Cresote oil

Thousand

gallons

64,000

49,000

55,000

60,000

Pitch

Thousand

tons

467

380

404

412

White naphthalene

"

"

7.6

90

7.4

7.4

Hot-pressed naphthalene

"

"

8.4

9.2

9.3

100

Crude naphthalene

"

"

15.2

14.5

14.1

14.9

Pyridine bases

Thousand

gallons

157

137

132

132

Natural phenol

Thousand

tons

8.2

8.7

9.2

8.2

Refined cresylic acid (all grades)

Thousand

gallons

6,176

7,242

7,056

6,990

Anthracene 40/50 per cent

Thousand

tons

1.9

2.4

2.5

1.9

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

Gas: Production

Great Britain

TABLE 79

Total gas available

Gas bought from coke ovens

Gas made

Materials used for gas making

Total

Coal gas

Water gas

Other gas

Coal

Gas oil

Million therms

Million cubic feet

Thousand tons

1939

1,655

352,072

33,010

319,062

284,570

27,489

7,003

18,866

128.91

1940

1,579

343,440

36,883

306,557

268,781

30,192

7,584

17,983

152.21

1941

1,725

370,123

40,647

329,476

287,795

33,425

8,256

19,319

177.79

1942

1,813

388,755

45,693

343,062

296,363

38,097

8,602

20,634

200.22

1943

1,840

395,457

47,478

347,979

298,521

40,784

8,674

20,732

190.71

1944

1,948

414,342

49,188

365,154

296,600

60,424

8,130

20,620

353.15

1945

2,021

427,941

51,691

376,250

302,430

65,331

8,489

20,845

401.02

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

Gas: Sales

Great Britain

TABLE 80

Total

Domestic

Industrial

Commercial

Public lighting

Shops, offices, etc.

Local authority establishments

Government departments(1)

Million therms

Million cubic feet

1939

1,528

320,228

310,386

9,842

1940

1,473

310,534

309,490

1,044

1941

1,558

330,725

329,204

1,521

1942

1,672

357,137

355,468

1,669

1943

1,691

362,588

212,230

103,166

30,596

7,776

7,539

1,281

1944

1,770

379,641

228,818

96,330

34,978

8,860

8,789

1.866

1945

1,821

389,850

248,974

86,782

33,773

8,496

6,312

5,513

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(2) Including Service departments.

--85--

Electricity: Production

Great Britain

TABLE 81

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Million units (million kilo-watt hours)

Electricity generated:

Total

27,733

29,976

33,577

36,903

38,217

39,649

38,611

Authorised undertakings:

Public authorities

14,340

15,971

17,977

19,607

20,225

21,480

20,702

Companies

12,069

12,802

14,383

16,047

16,726

16,883

16,582

Railway and transport authorities ..................

1,324

1,203

1,217

1,249

1,266

1,286

1,327

Method of generation:

Steam plant

26,578

29,003

32,616

35,699

36,800

38,378

37,373

Oil engines

51

57

57

46

38

45

44

Gas engines

3

3

3

2

2

3

2

Water power

982

800

831

1,097

1,329

1,176

1,144

Destructor plant, waste heat, etc.....................

119

113

70

59

48

47

48

Thousand tons

Materials used:

Coal

15,925

18,112

20,435

22,283

22,599

24,074

23,493

Coke and coke breeze

235

258

275

320

318

337

330

Oil

19

26

20

18

14

1.8

20

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

Electricity: Sales (1)(2)

Great Britain

TABLE 82 Million units

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

22,234

24,263

27,308

30,286

31,449

32,519

31,363

Domestic and farm premises........................

5,936

6,228

6,637

6,720

6,709

7,835

8,805

Shops, offices and other commercial premises ........

3,117

2,997

3,266

3,256

3,062

3,510

3,482

Factories and other industrial premises

11,672

13,874

16,244

19,142

20,516

19,976

17,679

Public lighting

248

17

18

20

20

29

161

Traction

1,261

1,147

1,143

1,148

1,142

1,169

1,236

(1) Authorised electricity undertakings only. Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(2) The figures, which are estimates only, are based on representative samples of the returns made to the Electricity Commissioners.

--86--

Arrivals of petroleum products

TABLE 83

Thousand tons

Total

Refined petroleum products

Crude and

process oils

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils

Fuel oil

Lubricating oils

Annual totals

1940

11,381

3,592

64

999

1,367

3,235

578

1,546

1941

13,051

4,741

58

1,062

1,790

3,850

491

1,060

1942

10,232

4,083

103

856

1,364

2,407

565

854

1943

14,828

5,306

69

1,214

1,887

5,122

433

798

1944

20,176

9,417

111

1,334

2,210

5,336

575

1,194

1945

15,924

6,999

98

1,292

2,101

3,703

337

1,394

Weekly averages

1940

217.7

68.7

1.2

19.1

26.1

61.9

11.1

29.6

1941

250.3

90.9

1.1

20.4

34.3

73.9

9.4

20.3

1942

196.2

78.3

2.0

16.4

26.1

46.2

10.8

16.4

1943

284.4

101.8

1.3

23.3

36.2

98.2

8.3

15.3

1944

385.9

180.1

2.1

25.5

42.3

102.1

11.0

22.8

1945

305.4

134.2

1.9

24.8

40.3

71.0

6.5

26.7

1939 September

131.4

58.1

4.5

17.5

24.2

3.5

23.6

October

128.6

57.2

3.7

20.6

29.9

8.7

8.5

November

185.5

63.9

36.2

18.1

37.1

1.6

28.6

December

215.4

64.0

0.5

25.1

16.2

65.9

4.9

38.8

1940 January

216.3

88.9

0.8

14.6

19.5

53.0

12.9

26.6

February

192.7

59.8

1.8

8.2

16.1

56.5

6.0

44.3

March

263.3

91.7

1.2

21.3

33.1

58.5

21.7

35.8

*April

221.3

76.7

1.0

19.8

36.8

56.6

5.8

24.6

May

286.2

99.9

2.2

15.1

42.5

64.6

19.9

42.0

June

326.5

91.1

1.1

21.5

30.3

94.9

15.8

71.8

*July

200.0

57.4

0.7

16.0

25.5

67.3

15.6

17.5

August

215.7

69.0

6.9

31.4

76.3

6.1

26.0

*September

150.0

38.3

2.6

16.8

15.9

53.2

6.9

16.3

October

132.9

46.3

0.5

24.9

10.1

34.3

5.5

11.3

November

218.2

53.5

1.9

32.3

23.3

76.3

8.1

22.8

*December

180.3

48.2

0.8

28.4

26.3

47.8

7.9

20.9

1941 January

99.9

38.2

9.6

3.8

30.0

3.3

15.0

February

204.3

72.4

11.9

30.8

60.4

2.5

26.3

*March

196.0

55.8

17.4

28.2

65.4

3.4

25.8

April

230.0

71.3

0.9

6.9

34.1

81.2

10.4

25.2

May

198.6

89.5

5.0

25.4

48.2

5.1

25.4

*June

279.9

99.7

2.8

6.3

43.1

91.1

10.8

26.1

July

275.2

91.2

1.1

24.8

44.7

83.0

18.0

12.4

August

280.1

104.4

1.4

25.2

43.4

75.1

12.1

18.5

*September

367.9

136.5

1.8

41.2

38.3

118.5

15.0

16.6

October

298.9

105.2

0.4

30.4

37.5

94.1

6.2

25.1

November

270.0

112.9

2.5

35.7

43.2

60.5

4.4

10.8

*December

280.7

108.0

1.9

27.8

38.1

68.9

19.4

16.6

1942 January

207.8

78.9

1.7

19.4

48.4

39.5

6.8

13.1

February

239.9

99.9

1.4

19.7

29.5

60.7

9.7

19.0

*March

140.3

67.5

1.6

14.8

6.1

24.0

15.6

10.7

April

209.4

93.1

3.9

14.5

27.5

31.3

12.6

26.5

May

119.8

49.9

8.7

17.2

19.7

13.9

10.4

*June

163.1

71.1

2.7

9.9

24.1

25.2

12.7

17.4

July

234.4

92.1

4.9

23.6

28.5

57.4

10.5

17.4

*August

180.6

47.7

3.1

12.1

23.9

52.3

18.1

23.4

September

268.1

96.8

2.4

32.5

30.8

85.1

2.9

17.6

October

173.9

48.4

1.3

25.3

21.4

50.2

13.3

14.0

*November

197.5

72.0

0.6

9.3

34.4

57.8

7.2

16.2

December

253.0

139.0

12.9

27.1

58.5

4.7

10.8

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

--87--

Arrivals of petroleum products (continued)

TABLE 83 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Refined petroleum products

Crude and

process oils

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils

Fuel oil

Lubricating oils

1943 January

147.4

31.7

44.6

55.4

4.4

11.3

February

236.6

74.6

0.8

15.5

40.7

79.8

12.6

12.6

March

197.7

60.1

1.2

23.3

22.6

70.6

4.4

15.5

April

278.4

84.7

37.9

40.8

88.9

6.5

19.6

May

262.6

67.0

1.8

18.8

44.9

104.7

8.0

17.4

June

372.9

122.7

1.1

34.1

52.4

144.0

6.2

12.4

July

408.8

143.4

3.5

28.3

36.0

167.5

9.2

20.9

*August

325.8

115.5

0.8

29.4

33.8

113.9

9.3

23.1

September

412.4

154.5

2.7

48.4

54.2

128.4

7.6

16.6

October

297.9

156.2

2.0

19.1

19.1

80.3

11.1

10.1

*November

269.3

123.9

1.4

15.1

23.2

86.6

9.0

10.1

December

233.2

100.6

0.8

11.6

28.0

66.5

12.3

13.4

1944 *January

225.2

101.2

3.4

22.4

17.1

66.2

4.9

10.0

February

278.6

126.6

0.8

7.0

36.4

74.1

13.5

20.2

March

348.9

167.9

2.7

17.0

30.6

87.7

5.0

38.0

April

427.0

199.2

6.1

17.1

55.9

107.6

12.4

28.7

*May

441.2

205.9

1.2

34.2

59.0

112.0

8.8

20.1

June

502.1

183.6

2.1

24.9

51.0

179.5

17.0

44.0

*July

466.7

191.5

1.7

35.4

60.8

137.1

19.0

21.2

August

471.0

182.2

3.0

31.9

70.7

145.1

11.3

26.8

September

492.6

267.9

2.1

44.7

41.6

98.0

15.6

22.7

*October

357.1

189.5

0.8

23.6

44.9

72.3

10.0

16.0

November

341.2

189.2

1.1

35.4

26.3

62.1

7.9

19.2

December

319.8

177.3

1.0

11.1

12.7

95.4

7.5

14.8

1945 *January

315.9

190.4

0.8

13.1

27.0

59.4

4.3

20.9

February

258.0

138.4

2.1

5.2

21.7

56.8

7.2

26.6

March

378.4

212.9

4.5

23.9

27.9

79.1

4.9

25.2

*April

365.5

204.3

1.7

11.4

39.1

80.7

7.4

20.9

May

478.5

227.7

2.9

27.2

55.9

138.9

4.7

21.2

June

485.5

186.3

2.1

36.5

62.8

147.8

12.9

37.1

*July

296.0

115.4

1.0

30.8

45.2

74 8

8.0

20.8

August

205.2

49.7

3.8

30.6

55.9

42.0

6.0

17.2

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

* Average of five weeks.

--88--

Production of petroleum products from imported crude and process oils

TABLE 84

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation,

motor and industrial

spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils (1)

Fuel oil (2)

Lubricating oils

Bitumen

Annual totals

1940

1,507

280

32.3

60.9

344

275

144

370

1941

1,023

186

19.4

29.8

242

97

109

339

1942

893

275

2.0

6.9

61

156

150

243

1943

835

306

0.1

3.8

59

105

189

172

1944

1,148

470

0.1

2.4

83

131

210

251

1945

1,249

438

2.8

4.2

117

167

242

278

Weekly averages

1940

28.8

5.3

0.6

1.2

6.6

5.3

2.7

7.1

1941

19.6

3.6

0.4

0.6

4.6

1.8

2.1

6.5

1942

17.1

5.3

0.1

1.2

3.0

2.9

4.6

1943

16.0

5.9

0.1

1.1

2.0

3.6

3.3

1944

22.0

9.0

0.1

0.1

1.6

2.5

4.0

4.8

1945

24.0

8.4

0.1

0.1

2.3

3.2

4.6

5.3

1939 September......

1.2

3.3

11.0

3.3

9.5

*October

32.1

6.2

0.4

1.4

3.6

9.2

4.9

6.4

November

31.3

6.3

0.4

2.2

4.2

6.8

2.7

8.7

December ......

33.5

7.2

0.3

2.1

3.3

10.6

2.9

7.1

1940* January.........

30.3

4.5

0.4

1.8

3.l

11.5

3.3

5.7

February........

28.5

5.9

0.7

1.4

4.1

8.1

3.2

5.1

March

28.4

4.9

0.7

1.9

4.0

7.1

3.4

6.4

*April

25.5

3.7

0.5

0.9

4.6

4.4

3.4

8.0

May

27.3

4.1

0.3

0.9

5.3

5.1

2.9

8.7

June

30.5

5.0

0.7

1.5

3.5

7.3

3.8

8.7

*July

26.0

4.8

0.6

1.0

3.4

5.2

3.6

7.4

August

24.0

4.0

0.6

0.9

3.3

5.5

2.1

7.6

*September......

22.2

3.8

0.5

0.7

2.6

6.0

1.9

6.7

October

25.9

3.4

0.6

0.7

2.9

6.6

3.3

8.4

November.......

20.9

3.5

0.5

0.9

2.5

4.4

2.8

6.3

*December.......

19.8

2.7

0.7

1.0

2.2

4.0

2.9

6.3

1941 January

19.7

3.3

0.3

0.9

3.l

4.5

2.5

5.1

February........

19.9

1.8

0.4

1.1

2.3

5.8

2.4

6.1

March

26.9

3.6

0.5

1.1

3.2

6.5

4.0

8.0

April

25.0

2.6

0.7

0.5

3.3

6.2

3.2

8.5

May

20.1

2.5

0.5

1.1

2.4

4.7

2.2

6.7

*June

21.6

2.4

0.6

0.7

2.8

4.6

2.5

8.0

July

19.0

2.2

0.5

0.5

2.3

4.2

2.7

6.6

August

16.0

1.5

0.3

0.2

1.6

3.8

2.3

6.3

*September......

16.6

2.6

0.1

0.4

1.6

3.2

2.5

6.2

October

15.5

2.2

0.4

0.1

1.2

3.9

1.4

6.3

November.......

14.6

2.6

0.2

0.2

1.1

3.6

1.1

5.8

*December.......

14.3

3.4

0.2

0.1

1.2

3.5

0.9

5.0

1942 January

12.5

3.4

0.1

0.2

0.9

2.6

1.4

3.9

February........

13.4

4.5

0.2

0.5

2.9

1.6

3.7

*March

15.2

4.4

0.2

1.0

2.9

1.6

5.1

April

14.9

3.2

0.1

0.4

3.0

3.4

4.8

May

13.4

3.l

0.3

0.7

2.7

2.0

4.6

*June

15.9

4.3

0.3

1.0

2.8

2.1

5.4

July

15.6

5.1

0.5

3.l

2.2

4.7

*August

14.6

3.5

0.1

1.3

2.4

3.1

4.2

September.......

17.9

5.4

0.9

2.8

3.0

5.8

October

17.6

4.5

0.2

1.4

3.4

2.8

5.3

*November......

17.5

3.6

1.6

2.8

5.0

4.5

December ......

16.0

3.4

0.2

0.1

1.6

2.0

4.6

4.1

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 90.

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Production of petroleum products from imported crude and process oils (continued)

TABLE 84 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils(1)

Fuel oil(2)

Lubricating oils

Bitumen

1943 January ........

15.3

5.7

1.1

1.8

3.l

3.6

February........

13.7

4.7

0.9

1.9

2.6

3.6

*March

15.1

4.6

0.3

1.2

1.9

3.3

3.8

April

12.2

4.3

0.2

0.2

2.0

2.8

2.7

*May

11.7

2.4

0.7

1.9

3.9

2.8

June

12.3

5 0

0.6

1.5

3.l

2.1

July

14.0

5.8

0.7

1.7

2.8

3.0

*August

13.7

4.1

0.9

1.8

3.7

3.2

September......

17.6

6.2

0.1

0.7

2.6

4.2

3.8

October.........

17.6

5.9

1.0

2.7

3.7

4.3

*November......

17.9

5.8

0.9

2.7

4.8

3.7

December

19.5

7.1

0.8

2.5

5.1

4.0

1944* January.........

18.5

7.2

0.7

2.8

4.1

3.7

February........

20.0

7.7

1.0

2.7

4.4

4.2

March

21.5

9 0

1.1

3.5

3.l

4.8

April

21.8

7.7

1.3

3.l

4.8

4.9

*May

22.0

7.6

0.9

3.4

4.6

5.5

June

22.3

6.7

1.2

3.6

4.7

6.1

*July

24 0

9.0

0.1

1.2

3.8

4.1

5.8

August

22.7

9.1

0.8

3.7

4.2

4.9

September......

23.2

8.9

0.1

0.9

4.4

3.0

5.9

*October

20.6

8.4

0.8

3.7

3.8

3.9

November......

19.8

7.8

0.1

0.7

3.5

3.5

4.2

December ......

20.5

9.6

0.9

3.l

3.4

3.5

1945* January

20.6

9 0

0.7

3.8

4.3

2.8

February........

21.2

8.6

0.1

0.8

3.8

4.6

3.3

March

21.2

7.9

0.1

1.2

3.5

3.4

5.1

*April

22.0

8.6

0.1

0.1

1.4

3.5

4.1

4.2

May

19.2

6.6

0.1

1.0

3.0

3.4

5.1

June

23.9

8.6

0.1

1.1

3.8

3.6

6.7

*July

22.9

9.2

0.1

1.1

3.3

4.2

5.0

August

23.4

7.1

0.1

1.5

3.8

4.1

6.8

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) The monthly figures are not revised to take account of inter-product transfers, blending,

etc., and are therefore not fully comparable with the annual figures.

(2) Including the quantity of fuel oil consumed by refineries from their own production.

* Average of five weeks.

--90--

Production from indigenous materials of petroleum products and substitutes

TABLE 85

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit(1)

Gas/Diesel oils

Fuel oil(2)

Lubricating oils

Bitumen

Annual totals

7.6

1940

639

401

72.8

158

7.7

1941

765

350

80.8

327

6.8

5.0

1942

1,009

380

96.7

520

20.5

4.0

1943

1,113

385

108.7

594

20.1

5.7

1944

1,089

401

97.8

564

12.0

3.1

1945

1,002

389

84.2

514

Weekly averages

1940

12.2

7.7

1.4

3.0

0.1

1941

14.7

6.7

1.6

6.3

0.1

1942

19.4

7.3

1.9

10.0

0.1

0.1

1943

21.3

7.4

2.1

11.4

0.4

1944

20. 8

7.6

1.9

10.8

0.4

0.1

1945

19.2

7.5

1.6

9.8

0.2

0.1

1939 September

5.0

2.6

1.2

0.9

0.3

*October

7.4

4.8

1.2

1.3

0.1

November

10.5

7.6

1.4

1.4

0.1

December

10.0

7.3

1.5

1.1

0.1

1940 *January

9.0

6.5

1.3

1.1

0.1

February

9.9

6.9

1.6

1.3

0.1

March

10.3

7.8

1.4

1.1

*April

12.1

9.1

1.2

1.8

May

13.5

9.4

1.5

2.4

0.2

June

11.4

7.5

1.3

2.5

0.1

*July

12.7

6.9

1.6

4.0

0.2

August

12.9

7.4

1.4

3.9

0.2

*September

12.5

7.5

1.1

3.8

0.1

October

13.9

7.5

1.5

4.7

0.2

November

14.4

7.5

1.4

5.3

0.2

December

13.1

6.9

1.3

4.8

0.1

1941 January

13.6

6.9

1.5

5.1

0.1

February

13.9

6.3

1.7

5.8

0.1

*March

13.2

6.4

1.4

5.3

0.1

April

13.1

6.3

1.6

5.1

0.1

May

13.5

6.8

1.6

5.0

0.1

*June

13.1

6.8

1.6

4.6

0.1

July

12.9

6.5

1.6

4.7

0.1

August

14.7

6.7

1.5

6.4

0.1

*September

15.3

5.8

1.8

7.6

0.1

October

17.2

7.2

1.6

8.3

0.1

November

18.1

7.0

1.8

9.2

0.1

*December

16.9

7.0

1.7

8.1

0.1

1942 January

17.2

7.0

1.8

8.3

0.1

February

18.5

7.6

1.6

9.2

0.1

*March

19.2

7.7

1.6

9.8

0.1

April

18.3

7.7

2.1

8.4

0.1

May

17.3

7.1

1.6

8.4

0.1

0.1

*June

19.0

7.2

2.0

9.5

0.2

0.1

July

19.2

6.8

2.2

9.9

0.2

0.1

*August

17.4

6.8

2.0

8.3

0.2

0.1

September

20.9

6.4

2.0

12.2

0.1

0.2

October

20.1

6.7

1.5

11.2

0.6

0.1

*November

22.9

7.6

2.0

13.1

0.1

0.1

December

20.0

6.8

1.6

11.3

0.2

0.1

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 92.

--91--

Production from indigenous materials of petroleum products and substitutes (continued) TABLE 85 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation,

motor and industrial spirit(1)

Gas/Diesel

oils

Fuel oil(2)

Lubricating

oils

Bitumen

1943 January

21.8

7.2

1.7

12.7

0.1

0.1

February

23.8

7.4

2.3

13.9

0.1

0.1

*March

22.4

7.5

2.2

11.9

0.8

April

19.5

7.3

1.9

10.1

0.2

*May

21.2

7.7

2.0

11.3

0.1

0.1

June

20.2

7.3

2.1

10.5

0.2

0.1

July

18.0

7.2

2.2

8.3

0.2

0.1

*August

17.6

6.2

1.8

9.4

0.1

0.1

September

19.8

7.1

1.6

10.6

0.4

0.1

October

20.7

6.8

2.4

10.9

0.4

0.2

*November

23.6

7.7

2.2

13.3

0.3

0.1

December

21.6

6.6

1.8

12.3

0.8

0.1

1944 *January

22.5

7.1

1.8

13.2

0.2

0.2

February

21.7

7.5

2.0

11.9

0.2

0.1

March

22.4

8.4

1.9

11.5

0.5

0.1

April

19.6

7.7

1.8

9.1

0.9

0.1

*May

20.5

7.7

2.0

10.5

0.1

0.2

June

20.7

7.7

2.0

10.2

0.5

0.3

*July

19.2

7.8

1.6

9.3

0.4

0.1

August

17.9

7.9

1.7

7.8

0.4

0.1

September

18.7

7.2

1.7

9.5

0.1

0.2

*October

21.2

7.5

1.7

11.4

0.6

November

24.5

8.3

1.9

13.6

0.6

0.1

December

21.9

7.9

1.6

12.0

0.4

1945 *January

20.2

6.6

1.5

11.6

0.4

0.1

February

20.7

7.5

1.7

11.2

0.2

0.1

February

21.5

7.4

1.8

11.8

0.4

0.1

*April

19.3

7.5

1.4

10.0

0.3

0.1

May

16.7

7.1

1.3

8.0

0.3

June

17.3

7.5

1.7

7.9

0.1

0.1

*July

15.0

6.3

1.5

6.7

0.4

0.1

August

13.3

5.8

1.0

6.4

0.1

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Including white spirit and kerosine.

(2) Mainly tar oils.

* Average of five weeks.

--92--

Deliveries into consumption of petroleum products

TABLE 86

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils

Fuel oil(1)

Lubricating oils

Bitumen

Annual totals

1940

11,649

3,786

82

874

1,448

4,562

517

380

1941

12,326

4,433

90

943

1,547

4,318

647

348

1942

12,603

4,367

101

1,012

1,575

4,672

628

248

1943

13,204

5,069

93

1,067

1,510

4,696

592

177

1944

19,447

8,519

106

1,134

1,745

6,981

699

263

1945

15,358

5,992

113

1,263

1,786

5,408

553

243

Weekly averages

1940

222.8

72.4

1.5

16.7

27.7

87.2

10.0

7.3

1941

236.4

85.0

1.7

18.1

29.7

82.8

12.4

6.7

1942

241.7

83.8

1.9

19.4

30.2

89.6

12.0

4.8

1943

253.2

97.2

1.8

20.5

28.9

90.0

11.4

3.4

1944

371.9

162.9

2.0

21.7

33.4

133.5

13.4

5.0

1945

294.5

114.9

2.2

24.2

34.2

103.7

10.6

4.7

1939 September

266.2

97.8

1.6

16.8

32.6

89.0

17.1

11.3

*October

199.3

62.4

0.7

15.2

24.9

71.8

15.6

8.7

November

201.7

64.1

1.4

15.0

28.3

74.6

9.8

8.5

December

205.6

59.3

1.5

15.9

29.0

80.4

12.2

7.3

1940 *January

207.2

58.2

1.6

22.5

32.0

78.0

9.9

5.0

February

208.1

59.1

1.2

19.7

33.0

80.1

9.7

5.3

March

209.4

64.9

1.4

17.2

29.6

79.9

9.2

7.2

*April

245.8

72.8

1.9

18.5

28.5

104.3

11.4

8.6

May

231.4

71.6

2.4

14.0

25.2

97.5

11.9

8.8

June

227.6

72.7

1.8

12.2

28.2

91.7

11.4

9.6

*July

214.3

77.3

1.9

12.1

26.9

79.7

8.9

7.5

August

213.4

76.8

1.4

14.7

27.6

76.5

9.1

7.3

*September

223.5

79.4

1.4

16.9

26.4

84.5

8.1

6.8

October

223.5

78.8

1.3

17.8

29.6

77.5

10.4

8.1

November

226.5

76.4

1.6

16.3

30.7

83.0

10.6

7.9

*December

221.1

77.2

1.4

18.3

31.9

76.0

9.6

6.7

1941 *January

221.6

71.2

1.2

20.5

32.8

81.0

9.8

5.1

February

239.4

75.8

1.5

18.5

36.2

88.9

11.7

6.8

*March

256.1

83.6

1.5

20.4

37.4

93.4

11.6

8.2

April

255.6

88.8

1.5

21.8

32.2

92.5

10.5

8.3

May

254.1

92.9

1.7

17.6

31.7

90.0

12.9

7.3

*June

226.7

89.8

1.6

12.6

28.0

75.4

11.9

7.4

July

226.0

88.3

1.8

13.0

27.7

74.4

13.5

7.3

August

222.7

87.4

1.7

14.8

24.9

75.0

12.2

6.7

*September

234.8

90.7

1.9

18.7

28.1

76.8

12.2

6.4

October

231.2

84.6

2.1

21.6

28.7

74.8

13.2

6.2

November

236.6

83.1

2.2

20.2

30.7

82.6

11.9

5.9

*December

225.0

80.3

1.9

17.9

29.8

78.6

11.7

4.8

1942 January

231.6

76.1

1.9

18.7

32.5

86.7

11.7

4.0

February

243.7

80.8

1.9

19.2

37.0

89.9

10.8

4.1

*March

256.8

83.6

2.2

22.5

36.3

92.0

15.2

5.0

April

248.3

85.5

2.0

25.8

31.2

86.5

12.2

5.1

May

248.5

86.9

2.3

19.6

29.5

91.8

13.3

5.1

*June

235.2

89.7

1.7

14.0

29.2

81.7

14.3

4.6

July

232.0

85.0

2.0

14.0

29.3

86.2

10.8

4.7

*August

232.9

83.9

1.9

17.5

30.4

84.1

10.4

4.7

September

245.4

87.5

1.9

20.8

30.8

88.7

10.1

5.6

October

265.1

87.2

2.0

23.3

33.6

101.9

11.7

5.4

*November

232.7

83.0

2.0

20.5

33.3

76.6

12.4

4.9

December

222.9

75.4

1.7

18.0

29.9

83.9

10.2

3.8

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 94.

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Deliveries into consumption of petroleum products (continued)

TABLE 86 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Aviation, motor and industrial spirit

White spirit

Kerosine

Gas/Diesel oils

Fuel oil (1)

Lubricating oils

Bitumen

1943 *January

228.9

74.4

1.7

19.0

32.3

87.7

10.2

3.6

February

236.3

82.5

1.6

20.0

32.1

85.8

10.5

3.8

*March

251.7

91.9

1.8

29.4

31.9

81.7

11.5

3.5

April

234.5

88.3

1.6

23.2

28.1

80.6

10.3

2.4

*May

249.3

96.5

1.8

17.0

29.7

88.8

12.6

2.9

June

259.8

100.2

1.6

14.4

29.4

100.2

11.5

2.5

July

231.2

98.0

1.9

16.1

27.1

74.6

10.9

2.6

*August

243.3

106.2

1.7

19.8

25.8

76.4

10.3

3.1

September

259.2

109.5

1.9

22.5

29.9

79.6

11.8

4.0

October

272.0

104.6

2.0

24.5

33.8

90.9

11.8

4.4

November

281.8

104.4

2.1

21.1

34.4

102.7

12.7

4.4

December

276.6

105.1

1.6

18.4

35.2

101.5

11.3

3.5

1944 *January

305.1

117.1

1.9

21.2

38.4

108.7

13.7

4.1

February

337.1

135.9

2.1

23.3

38.1

118.6

14.7

4.4

March

374.8

156.6

2.2

29.5

42.1

124.0

15.2

5.2

April

386.4

164.5

2.0

26.7

38.3

134.9

15.1

4.9

*May

437.9

201.8

2.2

20.9

37.8

151.5

17.4

6.3

June

447.9

212.2

2.3

17.0

35.8

156.2

18.1

6.3

*July

392.3

181.2

1.9

16.4

31.1

141.7

13.9

6.1

August

384.7

178.8

1.8

22.3

30.0

136.2

10.5

5.1

September

372.2

165.9

2.0

22.5

32.0

132.4

11.5

5.9

*October

368.4

160.5

2.2

23.1

36.4

131.4

10.3

4.5

November

348.6

148.1

2.0

21.2

39.0

123.9

10.3

4.1

December

329.5

137.9

1.9

18.5

36.5

120.1

11.1

3.5

1945 *January

338.6

136.9

1.9

21.4

39.4

126.8

9.5

2.7

February

384.3

166.5

2.3

25.2

44.4

131.5

10.7

3.7

March

411.5

186.4

2.9

38.4

39.5

126.1

13.0

5.2

*April

370.0

157.9

2.4

30.2

35.1

129.1

10.6

4.7

May

318.1

119.2

2.0

18.9

34.7

131.0

7.9

4.4

June

274.7

106.9

2.4

18.0

33.3

98.5

10.2

5.4

*July

258.2

103.3

2.4

19.5

32.3

84.0

10.6

6.1

August

233.5

85.9

1.8

22.4

33.2

76.0

8.9

5.3

Source : Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) Including products used for refinery fuel. 

* Average of five weeks.

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Deliveries into civilian consumption of motor spirit (1)

TABLE 87

Thousand tons

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

Total

Private cars and motor cycles

Commercial vehicles

Industrial uses

Agricultural uses

Basic ration(2)

Supplementary ration

Annual totals

1940

2,939

359

464

1,696

314

106

56

1941

3,001

336

429

1,783

347

106

68

1942

2,501

116

357

1,640

286

102

67

1943

2,139

4

296

1,545

194

100

58

1944

2,264

5

323

1,605

215

116

57

1945

2,734

217

430

1,742

204

141

66

Weekly averages(3)

1940

56.2

6.9

8.9

32.4

6.0

2.0

1.1

1941

57.6

6.5

8.2

34.2

6.7

2.0

1.3

1942

48.0

2.2

6.8

31.5

5.5

2.0

1.3

1943

41.0

0.1

5.7

29.6

3.7

1.9

1.1

1944

43.3

0.1

6.2

30.7

4.1

2.2

1.1

1945

52.4

4.2

8.2

33.4

3.9

2.7

1.3

1940 January

50.6

7.8

8.1

29.2

3.8

1.7

1.0

February

52.1

6.6

8.4

30.5

4.6

2.0

1.0

March

55.1

7.0

9.0

32.2

4.8

2.1

1.0

April

61.9

8.0

10.4

35.7

5.5

2.3

1.3

May

59.0

7.6

10.0

34.0

5.2

2.2

1.1

June

53.4

7.0

9.1

29.9

5.3

2.1

1.0

July

57.6

7.6

9.9

32.2

5.7

2.2

1.2

August

56.1

7 0

9.4

31.8

5.7

2.2

1.1

September

55.2

6.8

9.2

31.4

5.7

2.1

1.1

October

57.9

7.0

9.2

33.8

5.7

2.2

1.1

November

58.9

6.7

9.0

35.5

5.5

2.2

1.1

December

56.3

6.5

8.7

33.8

5.2

2.1

1.1

1941 January

54.8

6.5

8.6

32.8

5.0

1.9

1.1

February

56.5

6.3

9.0

33.7

5.4

2.1

1.2

March

58.2

6.6

9.3

34.7

5.4

2.2

1.3

April

61.8

7.4

9.4

37.3

5.5

2.2

1.4

May

63.5

7.6

9.7

38.2

5.7

2.3

1.5

June

57.9

7.7

8.4

34.3

5.3

2.2

1.4

July

59.8

7.9

8.7

35.4

5.6

2.2

1.4

August

56.1

7.1

8.0

34.1

4.8

2.1

1.3

September

59.0

7.6

8.4

35.6

5.2

2.2

1.4

October

55.5

3.8

8.4

35.9

5.2

2.2

1.3

November

52.7

6.2

7.6

32.4

4.5

2.0

1.3

December

53.6

5.6

7.6

33.8

4.7

1.9

1.3

1942 January

50.8

5.7

7.4

31.3

4.5

1.9

1.3

February

52.3

5.6

7.6

32.1

4.9

2.1

1.3

March

52.3

5.6

7.6

32.1

4.9

2.1

1.3

April

51.1

2.9

7.1

33.9

5.1

2.1

1.4

May

48.5

2.7

6.8

32.2

4.8

2.0

1.4

June

51.1

1.7

7.6

34.8

4.9

2.1

1.4

July

47.7

1.6

7.1

32.4

4.6

2.0

1.3

August

42.0

0.7

7.1

27.5

4.6

2.1

1.2

September

46.4

0.6

7.2

32.2

4.3

2.1

1.3

October

46.2

0.6

7.1

32.1

4.3

2.1

1.3

November

43.7

0.1

6.8

30.6

4.2

2.0

1.2

December

43.5

0.1

6.7

30.9

3.9

1.9

1.2

See footnotes on page 96.

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

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Deliveries into civilian consumption of motor spirit (1) (continued)

TABLE 87 (continued)

Thousand tons

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

Total

Private cars and motor cycles

Commercial vehicles

Industrial uses

Agricultural uses

Basic ration (2)

Supplementary ration

1943 January

40.5

0.1

6.2

28.7

3.7

1.8

1.1

February

42.6

0.1

6.2

30.5

3.8

2.0

1.1

March

43.9

0.1

6.4

31.5

3.9

2.0

1.2

April

40.9

0.1

6.0

29.2

3.7

1.9

1.1

May

41.0

0.1

5.8

29.4

3.7

2.0

1.1

June

40.2

0.1

5.7

28.8

3.7

1.9

1.1

July

40.1

0.1

5.7

28.7

3.7

1.9

1.0

August

38.7

0.1

5.5

27.5

3.5

2.1

1.0

September

41.6

0.1

5.9

29.5

3.9

2.2

1.1

October

40.4

0.1

5.8

28.6

3.8

2.1

1.1

November

42.2

0.1

5.8

30.3

3.9

2.1

1.2

December

40.3

0.1

5.6

29 0

3.6

2.0

1.1

1944 January

39.9

0.1

5.7

28.3

3.8

2.0

1.1

February

43.5

0.1

6.2

30.9

4.1

2.2

1.1

March

45.4

0.1

6.5

32.2

4.3

2.3

1.2

April

40.9

0.1

5.8

29.0

4.0

2.0

1.1

May

43.9

0.1

6.3

30.9

4.3

2.3

1.1

June

44.4

0.1

6.4

31.4

4.2

2.3

1.1

July

41.2

0.1

5.9

29.1

3.9

2.2

1.0

August

42.9

0.1

6.2

30 4

3.9

2.3

1.1

September

44.1

0.1

6.5

31.0

4.1

2.4

1.1

October

44.4

0.1

6.5

31.2

4.2

2.4

1.1

November

47.5

0.1

7.0

33.6

4.2

2.6

1.2

December

40.7

0.1

6.0

28.8

3.6

2.2

1.0

1945 January

42.8

0.1

6.5

30.0

3.9

2.3

1.0

February

45.7

0.1

6.9

32.0

4.2

2.5

1.1

March

47.3

0.1

7.1

33.3

4.3

2.5

1.2

April

44.8

0.1

6.8

31.5

4.0

2.4

1.1

May

45.3

0.1

8.1

30.8

3.9

2.4

1.1

June

51.2

5.2

8.1

31.1

4.0

2.8

1.1

July

54.5

5.9

8.4

33.2

3.9

3.1

1.3

August

56.8

5.8

9.5

33.9

4.2

3.4

1.4

(1) Including industrial spirit. The analysis of deliveries by consumer categories is based on total coupon issues. No adjustments have been made for non-use or misuse of coupons.

(2) During the period June 1942 to May 1945, the figures in this column relate to supplementary rations for domestic purposes only. The higher figures for June to October 1942 reflect the completion of the consumption of the last basic ration issue.

(3) Based on calendar months.

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

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Deliveries into consumption of fuel for diesel-engined road vehicles(1)

TABLE 88

Thousand tons

Total

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

Total

Public service vehicles

Goods vehicles

Others

Annual totals

1940

429

426

314

103

8.8

3.6

1941

467

463

337

117

8.7

4.3

1942

473

469

338

122

8.6

4.5

1943

452

448

329

110

8.5

4.2

1944

499

495

342

143

9.7

4.4

1945

511

506

382

114

10.2

4.9

Weekly averages(2)

1940

8.2

8.1

6 0

2.0

0.1

0.1

1941

9.0

8.9

6.5

2.2

0.2

0.1

1942

9.1

9.0

6.5

2.3

0.2

0.1

1943

8.7

8.6

6.3

2.1

0.2

0.1

1944

9.5

9.4

6.5

2.7

0.2

0.1

1945

9.8

9.7

7.3

2.2

0.2

0.1

1940 January

7.4

7.3

5.2

2.0

0.1

0.1

February

7.7

7.6

5.7

1.7

0.2

0.1

March

7.9

7.8

5.6

2.0

0.2

0.1

April

8.6

8.5

6.2

2.1

0.2

0.1

May

8.6

8.5

6.1

2.2

0.2

0.1

June

8.2

8.1

5.6

2.4

0.1

0.1

July

8.8

8.7

5.9

2.7

0.1

0.1

August

8.7

8.6

6 0

2.5

0.1

0.1

September

8.3

8.2

5.7

2.4

0.1

0.1

October

8.4

8.3

5.6

2.6

0.1

0.1

November

8.6

8.5

5.8

2.6

0.1

0.1

December

8.5

8.4

5.2

2.9

0.3

0.1

1941 January

8.6

8.5

5.6

2.6

0.3

0.1

February

8.8

8.7

6 0

2.5

0.2

0.1

March

9.0

8.9

6.1

2.7

0.1

0.1

April

9.1

9.0

6.4

2.4

0.2

0.1

May

9.3

9.2

6.5

2.6

0.1

0.1

June

8.7

8.6

6.2

2.3

0.1

0.1

July

9.2

9.1

6.6

2.4

0.1

0.1

August

8.7

8.6

6.3

2.2

0.1

0.1

September

9.4

9.3

6.6

2.6

0.1

0.1

October

9.1

9.0

6.4

2.4

0.2

0.1

November

8.7

8.6

6.1

2.3

0.2

0.1

December

8.9

8.8

6.2

2.4

0.2

0.1

1942 January

8.8

8.7

6.2

2.3

0.2

0.1

February

9.2

9.1

6.3

2.6

0.2

0.1

March

9.0

8.9

6.2

2.5

0.2

0.1

April

9.2

9.1

6.6

2.3

0.2

0.1

May

8.9

8.8

6.4

2.2

0.2

0.1

June

9.3

9.2

6.5

2.5

0.2

0.1

July

9.5

9.4

6.6

2.6

0.2

0.1

August

8.6

8.5

5.8

2.6

0.1

0.1

September

9.2

9.1

6.3

2.6

0.2

0.1

October

9.2

9.1

6.3

2.6

0.2

0.1

November

8.8

8.7

6 0

2.5

0.2

0.1

December

8.9

8.8

6 0

2.6

0.2

0.1

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 98.

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Deliveries into consumption of fuel for diesel-engined road vehicles (continued)

TABLE 88 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

Total

Public service vehicles

Goods vehicles

Others

1943 January

8.7

8.6

5.7

2.7

0.2

0.1

February

8.9

8.8

6.1

2.5

0.2

0.1

March

9.1

9.0

6.2

2.6

0.2

0.1

April

8.5

8.4

5.9

2.4

0.1

0.1

May

8.4

8.3

5.9

2.2

0.2

0.1

June

8.5

8.4

6.0

2.2

0.2

0.1

July

8.5

8.4

6 0

2.2

0.2

0.1

August

8.2

8.1

5.7

2.3

0.1

0.1

September

8.7

8.6

6 0

2.5

0.1

0.1

October

8.5

8.4

5.9

2.3

0.2

0.1

November

9.1

9.0

6.2

2.6

0.2

0.1

December

9.0

8.9

6.1

2.6

0.2

0.1

1944 January

8.8

8.7

5.9

2.6

0.2

0.1

February

9.4

9.3

6.4

2.7

0.2

0.1

March

9.9

9.8

6.6

3.0

0.2

0.1

April

9.8

9.7

6.0

3.5

0.2

0.1

May

10.6

10.5

6.5

3.8

0.2

0.1

June

10.5

10.4

6.6

3.6

0.2

0.1

July

9.1

90

6.1

2.7

0.2

0.1

August

9.2

9.1

6.3

2.6

0.2

0.1

September

9.3

9.2

6.5

2.5

0.2

0.1

October

9.3

9.2

6.6

2.4

0.2

0.1

November

9.7

9.6

6.9

2.5

0.2

0.1

December

8.9

8.8

6.3

2.3

0.2

0.1

1945 January

9.4

9.3

6.8

2.3

0.2

0.1

February

9.9

9.8

7.1

2.5

0.2

0.1

March

9.8

9.7

7.1

2.4

0.2

0.1

April

9.5

9.4

6.8

2.4

0.2

0.1

May

9.7

9.6

7.0

2.4

0.2

0.1

June

9.7

9.6

7.0

2.4

0.2

0.1

July

9.6

9.5

6.9

2.4

0.2

0.1

August

9.7

9.6

7.0

2.4

0.2

0.1

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

(1) The analysis of deliveries by consumer categories is based on total coupon issues.

(2) Based on calendar months.

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Deliveries into consumption of gas, diesel and fuel oil

TABLE 89

Thousand tons

Inland

Total

Bunkers

Road vehicles(1)

Burning

Power

Manufacture

Petroleum industry

Government departments(2)

Annual totals

1940

6,010

3,849

429

1,732

1941

5,865

3,537

467

916

349

213

259

124

1942

6,247

3,906

473

939

330

216

287

96

1943

6,206

3,965

452

883

326

248

224

108

1944

8,726

6,279

499

843

341

405

260

99

1945

7,194

4,726

511

797

347

452

291

70

Weekly averages(3)

1940

114.9

73.6

8.2

33.1

1941

112.5

67.8

9.0

17.5

6.7

4.1

5.0

2.4

1942

119.8

74.9

9.1

18.0

6.3

4.2

5.5

1.8

1943

118.9

76.0

8.7

16.9

6.2

4.7

4.3

2.1

1944

166.9

120.1

9.5

16.1

6.5

7.8

5.0

1.9

1945

137.9

90.6

9.8

15.3

6.6

8.7

5.6

1.3

1940 January

107.8

64.3

7.4

36.1

February

115.7

65.7

7.7

42.3

March

106.2

66.4

7.9

31.9

April

128.8

88.2

8.6

32.0

May

121.7

86.0

8.6

15.0

7.0

2.3

2.2

0.6

June

117.1

83.3

8.2

13.9

6.8

2.2

2.2

0.5

July

106.6

71.5

8.8

14.5

6.8

2.0

1.9

1.1

August

102.5

69.4

8.7

13.3

6.3

1.7

2.0

1.1

September

106.3

72.1

8.3

13.7

6.1

2.6

2.0

1.5

October

105.4

65.7

8.4

16.4

6.8

3.5

2.5

2.1

November

113.3

72.1

8.6

18.2

6.5

4.0

2.1

1.8

December

105.8

64.6

8.5

18.1

6.5

3.9

1.9

2.3

1941 January

115.4

66.6

8.6

21.1

7.0

4.8

4.7

2.6

February

123.5

73.1

8.8

20.9

7.4

4.9

5.2

3.2

March

129.1

81.6

9.0

19.4

7.2

4.3

4.1

3.4

April

123.0

74.4

9.1

18.8

7.1

4.4

5.4

3.7

May

123.0

76.8

9.3

17.7

7.3

4.5

3.7

3.7

June

100.8

63.0

8.7

14.4

6.8

2.9

3.2

1.8

July

104.0

64.3

9.2

13.9

7.0

3.2

4.5

1.8

August

98.0

61.9

8.7

13.3

6.1

3.3

3.3

1.3

September

105.8

64.0

9.4

15.7

7.0

3.7

4.6

1.4

October

105.5

61.2

9.1

17.2

6.8

4.4

4.9

1.9

November

111.5

65.4

8.7

19.5

6.4

4.8

5.0

1.7

April

108.2

62.6

8.9

19.6

6.4

3.9

5.3

1.5

1942 January

120.4

69.9

8.8

22.0

6.7

5.9

5.3

1.8

February

127.2

73.2

9.2

23.4

7.0

6.9

5.6

1.9

March

126.1

75.8

9.0

21.0

7.0

6.7

4.8

1.9

April

118.5

74.6

9.2

18.3

6.6

4.1

4.0

1.7

May

120.9

80.6

8.9

16.1

6.1

3.4

4.4

1.4

June

111.3

70.3

9.3

16.4

6.8

2.7

4.0

1.8

July

116.3

76.9

9.5

15.1

6.4

2.5

4.0

1.9

August

112.5

75.1

8.6

13.9

6.0

2.5

4.4

1.9

September

121.9

80.3

9.2

15.8

6.6

3.3

4.7

2.0

October

134.1

91.3

9.2

16.9

6.5

3.6

4.7

1.9

November

108.3

62.5

8.8

19.6

6.5

4.6

4.3

2.0

December......

115.5

70.9

8.9

18.8

6.2

4.0

4.5

2.2

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

See footnotes on page 100. 

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Deliveries into consumption of gas, diesel and fuel oil (continued)

TABLE 89 (continued)

Thousand tons

Total

Bunkers

Inland

Road (1)

Burning

Power

Manufacture

Petroleum industry

Government departments(2)

1943 January

116.3

71.6

8.7

19.7

6.0

3.7

4.7

1.9

February

119.3

72.7

8.9

19.8

6.6

3.9

5.2

2.2

March

115.4

68.2

9.1

19.6

6.8

4.3

51

2.3

April

109.6

69.7

8.5

16.5

6.0

3.1

3.8

2.0

May

117.6

79.0

8.4

15.5

6.1

3.0

3.8

1.8

June

130.4

91.4

8.5

14.9

6.0

3.7

3.7

2.2

July

103.4

66.4

8.5

14.0

6.0

3.0

3.7

1.8

August

101.7

65.6

8.2

13.5

5.6

3.5

3.4

1.9

September

109.3

67.2

8.7

15.9

6.5

4.8

4.2

2.0

October

121.9

76.1

8.5

15.8

6.4

8.5

4.6

2.0

November

139.5

91.4

9.1

18.6

6.7

7.2

4.1

2.4

December

141.3

91.4

9.0

19.6

6.5

8.3

4.2

2.3

1944 January

143.6

93.9

8.8

19.1

6.5

8.6

4.4

2.3

February

154.2

102.4

9.4

20.3

6.9

8.6

4.4

2.2

March

169.3

112.7

9.9

20.2

7.3

10.4

5.9

2.9

April

171.3

123.3

9.8

15.5

6.4

7.9

5.8

2.6

May

188.8

141.7

10.6

15.3

6.8

7.6

4.6

2.2

June

192.1

147.2

10.5

14.3

6.8

6.6

4.6

2.1

July

169.1

130.1

9.1

12.6

6.0

5.0

4.8

1.5

August

170.6

131.5

9.2

12.4

6.0

5.5

4.7

1.3

September

164.6

122.3

9.3

14.1

6.3

6.8

4.8

1.0

October

166.5

119.6

9.3

15.7

6.3

8.8

5.2

1.6

November

163.5

113.5

9.7

17.6

6.9

9.2

4.8

1.8

December

156.1

110.0

8.9

16.5

6.0

8.2

4.9

1.6

1945 January

169.6

114.8

9.4

20.3

6.5

10.7

6.0

1.9

February........

174.7

120.0

9.9

19.0

7.0

10.9

5.7

2.2

March

168.2

119.1

9.8

17.0

7.0

8.0

5.4

1.9

April

163.9

119.1

9.5

14.3

6.5

6.4

6.5

1.6

May

167.3

123.3

9.7

14.1

6.3

8.0

4.6

1.3

June

1320

87.9

9.7

13.8

6.4

7.3

5.6

1.3

July

115.2

74.7

9.6

11.9

6.4

6.6

5.0

1.0

August

111.7

71.1

9.7

11.5

6.2

7.3

5.0

1.0

(1) Fuel for diesel-engined road vehicles.

(2) Includes smoke-screens until 1 April 1943.

(3) Based on calendar months. The weekly average for any given month shown in this table will not be exactly the same as the weekly average for the four or five weeks period under the same name in Table 86.

Source: Ministry of Fuel and Power

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VI. RAW MATERIALS

Iron ore and manganese ore

TABLE 90

Thousand tons

Home iron ore

Imported iron ore

Manganese ore

Production

Consumption(1)

Stocks (end of period)

Arrivals

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Total

At mines

At blast furnaces and steel works

Total(1)

Blast furnaces(2)

Total

At blast furnaces and steel works

Annual totals(3)

1937

14,215

13,943(4)

6,193(4)

5,736

1938

11,859

11,715(4)

4,632(4)

4,380

1939

14,486

1,988

1 464

524

871 .1

758.9

250

1940

17,702

16,006

2,582

1,386

1,196

4,508

4,712

4,056

736.4

698.5

290

104

1941

18,974

17,826

2,475

1,200

1,275

2,241

2,085

1,596

882.3

855.6

291

115.8

1942

19,906

18,692

2,451

1,302

1,149

1,935

2,061

1,564

752.3

749.5

407

94.3

1943

18,494

17,124

2,677

1,644

1,033

1,924

1,877

1,456

787.4

756.0

307

208.1

1944

15,472

14,908

2,216

1,532

684

2,148

2,433

2,070

515.9

482.2

375

117.2

1945

14,175

13,671

2,142

1,436

706

4,191

4,020

3,656

633.8

549.1

296

120.5

Weekly averages

1939

279

1,988

1,464

524

871.1

758.9

4.8

1940

340

308

2,582

1,386

1,196

86.7

90.6

78.0

736.4

698.5

5.6

104

1941

365

343

2,475

1,200

1,275

43.1

40.1

30.7

882.3

855.6

5.6

115.8

1942

376

353

2,451

1,302

1,149

36.5

39.0

29.5

752.3

749.5

7.7

94.3

1943

355.8

329.3

2,677

1,644

1,033

37.0

36.0

28.0

787.4

756.0

5.9

208.1

1944

297.6

286.7

2,216

1,532

684

41.3

46.7

39.8

515.9

482.2

7.2

117.2

1945

272.5

262.9

2,142

1,436

706

80.6

77.2

70.3

633.8

549.1

5.8

120.5

1939 October

322

288

1,947

1,437

510

124.2

987

4.1

November

323*

289*

2,031

1,461

570

116.2*

871

5.2*

December

288

286

1,988

1,464

524

115.0

759

6.0

1940 January

269*

270*

1,858

1,414

444

119.5*

103.0*

761.4

703.8

5.9*

183

February

293

267

1,932

1,421

511

116.9

101.2

745.8

684.7

5.9

166

March

335

304

1,963

1,398

565

107.3

91.0

780.0

716.1

5.0

166

April

363

327

2,054

1,399

655

103.6

87.3

951.0

853.6

5.2

157

May

365*

335*

2,076

1,373

703

111.0*

95.4*

1,077.2

979.7

5.3*

141

June

366

320

2,163

1,371

792

112.7

99.0

1,179.0

1,104.4

4.6

164

July

363

317

2,263

1,359

904

97.7

86.3

1,040.4

989.3

4.8

171

August

358*

306*

2,402

1,330

1,072

77.8*

68.2*

931.2

898.1

5.3*

169

September

356

303

2,512

1,347

1,165

64.2

55.4

846.0

812.3

6.6

159

October

344*

307*

2,608

1,388

1,220

61.1*

52.7*

802.5

777.4

5.5*

147

November

343

318

2,601

1,390

1,211

57.0

47.9

749.2

717.3

7.0

126

December

337

323

2,582

1,386

1,196

56.7

47.3

736.4

698.5

6.0

104

1941 January

326*

329*

2,444

1,347

1,097

28.6*

49.9*

40.0*

638.4

598.8

5.8*

74.9

February

346

339

2,357

1,286

1,070

30.1

39.9

30.3

608.9

578.1

5.1

53.7

March

363

346

2,336

1,254

1,083

37.2

38.4

29.6

580.1

561.7

5.1

47.6

April

366*

338*

2,352

1,212

1,140

38.4*

40.3*

31.4*

598.5

566.9

4.3*

48.2

May

368

339

2,361

1,167

1,193

61.9

37.0

28.4

707.6

678.7

3.7

62.4

June

359

338

2,347

1,161

1,185

48.2

38.2

29.0

760.5

719.5

5.4

70.4

July

369*

339*

2,380

1,182

1,198

28.0*

37.9*

28.9*

761.3

725.7

5.8*

64.3

August

368

343

2,364

1,152

1,212

55.0

40.0

31.5

788.5

768.9

6.1

71.4

September

395

353

2,428

1,157

1,271

49.0

39.5

30.1

822.4

797.5

5.7

78.3

October......

379*

352*

2,462

1,156

1,306

49.2*

39.8*

29.9*

876.0

828.6

6.2*

94.5

November

379

350

2,497

1,170

1,327

44.8

41.5

31.3

881.3

853.1

6.1

90.8

December

366

353

2,475

1,200

1,275

39.8

36.4

26.6

882.3

855.6

7.4

115.8

Source: Ministry of Supply

See footnotes on page 102.

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Iron ore and manganese ore (continued)

TABLE 93 (continued)

Thousand tons

Home iron ore

Imported iron ore

Manganese ore

Production

Consumption(1)

Stocks (end of period)

Arrivals

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption

Stocks(4) (end of period)

Total

At mines

At blast furnaces and steel works

Total(1)

Blast furnaces(2)

Total(3)

At blast furnaces and steel works

1942 January

348.5*

346.9*

2,367

1,197

1,170

43.8*

36.8*

27.7*

927.9

877.4

7.7*

117.8

February

358.1

341.3

2,326

1,181

1,145

29.6

38.0

28.4

882.7

866.4

7.4

129.3

March

374.9

352.7

2,315

1,195

1,120

45.9

37.4

27.0

898.3

881.8

7.5

173.9

April

383.2*

357.4*

2,341

1,184

1,158

43.8*

43.4

33.1*

913.6

887.4

6.7*

127.4

May

376.6

355.5

2,339

1,165

1,174

38.2

43.1

33.4

915.1

889.0

8.1

136.1

June

397.7

356.1

2,386

1,147

1,239

56.7

44.2

33.9

947.3

906.1

7.9

136.8

July

398.2*

353.8*

2,516

1,199

1,318

30.7*

39.8*

30.6*

887.1

882.5

8.1*

152.1

August

376.3

343.3

2,531

1,230

1,301

59.4

41.2

32.9

967.6

945.1

8.2

142.1

September

394.5

358.1

2,583

1,264

1,319

30.6

42.8

33.5

918.2

910.4

6.3

165.7

October......

384.3*

356.9*

2,600

1,290

1,311

34.7*

34.7*

25.9*

926.1

913.2

8.1*

157.3

November

372.0

357.9

2,578

1,312

1,266

11.3

34.4

25.6

834.2

832.1

8.5

132.3

December

348.9*

351.7*

2,451

1,302

1,149

16.3*

32.6*

24.2*

752.3

749.5

7.7*

94.3

1943 January

372.0

348.4

2,446

1,323

1,124

26.4

31.8

28.4

714.4

700.5

7.1

77.6

February

367.3

343.1

2,453

1,324

1,128

18.7

31 3

21.8

675.7

658.5

6.5

62.3

March

368.3*

345.8*

2,453

1,348

1,105

38.3*

33.9*

24.2*

693.3

675.8

6.0*

79.2

April

334.1

325.9

2,429

1,351

1,078

43.0

31.7

23.1

727.9

697.9

5.4

105.9

May

371.1

337.2

2,470

1,364

1,105

14.1

29.8

21.4

682.4

682.3

4.7

129.0

June

362.8*

328.8*

2,517

1,399

1,118

57.5*

30.3*

21.8*

819.1

813.3

5.7*

163.2

July

353.7

318.0

2,565

1,414

1,151

33.9

38.2

29.7

804.3

801.4

5.9

180.6

August

328.5

312.0

2,571

1,467

1,104

45.0

38.2

30.7

801.8

764.8

6.2

211.4

September

365.3*

325.1*

2,668

1,561

1,107

35.4*

38.6*

30.5*

798.7

773.3

6.5*

222.0

October

364.4

326.4

2,719

1,609

1,110

39.8

42.2

34.0

795.3

772.8

4.6

229.3

November

355.3

330.6

2,706

1,625

1,080

44.5

42.9

35.1

798.6

769.9

5.4

224.8

December

326.7*

312.2*

2,677

1,644

1,033

40.9*

44.2*

36.8*

787.4

756.0

6.9*

208.1

1944 January

339.2

311.5

2,691

1,662

1,029

45.3

41.5

34.3

791.7

766.7

7.4

194.9

February

344.9

313.4

2,729

1,692

1,036

41.0

42.0

34.5

797.4

758.1

7.2

187.6

March

305.1*

284.0*

2,763

1,734

1,028

40.9*

40.5*

32.2*

802.3

791.3

7.1*

183.2

April

272.5

271.9

2,691

1,737

954

57.8

44.2

36.9

863.4

843.8

7.4

158.4

May

286.9

284.6

2,601

1,738

863

58.6

42.1

34.7

897.7

864.0

8.1

159.1

June

279.3*

275.4*

2,530

1,736

794

29.7*

47.9*

40.8*

831.1

814.2

7.3*

141.6

July

293.1

269.8

2,554

1,755

799

40.1

50.7

44.0

781.2

776.9

7.8

152.0

August

263.8*

266.0*

2,447

1,698

750

25.7*

50.0*

43.7*

671.0

660.9

7.2*

137.0

September

302.8

290.1

2,396

1,641

755

30.1

47.6

41.1

594.4

584.3

7.7

122.7

October

311.5

294.0

2,392

1,609

783

40.0

47.6

41.4

556.7

543.5

7.0

103.0

November

301.7*

299.3*

2,300

1,569

732

44.6*

53.5*

46.5*

532.2

510.6

6.1*

100.2

December

286.5

285.9

2,216

1,532

684

48.6

52.2

45.7

515.9

482.2

6.5

117.2

1945 January

279.8*

280.5*

2,117

1,520

597

46.0*

52.2*

46.7*

484.5

411.0

6.2*

108.3

February

312.3

294.9

2,106

1,510

596

66.2

57.6

51.1

505.0

466.9

6.5

113.4

March

329.6

294.8

2,164

1,507

656

54.7

60.3

53.3

531.8

502.6

6.4

119.6

April

316.0

279.4

2,234

1,507

727

68.4

64.2

57.2

535.5

498.1

5.9

121.1

May

290.7*

260.2*

2,299

1,506

793

68.7*

61.4*

55.1*

576.7

531.5

5.3*

114.2

June

288.0

261.2

2,337

1,523

813

111.0

68.7

61.6

714.5

638.5

4.6

116.4

July

274.5

252.2

2,372

1,556

816

104.0

77.5

70.8

786.5

716.6

4.9

122.4

August

221.4*

223.5*

2,306

1,540

767

104.5*

77.9*

71.7*

896.6

855.4

5.1*

123.4

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Raw and calcined ore as charged, except in the case of the figures of home iron ore in 1937 and 1938 which relate to raw and raw equivalent of calcined ore.

(2) Including consumption in sinter plant.

(3) Production and consumption figures relate to calendar years for 1937, 1938 and 1939, to a period of 53 weeks for 1942 and to periods of 52 weeks for the remaining years.

(4) Including consumption of manganese ore. Excluding consumption in steel works. The average weekly consumption of both home and imported ore in steel works amounted to 15,300 tons in 1937 and 11,400 tons in 1938.

* Average of five weeks.

--102--

Pig iron

TABLE 91 Thousand tons

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Total(1)

Hematite

Basic

Total

Steel furnaces

and convertors

Foundries,

forges and iron works(2)

Total(3)

Blast furnaces

Steel works

Iron

foundries

Annual totals(4)

1937

8,493

1,866

4,689

6,256

1938

6,761

1,484

3,763

4,844

1939

7,980

1,396

5,108

6,673

323.4

252.4

343.1

1940

8,205

1,428

5,453

8,701

6,731

1,970

1,094

363.0

399.9

235.6

1941

7,393

906

5,182

8,038

6,311

1,727

1,417

459.2

466.4

264.0

1942

7,726

964

5,553

8,050

6,355

1,695

1,473

547.1

502.3

262.0

1943

7,187

927

5,070

7,784

6,125

1,659

1,207

496.8

364.7

270.6

1944

6,737

1,009

4,792

7,299

5,777

1,522

896

342.6

317.0

200.8

1945

7,107

1,076

4,884

7,049

5,663

1,386

1,023

441.0

392.2

243.8

Weekly averages

1939

153

26.8

98.2

128.3

323.4

252.4

343.1

1940

158

27.5

104.9

167.3

129.4

37.9

1,094

363.0

399.9

235.6

1941

142.2

17.4

99.7

154.6

121.4

33.2

1,417

459.2

466.4

264.0

1942

145.8

18.2

104.8

151.9

119.9

32.0

1,474

547.1

502.3

262.0

1943

138.2

17.8

97.5

149.7

117.8

31.9

1,207

496.8

364.7

270.6

1944

129.6

19.4

92.1

140.4

111.1

29.3

896

342.6

317.0

200.8

1945

136.7

20.7

93.9

135.6

108.9

26.7

1,023

441.0

392.2

243.8

1939 September

160

28

103

456.5

237.4

325.0

October......

167

30

107

180

384.8

238.8

347.0

November

166*

31*

105*

188*

330.9

244.3

336.3

December

162

31

102

175

927

323.4

252.4

343.1

1940 January......

156*

29.3

101.8

170.9*

133.5*

37.4*

877

325.4

233.5

309.0

February.....

155

175.9

135.1

40.8

812

298.8

209.0

294.0

March

164

180.7

143.3

37.4

777

283.1

197.3

286.7

April

168

30.4

115.8

186.4

145.3

41.1

758

261.4

215.6

271.0

May

173*

186.6*

144.2*

42.4*

720

256.0

220.7

234.9

June

171

178.9

137.3

41.6

692

221.0

243.7

219.4

July

165

27.7

100.8

166.4

126.3

40.1

738

233.0

281.5

209.1

August

153*

149.7*

113.8*

35.9*

835

265.0

339.7

221.0

September

144

145.2

110.7

34.5

935

312.8

370.6

224.5

October......

145*

22.1

99.0

153.6*

116.6*

37.0*

1,018

348.5

387.6

219.5

November

146

155.7

121.7

34.0

1,056

361.1

388.3

224.5

December

147

148.4

118.6

29.8

1,094

363.0

399.9

235.6

1941 January......

142.3*

20.4*

97.9*

153.0*

119.2*

33.8*

1,108

398.8

393.6

231.3

February.....

141.4

18.3

96.3

156.3

122.7

33.6

1,111

404.4

375.8

237.7

March

143.3

17.4

99.8

155.5

122.9

32.6

1,158

404.9

395.1

260.7

April

142.5*

17.1*

98.5*

151.5*

118.0*

33.5*

1,239

439.3

430.5

269.1

May

140.2

16.3

97.3

152.1

118.0

34.1

1,277

454.3

449.9

274.3

June

140.2

17.5

97.7

147.9

116.4

31.5

1,317

470.0

478.1

273.4

July

140.4*

18.2*

98.5*

149.4*

116.0*

33.4*

1,369

480.5

505.4

271.2

August

139.7

17.9

98.3

143.1

113.9

29.2

1,430

489.9

529.6

279.4

September

142.8

16.3

101.7

155.2

121.7

33.5

1,471

489.7

530.7

280.7

October......

142.8*

15.7*

101.9*

163.2*

127.6*

35.6*

1,460

476.0

508.6

276.0

November

142.5

17.4

100.5

163.6

130.2

33.4

1,432

469.4

481.0

266.4

December

142.8

15.9

103.3

156.8

124.1

32.7

1,417

459.2

466.4

264.0

Source: Ministry of Supply

See footnotes on page 104. 

103

Pig iron (continued)

TABLE 91 (continued)

Thousand tons

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Total(1)

Hematite

Basic

Total

Steel furnaces

and convertors

Foundries,

forges and iron works(2)

Total(3)

Blast furnaces

Steel works

Iron

foundries

1942 January

140.9*

16.0*

101.7*

153.1*

120.3*

32.8*

1,414

469.6

470.7

257.3

February

139.6

16.2

99.5

159.1

125.4

33.7

1,381

454.6

455.3

261.9

March

143.7

17.0

103.0

160.7

126.0

34.7

1,369

450.1

445.1

270.5

April

148.8*

20.2*

105.0*

153.3*

122.9*

30.4*

1,387

462.1

462.0

271.7

149.8

20.0

107.0

153.0

119.6

33.4

1,410

484.5

483.2

271.2

June

149.5

18.3

109.6

158.0

124.4

33.6

1,418

492.2

504.6

269.6

July

147.1*

17.2*

106.7*

144.4*

115.2*

29.2*

1,457

515.8

534.4

269.0

August

145.4

18.3

104.3

138.6

109.2

29.4

1,512

541.9

539.8

281.4

September

149.2

18.5

106.6

152.9

119.0

33.9

1,520

551.8

538.1

277.0

October......

147.5*

18.0*

107.1*

153.8*

121.5*

32.3*

1,498

543.6

522.5

274.9

November

145.8

20.1

105.1

158.0

123.0

35.0

1,465

535.4

502.6

268.6

December

142.6*

18.6*

102.0*

145.5*

114.0*

31.5*

1,473

547.1

502.3

262.0

1943 January

140.3

17.0

100.2

151.7

119.1

32.6

1,443

553.3

499.1

261.8

February.....

140.2

16.8

100.3

157.7

124.8

32.9

1,415

536.0

482.7

268.2

March

143.4*

16.9*

102.6*

158.3*

124.7*

33.6*

1,356

519.3

464.7

266.6

April

136.8

17.0

99.1

149.0

117.0

32.0

1,334

503.7

463.0

274.5

May

137.4

16.8

97.7

153.5

120.2

33.3

1,299

483.1

454.5

275.7

June

136.3*

16.2*

95.9*

147.6*

117.9*

29.7*

1,287

477.7

451.4

271.9

July

135.8

18.0

93.4

141.1

111.1

30.0

1,303

481.1

447.9

280.5

August

131.8

17.5

91.7

134.8

105.7

29.1

1,333

501.2

449.3

287.8

September

137.7*

18.0*

95.4*

152.9*

120.9*

32.0*

1,284

495.3

411.0

281.9

October......

138.8

19.4

98.4

152.6

118.8

33.8

1,254

500.2

394.0

276.2

November

142.5

20.9

100.7

153.5

119.5

34.0

1,219

493.0

370.3

273.3

December

137.3*

19.7*

94.9*

142.1*

112.4*

29.7*

1,207

496.8

364.7

270.6

1944 January

135.9

19.4

93.8

148.0

114.8

33.2

1,176

476.3

359.0

272.4

February

137.7

19.7

97.3

153.0

119.5

33.5

1,136

437.8

358.8

284.3

March

127.1*

19.2*

88.5*

145.0*

112.9*

32.1*

1,071

375.1

349.7

300.5

April

122.2

19.4

85.7

137.7

108.0

29.7

1,049

337.2

359.6

303.3

May

125.6

20.1

89.2

147.0

115.1

31.9

978

309.2

328.5

294.4

June

126.6*

19.6*

91.4*

139.2*

112.0*

27.2*

921

287.9

322.0

267.2

July

124.7

19.6

91.0

127.1

99.4

27.7

919

299.6

328.3

247.7

August

123.2*

19.7*

88.6*

126.2*

102.0*

24.2*

927

319.1

334.8

230.2

September

130.7

18.9

95.1

140.5

112.3

28.2

900

322.2

323.4

218.1

October......

133.3

17.8

97.0

142.1

112.7

29.4

886

316.6

330.3

205.4

November

136.4*

20.1*

96.2*

144.8*

117.2*

27.6*

865

311.9

317.6

199.6

December

132.7

19.2

93.0

133.5

107.4

26.1

896

342.6

317.0

200.8

1945 January

127.2*

19.5*

87.8*

130.2*

104.9*

25.3*

929

373.4

317.9

193.3

February.....

136.7

20.7

94.9

143.1

114.8

28.3

912

363.6

308.9

196.9

March

141.5

21.5

100.2

146.9

117.9

29.0

911

351.2

314.7

205.3

April

137.6

21.3

96.8

137.6

111.6

26.0

919

332.0

334.9

215.3

May

128.2*

20.0*

87.1*

123.4*

100.1*

23.3*

956

339.2

363.3

220.9

June

133.0

20.2

89.9

135.5

107.3

28.2

952

339.3

370.1

216.2

July

134.8

19.5

91.0

125.3

99.2

26.1

986

375.3

365.4

224.6

August

125.2*

20.2*

81.6*

113.5*

92.5*

21.0*

1,035

416.5

371.2

235.8

(1) Including production of blast furnace ferro-alloys and other qualities of pig iron.

(2) Including refined pig iron consumed in iron foundries.

(3) Including stocks at wrought iron and refined iron works and Ministry of Supply stockyards.

(4) Production and consumption figures relate to calendar years for 1937, 1938 and 1939, to a period of 53 weeks for 1942 and to periods of 52 weeks for the remaining years.

* Average of five weeks.

Source: Ministry of Supply

--104--

Iron and steel scrap and steel ingots and castings

TABLE 92

Thousand tons

Iron and steel scrap

Steel ingots and castings

Receipts

Consumption(1)

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Production

Total

Bought

Own

Total

Alloy

Annual totals

1935

2,236

5,850

9,859

1936

6,532

3,828

2,704

6,915

11,785

1937

6,240

3,172

3,068

7,477

409

12,984

1938

5,304

2,652

2,652

6,128

448

10,398

1939

6,439

3,016

3,423

7,404

282.3

13,221

1940

6,524

2,978

3,546

7,182

482 0

12,975

825

1941

6,620

3,248

3,372

6,942

680.5

12,312

1,052

1942

7,810

3,957

3,853

7,616

835.1

12,942

1,593

1943

7,783

3,822

3,961

7,965

590.3

13,031

1,596

1944

7,350

3,609

3,741

7,367

539.3

12,142

1,126

1945

7,005

3,600

3,405

7,203

470.3

11,824

707

Weekly averages

1939

123.8

58.0

65.8

142.0

282.3

254

1940

125.5

57.3

68.2

138.1

482.0

250

16

1941

127.3

62.5

64.8

133.5

680.5

237

20

1942

147.4

74.7

72.7

143.7

835.1

244

30

1943

149.7

73.5

76.2

153.2

590.3

251

31

1944

141.3

69.4

71.9

141.7

539.3

233

22

1945

134.7

69.2

65.5

138.5

470.3

227

14

1939 September

118.5

49.2

69.3

141.2

289.2

259

October

125.5

52.9

72.6

144.7

270.8

272

November

128.1*

53.8*

74.3*

142.9*

270.8

270*

December

118.6

48.8

69.8

128.3

282.3

249

1940 January

108.5*

42.2*

66.3*

120.5*

250.1

238*

13*

February

114.5

45.7

68.8

121.8

233.0

241

13

March

127.8

55.4

72.4

136.7

244.7

262

13

April

136.5

61.9

74.6

144.7

290.2

272

14

May

139.7*

65.1*

74.6*

149.4*

328.9

275*

14*

June

144.0

70.1

73.9

148.3

379.8

266

16

July

139.7

69.9

69.8

145.9

458.4

253

18

August

129.6*

65.5*

64.1*

133.2*

551.0

229*

18*

September

117.3

54.8

62.5

132.4

605.8

225

18

October

118.8*

53.5*

65.3*

143.8*

586.6

242*

20*

November

122.8

55.7

67.1

145.3

530.2

247

19

December

109.8

49.7

60.1

129.6

482.0

230

15

1941 January

107.9*

47.3*

60.6*

125.5*

428.6

227*

16*

February

120.3

54.6

65.7

129.7

430.4

233

20

March

130.1

62.8

67.3

132.4

458.4

237

21

April

125.7*

61.3*

64.4*

134.0*

501.9

234*

20*

May

129.4

63.3

66.1

143.2

520.5

242

19

June

126.9

63.2

63.7

133.0

567.3

232

17

July

123.4*

62.9*

60.5*

126.4*

601.9

226*

18*

August

121.7

60.2

61.5

127.7

608.6

225

20

September

136.9

70.2

66.7

137.0

635.7

241

22

October

140.5*

71.4*

69.1*

137.4*

684.8

246*

23*

November

136.9

68.9

68.0

141.7

671.3

252

25

December

130.9

65.2

65.7

132.2

680.5

238

24

Source: Ministry of Supply

See footnotes on page 106.

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Iron and steel scrap and steel ingots and castings (continued)

TABLE 92 (continued)

Thousand tons

Iron and steel scrap

Steel ingots and castings

Receipts

Consumption(1)

Stocks(1) (end of period)

Production

Total

Bought

Own

Total

Alloy

1942 January

127.5*

61.8*

65.7*

132.5*

661.9

234*

24*

February

138.2

67.7

70.5

141.8

646.3

247

28

March

148.0

75.3

72.7

142.4

667.1

250

29

April

154.5*

80.2*

74.3*

146.1*

707.4

250*

30*

May

152.8

79.3

73.5

143.9

743.8

244

28

June

152.7

77.4

75.3

146.1

763.0

250

31

July

143.9*

72.5*

71.4*

139.1*

786.0

235*

29*

August

139.4

72.1

67.3

132.2

811.4

223

27

September

155.7

81.2

74.5

150.0

830.4

249

33

October

158.7*

80.1*

78.6*

154.0*

844.3

255*

36*

November

156.2

79.6

76.6

156.1

843.5

258

35

December

142.5*

69.8*

72.7*

142.2*

835.1

236*

30*

1943 January

145.9

71.9

74.0

150.8

813.9

249

31

February

156.0

77.7

78.3

161.0

789.3

264

35

March

161.8*

80.9*

80.9*

162.2*

777.0

267*

35*

April

154.8

76.8

78.0

157.6

759.1

255

31

May

156.8

78.1

78.7

161.9

733.7

261

33

June

150.8*

75.1*

75.7*

151.7*

712.0

249*

30*

July

140.9

70.3

70.6

140.8

709.6

234

25

August

130.6

64.7

65.9

136.6

682.8

224

28

September

154.2*

73.8*

80.4*

159.7*

651.7

259*

33*

October

155.9

75.7

80.2

157.9

639.9

256

32

November

154.3

74.5

79.8

158.1

622.2

256

31

December

133.6*

62.9*

70.7*

139.7*

590.3

232*

24*

1944 January

142.0

67.5

74.5

148.0

559.4

242

26

February

152.3

72.9

79.4

158.8

531.2

258

28

March

153.1*

76.6*

76.5*

149.9*

549.3

244*

25*

April

139.3

67.6

71.7

133.9

571.8

224

20

May

147.0

70.9

76.1

148.7

563.2

245

24

June

143.6*

70.1*

73.5*

139.6*

578.3

233*

22*

July

129.9

66.8

63.1

125.5

594.6

208

18

August

126.0*

61.7*

64.3*

126.3*

594.0

210*

21*

September

141.2

69.4

71.8

143.7

574.9

236

22

October

146.1

72.6

73.5

146.9

568.1

239

20

November

145.6*

72.7*

72.9*

147.8*

552.1

244*

19*

December

129.6

63.5

66.1

132.4

539.3

220

15

1945 January

121.6*

58.7*

62.9*

131.7*

490.1

216*

15*

February

146.2

73.1

73.1

148.4

487.3

241

17

March

150.8

77.6

73.2

149.6

502.1

246

17

April

141.6

71 .6

70.0

145.5

486.9

237

17

May

130.2*

68.1*

62.1*

129.3*

494.9

211*

14*

June

147.9

75.9

72.0

151.9

485.5

238

17

July

129.5

67.9

61.6

133.3

484.3

214

13

August

106.3*

54.6*

51.7*

110.6*

472.6

186*

10*

September

141.5

73.2

68.3

145.2

466.9

241

14

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) At steel works and foundries.

* Average of five weeks.

106

Semi-finished and finished iron and steel(1)

TABLE 93

Thousand tons

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Production of semi-finished and finished iron and steel

Iron castings

2,769

2,444

2,468

2,408

2,150

1,971

Wrought iron:

Total

346

424

462

317

355

302

278

275

257

226

193

Forge production.........

188

232

259

177

199

178

166

164

147

130

111

Finishing mills production____

158

192

203

140

156

124

112

111

110

96

82

Semi-finished steel:

Billets, blooms and slabs(2)

5,928

7,318

8,065

6,775

5,325

5,510

6,160

6,013

5,876

Sheet bars and tinplate bars

2,080

2,388

2,650

1,663

2,293

2,270

2,070

2,001

1,984

Finished steel (principal products)(3):

Bright steel bars

117

132

179

119

140

238

289

363

413

390

246

Heavy rails and sleepers

442

547

518

491

395

247

215

260

292

337

400

Heavy and medium plates

1,101

1,431

1,624

1,372

1,430

1,612

1,582

1,589

1,723

1,602

1,394

Armour and bullet proof plate

71

64

80

145

113

99

56

Other heavy steel products

1,543

2,007

1,725

1,382

1,462

1,416

1,444

1,431

Shell steel

111

636

1,029

1,073

702

543

313

Light rolled products

2,251

2,909

3,416

3,217

3,387

3,387

3,273

2,907

Cold rolled strip

91

114

DO

73

110

154

163

216

231

220

225

Sheets coated and uncoated

1,097

1,163

1,272

816

1,649

1,257

1,263

1,185

1,169

1,137

1,076

Tin, terne and black plates

708

815

958

610

919

977

720

678

532

521

512

Tubes, pipes and fittings

718

837

665(4)

675

684

685

677

659

666

595

115(4)

145(4)

170(4)

142(4)

159

227

248

338

365

355

285

Steel forgings

109

136

173

250(4)

342

469

596

617

563

387

Wire

442

562

500(4)

583

648

642

694

644

639

537

Tyres, wheels and axles

155

160

158

159

131

134

89

114

122

136

158

Net deliveries of finished steel

Total

10,497

11,386

11,006

10,270

8,922

Home produced(5)

10,127

10,647

10,282

10,010

8,865

Imported

371

739

724

261

57

Deliveries for home consumption

11,086

10,860

10,044

8,136

Stocks of steel(6)

2,754

2,179

2,171

1,684

1,224

(1) Production and consumption figures relate to calendar years for 1935 to 1939 inclusive, to a period of 53 weeks for 1942 and to periods of 52 weeks for the remaining years. Figures for stocks are for the end of the period in all cases.

(2) From 1941, excluding alloy steel.

(3) Including material for further conversion.

(4) Estimated.

(5) Total United Kingdom production less deliveries to other steel firms for further conversion.

(6) Ingots, semi-finished and finished steel. Excluding stocks held by consumers.

Source: Ministry of Supply

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Chrome ore and ferro-alloys

TABLE 94 

Production and consumption: calendar years or 52 week periods(1)

Stocks: end of period

Thousand tons

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Chrome ore

Home consumption: Total

64.4

70.0

72.1

73.3

74.1(2)

Refractory

31.8

36.1

34.9

30.6

34.1

Chemical

22.9

22.4

19.8

20.4

21.3

Metallurgical

9.7

11.5

17.5

22.3

18.7

Stocks: Total

52.5(3)

45.1

75.1

40.1

56.3

30.6

Refractory

15.9

32.4

14.6

25.8

12.4

Chemical

11.9

9.0

11.0

13.8

7.6

Metallurgical

17.2

33.7

14.5

16.7

10.6

Tungsten

Production(4)

4.47

2.91

1.40

2.08

2.70

Total disposals(4)

4.36

2.12

1.88

2.50

2.82

Home consumption(4)

3.46

20.1

1.87

2.48

2.53

Stocks : Ore (metal content)

2.88

1.80

2.10

4.00

5.09

2.98

Finished product(4)

1.43

2. 21

1.94

1.54

1.49

Molybdenum

Production(4)

1.87

3.39

2.77

1.24

0.81

Total disposals(4)

2.24

3.95

2.99

1.78

1.14

Home consumption(4)

2.09

3.93

2.99

1.78

1.05

Stocks: Ore (metal content)..........

1.27

0.61

0.56

1.18

0.38

0.09

Finished product(4)

0.68

106

1.37

0.82

0.52

Vanadium

Production(4)

0.51

0.58

0.53

0.22

019

Total disposals(4)

0.55

0.57

0.51

0.29

0.24

Home consumption(4)

0.53

0.53

0.45

0.28

0.21

Stocks: Ore (metal content) .........

0.40

0.21

0.17

0.29

0.41

0.30

Finished product(4)

0.19

0.21

0.22

0.16

0.12

Ferro-chrome

Production

3. 83

4.88

6.38

8.48

6.49

Consumption

24.40

27.84

28.16

20.49

16.26

Stocks

12.64

19.20

11.98

19.07

17.69

10.91

Silico-manganese

Consumption

14.0

14.9

10.8

10.1

9.8

Stocks

6 .5

14.0

6.3

7.1

4.5

5.5

Refined ferro-manganese

Production

0.58

1.46

3.68

3.90

3.64

Home consumption

2.71

3.85

4.77

4.17

4.05(5)

Stocks

1.24

1.21

1.62

4.21

3.96

2.60

Ferro-silicon

Production

4. 9

7.2

8.0

5.0

6.0

Consumption

43.5

50.9

62.5

51.8

41.8

Stocks

20/4

23.9

15.0

43.6

23.5

16.8

Calcium silicide

Consumption

0.79

1.03

0.80

0.54

0.58

Stocks

0.42

0.74

0.47

0.52

0.38

0.29

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Figures for chrome ore relate to calendar years. For all other items figures relate to a calendar year in 1941 and to periods of 52 weeks in subsequent years.

(2) In addition 7.5 thousand tons were exported in 1945.

(3) Including stocks in transit.

(4) Non-ferrous metal content of ferro-alloy and other finished products.

(5) In addition 1,040 tons were exported in 1945.

--108--

Non-ferrous metals

Production and consumption: calendar years

Stocks: end of period

TABLE 95

Thousand tons

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Copper

Refined copper: Production(1)

98.3

161.5

146.1

183.0

183.3

154.5

93.2

Virgin copper: Total disposals

282.0

340.8

411.6

363.6

320.4

450.0

454.8

499.2

448.6

348.4

357.5

Home consumption

240.0

258.0

301.2

258.0

292.8

446.4

450.0

490.8

448.6

348.1

288.6

Stocks

134.4

160.7

114.9

169.4

282.4

123.1

Zinc

Concentrates: Production

8.4

6.8

12.8

15.8

6.8

Consumption(2)

126.0

160.8

158.4

141.6

160.8

154.8

178.8

186.3

175.6

176.8

155.8

Stocks

215.0

172.0

101.9

108.9

113.6

Virgin zinc: Production(3)

63.0

65.0

62.0

55.0

51.0

55.6

67.5

72.6

69.4

71.0

62.0

Total disposals.............

217.2

211.2

217.2

192.0

228.0

260.4

253.2

258.6

223.2

184.3

189.9

Home consumption

204.0

207.6

208.8

184.8

223.2

260.4

252.0

258.6

222.8

184.2

173.3

Stocks

84.9

104.8

132.2

165.0

169.5

138.3

Lead

41.2

30.8

26.4

29.7

16.6

13.6

8.0

5.4

4.2

3.8

2.7

Concentrates (metal content): Production

Refined lead: Production

25.1

16.2

12.0

10.8

16.1

32.2

7.7

5.3

15.7

13.6

13.5

Total disposals(4)

377.2

380.6

387.8

355.6

346.9

254.6

215.1

245.5

213.0

221.6

253.5

Home consumption(4)

350.4

354.0

345.6

324.0

336.0

253.2

214.8

245.2

212.7

221.2

236.3

Stocks(4)

149.7

80.9

85.5

121.0

135.7

65.3

Refined nickel

Production

12.8

20.3

15.4

15.0

13.4

Total disposals

23.7

23.1

18.5

14.5

15.2

Home consumption

22.5

21.8

17.2

12.4

8.5

Stocks

11.1

10.0

9.2

6.5

7.5

5.6

Tin

Tin ore (metal content): Production

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

Stocks

11.4

5.9

10.0

4.8

7.3

Virgin tin: Production

31.8

33.8

37.5

32.1

37.3

46.7

41.3

37.3

31.6

28.6

27.5

Total disposals

51.8

44.1

54.0

35.0

47.9

44.1

36.6

33.6

30.4

21.6

26.2

Home consumption

22.0

21.9

26.0

18.3

27.3

29.2

30.0

23.5

17.6

18.4

16.4

Stocks(5)

4.1

4.2

15.1

6.0

7.5

16.6

17.4

19.9

27.8

26.0

Bauxite(6)

Production (in Northern Ireland)

49.2

45.5

28.5

Consumption

164.4

168.0

223.2

214.8

153.6

Stocks

194.4

117.1

38.4

101.6

81.5

93.5

Cryolite

Consumption

1.43

2.20

3.85

2.92

1.90

Stocks

3.78

4.41

6.39

6.22

4.87

2.87

Alumina

Production

65.73

67.06

99.11

82.46

66.05

Consumption

46.68

47.64

92.64

114.36

76.80

72.45

Stocks

42.50

62.05

38.75

22.24

31.33

24.24

Magnesium and magnesium alloys

Production(7)

0.8

1.6

2.0

3.0

5.0

6.1

10.9

18.1

23.1

18.1

6.8

Consumption

8.0

13.8

20.8

36.1

36.0

8.6

Stocks

4.3

2.0

2.1

19.0

20.8

20.7

Magnesite

Crude: Consumption

22.7

23.3

17.3

11.8

Stocks

46.0

67.0

38.5

24.7

18.8

10.6(8)

Calcined: Production(9)

4.4

31.9

46.7

24.9

9.6

Consumption

23.0

42.2

52.3

34.2

Stocks

11.0

9.2

13.9

55.7

53.6

46.8(8)

Dead burnt: Production(9)

8.5

10.2

17.4

11.3

28.6

Consumption

17.7

20.9

21.3

22.3

Stocks

11.4

13.6

12.9

14.5

11.6

8.4(8)

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) From 1943, including scrap refined on private account.

(2) From 1942, including consumption other than for zinc production.

(3) Some secondary material is included in the years 1935 to 1939.

(4) English refined lead is included in consumption figures from 1942 and in stocks figures throughout.

(5) From 1935 to 1940, excluding consumers' stocks. The figure for 1941 is estimated.

(6) In terms of high grade bauxite.

(7) Including scrap recovery.

(8) Government stocks only.

(9) These figures refer to magnesia extracted from sea-water.

--109--

Aluminium

TABLE 96

Thousand tons

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Virgin

aluminium

Secondary

aluminium(1)

Virgin

aluminium(2)

Secondary

aluminium

Virgin

aluminium(3)

Secondary

aluminium

Annual totals

1938

23.04

44.4

1939

24.96

78.0

1940

18.95

37.92

102.3

32.17

1941

22.67

53.17

116.8

49.04

82.0

14.4

1942

46.78

78.81

195.3

63.78

77.0

27.5

1943

55.66

93.48

208.2

85.49

130.5

31.0

1944

35.47

104.48

150.1

71.68

142.4

58.7

1945

31.90

81.00

99.1

51.24

92.3

92.3

Monthly averages

1938

1.92

3.7

1939

2.08

6.5

1940

1.58

3.16

8.5

2.68

1941

1.89

4.43

9.7

4.08

82.0

14.4

1942

3.90

6.56

16.3

5.31

77.0

27.5

1943

4.64

7.79

17.3

7.12

130.5

31.0

1944

2.96

8.71

12.5

5.97

142.4

58.7

1945

2.66

6.75

8.3

4.27

92.3

92.3

1939 October

8.5

2.04

November

8.9

2.19

December

7.4

1.89

1940 January

1.57

2.85

7.7

1.87

February

0.84

2.53

7.8

2.63

March

1.27

2.79

7.9

2.02

April

1.61

3.18

8.6

2.26

May

1.78

3.24

8.1

2.35

June

1.21

2.89

7.5

1.96

July

0.87

3.68

7.4

2.41

August

1.22

3.30

9.1

3.38

September

1.48

3.17

8.3

2.85

October

2.30

3.47

10.2

3.70

November

2.24

3.39

7.5

3.52

December

2.56

3.43

12.2

3.22

1941 January

2.71

3.61

11.6

3.83

February

1.94

3.78

11.3

3.56

March

1.77

5.16

10.9

4.17

33.1

12.8

April

1.77

4.45

10.4

3.92

43.5

14.2

May

1.92

4.90

9.3

4.03

48.3

15.4

June

1.52

4.25

7.2

3.97

54.4

15.2

July

0.95

4.66

5.5

3.29

66.2

15.1

August

1.24

3.79

6.9

3.09

67.6

14.9

September

1.67

4.37

12.6

3.75

63.2

14.3

October

2.16

4.81

11.3

5.46

67.0

14.7

November

2.31

4.72

7.3

4.75

72.1

14.0

December

2.71

4.67

12.5

5.22

82.0

14.4

1942 January

4.37

5.44

19.0

4.85

78.7

14.9

February

3.66

5.69

11.5

5.02

78.3

15.9

March

3.95

5.99

17.3

5.22

81.7

16.7

April

4.09

5.92

16.3

5.33

82.0

18.8

May

3.49

5.75

14.1

5.15

86.4

18.8

June

3.54

6.16

17.3

5.47

88.6

19.9

July

3.22

6.63

16.6

4.99

91.5

20.9

August

3.16

5.92

13.7

4.32

90.6

21.2

September

3.92

7.52

13.5

5.83

89.1

22.9

October

4.32

7.92

19.0

6.13

85.9

23.8

November

4.35

8.03

17.3

6.03

81.3

25.2

December

4.71

7.84

19.7

5.44

77.0

27.5

Source: Ministry of Supply

See footnotes on page 111.

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Aluminium (continued)

TABLE 96 (continued)

Thousand tons

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Virgin aluminium

Secondary aluminium(1)

Virgin aluminium(2)

Secondary aluminium

Virgin aluminium(3)

Secondary aluminium

1943 January

4.84

7.05

20.2

5.80

72.1

28.1

February

4.49

6.91

14.6

6.20

65.0

27.2

March

4.72

7.66

23.2

6.92

64.8

28.6

April

4.52

6.99

19.3

6.73

70.8

31.3

May

4.48

7.19

15.6

6.55

78.4

31.5

June

4.56

7.17

11.2

6.94

87.4

30.5

July

4.88

7.46

15.7

6.42

102.4

30.4

August

4.50

6.90

15.1

6.97

119.5

29.8

September

4.49

8.68

14.8

8.00

125.0

30.1

October

4.73

9.35

17.5

8.49

122.2

27.9

November

4.65

9.37

20.6

8.56

123.7

28.0

December

4.80

8.75

20.4

7.91

130.5

31.0

1944 January

4.71

10.13

17.3

8.76

131.3

32.3

February

3.48

9.57

17.8

8.83

127.1

32.4

March

3.25

10.17

17.8

8.17

125.8

32.1

April

2.45

7.54

16.3

5.59

126.4

33.1

May

2.47

8.32

14.7

6.57

130.0

36.3

June

2.72

8.42

12.9

5.38

156.0

39.3

July

2.61

8.53

12.7

5.29

146.2

42.7

August

2.84

7.53

7.5

4.95

142.2

45.0

September

2.65

8.65

9.7

5.22

136.6

48.0

October

2.66

8.90

7.0

4.81

148.1

51.0

November

2.54

9.28

9.3

4.47

145.8

54.7

December

3.09

7.44

7.1

3.64

142.4

58.7

1945 January

3.03

8.97

8.7

3.27

137.3

63.3

February

2.74

7.71

9.4

3.05

130.9

66.7

March

2.96

7.67

9.3

3.77

124.7

73.7

April

2.66

6.53

8.7

4.06

119.6

76.9

May

2.68

6.15

10.2

3.42

112.1

79.7

June

2.61

7.36

11.6

3.30

103.3

84.5

July

2.86

6.81

4.8

3.88

101.8

87.0

August

2.32

5.12

7.9

3.06

96.9

90.5

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Including production from crashed aircraft.

(2) Including the aluminium content of virgin alloys.

(3) Including virgin aluminium content of all alloys.

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Softwood and hardwood

TABLE 97

Softwood(1)

Hardwood(1)

Production

(2)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Production

(2)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

ported

Home grown(2)

Imported

Home grown

Imported

Home grown

Imported

Home grown

Thousand standards(3)

Million cubic feet

Annual totals

1939

511.3

23.28

1940

177.59

709.16

161.43

685.1

12.86

22.32

25.46

22.11

18.78

1.31

1941

280.43

630.26

224.64

427.5

39.29

29.38

19.43

26.09

16.21

3.88

1942

297.91

478.36

279.64

292.9

53.73

41.40

16.31

38.46

10.54

6.42

1943

288.18

429.59

248.85

410.7

99.05

50.83

13.13

44.97

9.38

11.60

1944

196.08

604.89

252.91

330.2

42.10

46.97

11.18

47.32

14.74

11.12

1945

130.17

752.14

168.47

440.5

4.13

41.19

16.86

43.43

14.50

8.87

Monthly averages

1940

14.80

59.10

13.45

685.1

12.86

1.86

2.12

1.84

18.78

1.31

1941

23.37

52.52

18.71

427.5

39.29

2.46

1.61

2.17

16.21

3.88

1942

24.82

39.86

23.30

292.9

53.73

3.45

1.36

3.21

10.54

6.42

1943

24.01

35.80

20.74

410.7

99.05

4.24

1.09

3.75

9.38

11.60

1944

16.34

50.41

21.08

330.2

42.10

3.91

0.93

3.94

14.74

11.12

1945

10.85

62.68

14.04

440.5

4.13

3.43

1.41

3.62

14.50

8.87

1940 January

5.19

69.32

4.50

511.6

10.22

1.25

3.23

1.22

18.81

February

5.92

67.27

6.27

479.8

10.45

1.27

3.07

1.50

17.51

1.42

March

8.44

62.35

7.81

474.7

10.44

1.58

2.96

1.62

16.17

1.39

April

11.62

83.23

10.91

455.4

10.57

1.92

2.95

1.83

14.96

1.40

May

15.07

76.06

13.91

448.5

10.63

2.14

2.63

2.23

14.40

1.33

June

17.17

75.74

14.34

450.5

10.81

2.01

3.00

1.91

13.70

1.32

July

18.31

46.23

15.26

490.6

11.02

2.11

2.11

2.18

14.11

1.26

August

20.24

47.22

24.09

560.3

11.17

2.11

0.87

2.19

15.85

1.21

September

19.90

35.08

17.90

623.9

11.67

1.99

1.86

1.95

15.50

1.20

October

20.23

42.17

17.71

659.1

12.16

2.13

0.48

1.94

17.52

1.24

November

17.98

52.46

15.79

671.0

12.66

2.02

0.74

1.90

19.49

1.26

December

17.53

52.02

12.94

685.1

12.86

1.80

1.56

1.63

18.78

1.31

1941 January

16.80

43.74

15.04

707.4

13.02

1.88

1.06

1.74

19.62

1.36

February

16.66

48.29

14.59

684.9

13.56

1.87

1.12

1.72

19.97

1.41

March

20.03

74.14

16.13

648.2

14.32

2.10

2.36

1.89

18.91

1.50

April

21.52

49.21

18.30

637.5

15.31

2.24

1.51

2.04

18.22

1.59

May

24.77

42.78

19.76

618.4

18.12

2.54

2.16

2.33

17.28

1.65

June

24.28

58.35

18.87

584.6

21.23

2.39

1.53

2.42

14.94

1.69

July

26.54

56.92

20.93

564.2

27.49

2.74

1.37

2.48

15.58

3.05

August

25.64

53.42

19.81

535.1

31.24

2.56

1.71

2.29

15.10

3.20

September

26.92

50.81

17.31

485.2

39.02

2.85

1.72

1.84

18.21

4.07

October

27.45

55.56

22.16

473.8

42.33

2.86

1.71

2.59

16.44

3.71

November

24.71

47.56

20.46

454.2

44.86

2.72

1.72

3.08

16.10

3.21

December

25.13

49.48

21.31

427.5

39.29

2.66

1.46

1.60

16.21

3.88

1942 January

18.07

50.56

21.95

383.5

35.41

2.40

1.41

2.40

15.06

3.88

February

19.62

40.45

15.97

349.7

39.06

2.54

1.26

2.08

14.73

4.33

March

22.12

50.30

19.01

305.9

42.17

2.94

1.44

2.60

14.55

4.68

April

26.39

41.08

22.52

270.4

46.03

3.23

1.56

3.09

13.92

4.82

May

26.66

35.14

25.01

241.2

47.68

3.54

1.21

3.19

14.00

5.16

June

27.53

40.09

28.14

226.3

47.08

3.71

1.48

3.56

13.26

5.31

July

28.94

37.64

27.11

235.0

46.49

3.90

1.32

3.31

12.99

5.75

August

26.60

34.54

25.91

236.2

45.76

3.54

1.34

3.54

12.68

5.49

September

27.32

38.26

23.74

243.7

49.34

4.00

1.43

3.49

11.99

6.00

October

26.90

38.70

25.01

263.2

51.23

4.25

1.43

3.91

11.58

6.34

November

24.42

34.42

24.28

266.0

51.37

3.79

1.27

3.83

11.03

6.30

December

23.35

37.19

21.00

292.9

53.73

3.57

1.17

3.46

10.54

6.42

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 113.

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Softwood and hardwood (continued)

TABLE 97 (continued)

Softwood(1)

Hardwood(1)

Production

(2)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Production (2)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Imported

Home grown(3)

Imported

Home grown

Imported

Home

grown(2)

Imported

Home grown

Thousand standards(3)

Million cubic feet

1943 January

22.29

34.99

21.72

290.9

54.30

3.66

1.29

3.32

9.81

6.75

February

23.45

33.14

18.07

280.3

59.99

3.81

1.22

3.04

9.14

7.50

March

27.50

38.71

24.15

255.6

69.34

4.39

1.24

2.77

8.81

9.37

April

25.81

32.35

20.73

246.6

74.41

4.56

1.14

4.06

8.42

9.86

May

25.75

33.72

22.93

254.3

77.23

4.57

1.05

4.28

8.20

10.15

June

25.65

34.06

20.13

273.8

82.75

4.56

1.16

3.47

7.96

11.23

July

25.47

35.16

20.24

298.3

87.67

4.51

1.02

4.41

8.24

11.17

August

26.02

32.43

20.10

321.3

93.59

3.92

1.09

3.58

8.62

11.51

September

26.57

33.78

20.49

371.7

99.66

4.63

1.12

4.05

9.18

12.10

October

21.87

37.34

22.92

396.2

98.62

4.30

1.07

4.05

8.88

11.60

November

19.16

42.87

18.45

389.9

99.33

4.20

1.00

4.19

9.08

11.60

December

18.63

41.03

18.91

410.7

99.05

3.72

0.78

3.73

9.38

11.60

1944 January

18.21

37.58

19.47

398.0

97.79

3.78

0.73

3.81

9.20

11.57

February

18.26

47.82

20.82

378.5

95.23

4.04

0.87

3.91

9.20

11.71

March

19.55

55.88

22.11

347.6

92.67

4.35

0.94

4.28

9.36

11.78

April

17.11

54.67

19.73

326.1

90.05

3.75

0.88

3.77

9.65

11.75

May

18.44

50.17

24.76

317.4

83.73

4.20

0.98

4.53

10.02

11.43

June

17.10

54.03

24.95

305.6

75.88

4.20

1.14

4.57

10.40

11.06

July

14.54

53.60

21.34

276.7

69.07

3.91

0.88

3.85

10.62

11.06

August

15.41

53.36

20.71

254.2

63.66

3.63

0.74

3.54

11.74

11.08

September

15.74

47.73

21.33

273.5

58.06

3.97

0.91

3.65

12.66

11.39

October

15.66

48.67

22.10

295.7

51.62

3.96

1.21

4.13

13.88

11.22

November

13.94

51.26

19.31

328.4

46.25

3.88

1.28

3.93

14.58

11.18

December

12.13

50.12

16.27

330.2

4210

3.30

0.62

3.35

14.74

11.12

1945 January

9.42

55.86

17.74

324.4

35.66

3.25

1.66

3.64

14.23

10.97

February

10.52

56.84

15.95

290.2

28.69

3.33

1.11

3.70

14.23

10.38

March

13.40

54.75

15.66

273.1

26.48

3.77

1.33

4.18

14.08

10.19

April

12.67

54.96

15.81

241.2

23.29

3.53

1.27

3.83

13.95

9.67

May

12.05

60.38

15.80

228.9

19.97

3.62

1.23

3.72

13.83

9.46

June

12.24

59.57

16.31

228.5

15.47

3.75

1.46

3.76

13.89

9.56

July

10.44

67.58

14.85

259.4

12.00

3.55

1.41

3.96

14.42

9.40

August

9.74

54.98

12.60

325.9

8.19

3.08

1.34

3.41

14.85

8.83

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Excluding sleepers of all kinds except in figures for production before 1942.

(2) In the figures for production after 1941 and in all figures for consumption of home-grown timber an allowance of 10 per cent. (softwood) and 5 per cent. (hardwood) has been made for conversion to square edged material.

(3) Standards of 165 cubic feet.

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Pitwood and plywood

TABLE 98

Production of pitwood

Consumption of sawn and round pitwood

Stocks of sawn and round pit. wood (end of period)

Plywood

Total

Sawn

Round

Constructional

Technical

Trade

Home Timber Production Department

Trade

Home Timber Production Department

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Production

Thousand standards(1)

Million square feet

Annual totals

1939

537.6

9.96

1940

597.49

132.40

4.16

305.62

155.31

895.99

658.9

4.42

107.44

141.0

2400

1941

573.85

138.85

29.69

221.65

183.66

833.52

450.4

3.61

167.27

1101

52.44

1942

636.77

141.61

49.64

229.54

215.98

803.58

286.7

7.31

167.60

43.0

65.76

1943

720.56

146.62

47.87

243.57

282.50

720.43

332.6

4.21

121.01

192.0

63.84

1944

602.33

153.18

51.47

184.21

213.47

737.34

251.1

4.23

304.22

190.9

68.28

1945

504.24

142.81

41.24

137.26

182.93

683.24

268.6

43.08

377.76

166.3

32.28

Monthly averages

1940

49.79

11.03

0.35

25.47

12.94

74.67

658.9

0.37

9.0

141.0

2.00

1941

47.82

11.57

2.47

18.47

15.31

69.46

450.4

0.30

13.9

110.1

4.37

1942

53.07

11.80

4.14

19.13

18.00

66.97

286.7

0.61

14.0

43.0

5.48

1943

60.05

12.22

3.99

20.30

23.54

60.04

332.6

0.35

10.1

192.0

5.32

1944

50.20

12.77

4.29

15.35

17.79

61.45

251.1

0.35

25.4

190.9

5.69

1945

42.02

11.90

3.44

11.44

15.24

56.94

268.6

3.59

31.5

166.3

2.69

1940 January

21.27

6.71

12.38

2.18

77.95

498.5

6.92

February

25.96

8.08

14.12

3.76

70.49

475.0

11.61

March

36.19

9.79

21.23

5.17

85.21

441.7

13.19

April

42.25

10.08

23.90

8.27

71.14

429.5

11.86

May

56.04

12.74

0.01

31.16

12.14

92.56

407.9

9.81

June

63.85

12.32

0.10

32.91

18.52

76.48

432.4

9.87

July

63.89

12.48

0.20

33.44

17.77

81.50

456.1

9.84

August

73.65

13.55

0.61

38.50

20.99

77.98

547.9

9.00

September

64.75

12.29

0.63

31.47

20.35

66.30

603.2

3.63

October

61.50

12.49

0.80

28.92

19.29

74.01

636.7

5.67

November

44.15

11.22

0.91

18.41

13.61

61.43

652.1

7.24

December

43.99

10.65

0.90

19.17

13.27

60.94

658.9

8.81

141.0

1941 January

34.27

7.75

1.02

13.89

11.61

59.86

651.0

11.85

163.7

February

33.55

7.77

1.12

13.17

11.49

62.20

648.7

11.43

171.6

March

48.85

9.98

1.33

20.48

17.06

62.23

648.6

14.22

178.4

April

44.44

10.60

1.39

17.07

15.38

64.46

628.5

19.06

168.4

May

47.32

11.50

1.40

20.69

13.73

71.70

580.6

13.05

170.8

June

49.50

12.16

1.83

19.96

15.55

76.24

559.5

12.37

173.7

July

52.87

12.74

2.34

19.99

17.80

69 02

543.7

6.73

178.1

August

56.47

12.47

2.77

21.45

19.78

71.49

528.8

16.29

163.1

September

56.23

14.07

2.92

21.78

17.46

72.00

522.1

14.93

148.3

October

56.39

14.12

3.74

21.06

17.47

81.28

499.6

12.97

138.7

November

48.29

12.59

5.48

15.18

15.04

73.13

475.6

18.14

123.7

December

45.68

13.10

4.35

16.94

11.29

69.92

450.4

16.24

110.1

Source: Board of Trade

See footnote on page 115. 

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Pitwood and plywood (continued)

TABLE 98 (continued)

Production of pitwood

Consumption of sawn and round pitwood

Stocks of sawn and round pitwood (end of period)

Plywood

Total

Sawn

Round

Constructional

Technical

Trade

Home Timber Production Department

Trade

Home Timber Production Department

Production

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Production

Thousand standards(1)

Million square feet

1942 January

37.65

9.52

4.72

13.69

9.72

72.19

414.1

0.32

22.94

84.4

February

38.21

9.67

3.58

13.85

11.11

65.80

386.9

0.32

17.14

67.1

March

45.13

11.39

4.58

15.95

13.21

66.80

365.3

0.51

21.56

49.8

April

53.88

12.15

4.19

18.55

18.99

69.06

351.2

0.56

18.08

40.7

May

58.04

12.80

4.80

20.04

20.40

67.69

340.8

0.39

9.98

41.1

June

60.88

13.90

3.33

22.85

20.80

67.13

334.8

0.93

10.49

43.9

July

59.47

12.03

3.37

22.17

21.90

69.67

328.0

0.61

12.04

47.7

August

56.82

12.53

3.56

20.98

19.75

60.63

324.2

0.52

12.24

40.8

September

62.84

13.23

4.84

22.21

22.56

66.22

320.3

0.81

13.84

43.3

October

60.35

12.25

4.33

22.15

21.62

71.51

310.0

0.79

10.66

46.7

November

53.17

11.33

4.84

18.81

18.19

66.31

296.4

0.85

9.73

45.2

December

50.33

10.81

3.50

18.29

17.73

60.57

286.7

0.69

8.90

43.0

1943 January

44.47

9.74

3.51

15.37

15.85

56.46

290.3

0.50

9.20

42.3

February

49.44

11.03

3.44

16.99

17.98

57.48

290.2

0.53

7.89

46.8

March

66.72

11.45

3.78

23.10

28.39

62.32

293.1

0.59

9.75

51.6

April

67.35

12.55

3.51

23.61

27.68

55.53

303.3

0.29

10.60

55.9

May

64.66

13.04

4.51

20.45

26.66

60.31

307.0

0.33

7.72

68.8

June

69.52

13.24

4.76

21.97

29.55

60.62

313.5

0.27

8.70

78.5

July

68.87

12.59

4.36

23.85

28.07

63.82

317.7

0.34

9.18

94.2

August

62.59

12.48

3.84

20.92

25.35

54.09

326.9

0.14

9.99

112.2

September

65.34

13.41

3.65

22.07

26.21

65.04

331.3

0.45

7.84

126.2

October

61.75

13.23

4.42

21.57

22.53

62.03

336.1

0.25

12.99

147.0

November

52.86

12.22

4.52

17.88

18.24

61.02

331.7

0.27

12.82

173.7

December

47.00

11.64

3.57

15.80

15.99

61.72

332.6

0.25

14.34

192.0

1944 January

45.98

11.62

4.50

14.57

15.29

53.46

326.4

0.19

14.50

217.5

February

50.88

12.11

3.82

14.90

20.05

63.74

322.4

0.17

19.17

237.1

March

57.47

14.10

4.22

17.61

21.54

62.82

319.5

0.20

22.93

247.6

April

50.96

12.63

5.00

16.18

17.15

56.92

314.4

0.22

17.91

268.8

May

57.17

13.36

4.91

18.86

20.04

65.56

312.0

0.15

21.63

284.9

June

54.78

14.07

4.82

18.16

17.73

64.39

301.0

0.21

24.02

285.7

July

52.42

12.33

4.05

16.74

19.30

60.96

291.0

0.09

23.24

272.2

August

55.10

13.27

4.38

15.61

21.84

58.62

290.7

0.12

22.02

266.2

September

50.40

13.39

4.50

15.39

17.12

63.54

284.0

0.16

28.62

253.8

October

47.55

12.76

4.16

14.66

15.97

62.71

281.1

0.53

37.56

234.9

November

43.03

12.11

4.27

11.44

15.21

64.11

269.6

1.14

41.66

206.5

December

36.60

11.43

2.84

10.10

12.23

60.49

251.1

1.06

30.96

190.9

1945 January

27.73

8.32

2.20

7.58

9.63

53.32

226.1

1.68

38.5

176.8

5.50

February

35.92

9.69

3.39

9.10

13.74

64.62

198.3

2.42

35.4

159.4

4.34

March

49.01

12.49

3.57

13.46

19.49

59.17

195.0

2.88

40.2

142.3

5.16

April

49.44

12.52

4.21

13.65

19.06

58.31

186.5

2.37

31.9

130.8

4.30

May

44.42

12.31

3.41

12.52

16.18

53.19

182.1

2.18

29.9

123.0

4.20

June

50.74

13.40

4.33

13.38

19.63

58.66

180.0

3.47

31.1

124.3

3.29

July

47.19

12.61

3.86

13.10

17.62

56.46

183.7

3.35

26.9

133.4

3.59

August

39.01

11.34

2.61

11.05

14.01

46.81

197.9

3.46

24.0

136.2

1.94

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Gothenburg standards of 180 piled cubic feet.

115

Hides, skins and finished leather

Production and consumption: calendar years Stocks: end of year

TABLE 99

Thousand tons

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cattle hides

Production(1)

54.9

54.3

58.6

61 .5

Stocks(2)

20.6(3)

17.3(3)

21.5

26.2

Kips and calfskins

Production

4.1

4.6

4.7

5 0

Stocks

(3)

(3)

2.6

3.4

Goatskins

Stocks

0.8

1.0

1.0

0.5

Sheepskins

Production

10.6

10.1

9.1

8.7

Stocks

6.7

6.1

8.4

8.8

Rough tanned hides and kips

Stocks

1.4

1.1

0.9

0.7

Rough tanned goat and sheepskins

Stocks

0.8

0.9

0.7

1.0

Finished leather

Heavy(4)

Production: Sole leather

79.3

59.5

68.1

62.7

Other

6.4

7.2

6.8

Comsumption: Sole leather

84.7

80.2

71.4

72.0

Other

7.1

7.1

Stocks: Sole leather

18.7

17.8

21.6

19.5

Other

0.8

0.7

Light(5):

Production: Upper leather

28.5

26.9

14.2

14.4

Lining leather

3.8

4.2

Other

6.7

6.9

Consumption: Upper leather

31.1

28.3

15.3

15.5

Lining leather

4.0

4.3

Other

6.7

6.9

Stocks: Upper leather

6.4

6.1

4.4

4.0

Lining leather

1.4

1.3

Other

0.4

0.4

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Wet.

(2) Wet, dry and dry salted cattle and buffalo hides.

(3) Kips and calfskins are included in the figures for "cattle hides."

(4) Leathers sold by weight.

(5) Leathers sold by area.

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Rubber

TABLE 100

Thousand tons

Waste(1)

Reclaimed(1)

Natural (including latex)(2)

Synthetic(3)

Production(4)

Consumption (5)

Stocks (end of period)

Production

Consumption

(6)(7)

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption (7)

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Annual totals

1941

1.93(8)

167.84

97.7

1942

58.1

18.3

23.4

9.78

97.30

62.5

0.80

1943

101.50

44.73

113.5

28.3

33.6

7.30

75.51

60.3

3.65

8.06

1944

81.59

32.02

116.5

28.04

27.80

9.12

49.43

47.4

43.73

55.08

1945

5313

20.36

149.0

22.32

27.86

3.58

34.17

52.5

65.39

17.19

Weekly averages

1941

1.93(8)

3.23

97.7

1942

58.1

0.45

9.78

1.87

62.5

0.80

1943

1.95

0.86

113.5

0.54

0.65

7.30

1.45

60.3

0.07

8.06

1944

1.57

0.62

116.5

0.54

0.53

9.12

0.95

47.4

0.84

55.08

1945

1.02

0.39

149.0

0.43

0.54

3.58

0.66

52.5

1.26

17.19

1941 January

3.03

96.3

February

2.90

101.7

March

3.03

100.8

April

2.87

96.1

May

3.25

98.2

June

2.75

99.6

July

0.17

1.60

3.30

100.9

August

0.15

1.70

2.57

101.5

September

0.19

1.75

5.46

80.8

October

0.20

1 80

3.39

78.6

November

0.20

1.88

3.10

82.5

December

0.19

1.93

3.55

97.7

1942 January

0.21

2.28

2.88

100.0

February

0.25

2.27

2.44

94.5

March

0.36

2.53

2.35

98.0

April

0.42

2.98

1.90

102.2

May

0.46

3.69

1.75

94.4

June

0.33*

0.53*

6.85

1.70*

88.0

July

34.8

0.34*

0.45*

7.21

1.33*

82.3

August

2.41

0.75

41.4

0.41

0.48

8.26

1.52

77.9

September

2.21

0.85

46.9

0.43

0.51

7.44

1.57

73.1

October

2.25

0.73

53.0

0.43

0.52

6.96

1.46

70.8

0.02

0.88

November

1.73

0.77

56.8

0.43

0.56

7.20

1.49

65.4

0.02

0.78

December

0.99*

0.73*

58.1

0.36*

0.52*

9.78

1.38*

59.4

0.02*

0.80

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 118. 

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Rubber (continued)

TABLE 100 (continued)

Thousand tons

Waste(1)

Reclaimed(1)

Natural (including latex)(2)

Synthetic(2)

Production(4)

Consumption (5)

Stocks (end of period)

Production

Consumption (6)(.)

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption (.)

Stocks (end of period)

Consumption

Stocks (end of period)

1943 January

1.13

0.74

59.7

0.59

0.73

11.09

1.49

59.2

0.02

0.82

February

2.57

0.75

65.8

0.61

0.75

11.36

1.56

58.9

0.02

0.78

March

2.18*

0.75*

72.6

0.59*

0.78*

11.47

1.56*

59.0

0.02*

0.89

April

2 00

0.80

77.4

0.69

0.72

11.70

1.38

59.5

0.02

1.17

May

2 02

0.90

81.8

0.78

0.85

11.44

1.58

57.3

0.03

1.27

June

1.83*

0.83*

86.8

0.71*

0.85*

10.65

1.42*

56.5

0.03*

1.60

July

2 06

0.81

91.8

0.74

0.80

10.49

1.35

54.6

0.03

2.25

August

1.21

0.86

93.2

0.66

0.74

10.10

1.27

56.4

0.05

2.64

September

2.15*

0.96*

99.1

0.75*

0.91*

9.12

1.54*

57.4

0.08*

3.73

October

2.60

0.97

105.8

0.81

0.88

8.35

1.52

56.9

0.09

5.78

November

2 00

1.04

109.7

0.88

0.87

8.36

1.52

54.1

0.16

6.39

December

1.68*

0.91*

113.5

0.65*

0.77*

8.09

1.25*

60.3

0.26*

8.06

1944 January

1.93

1.08

116.9

0.64

0.60

7.43

1.23

58.1

0.38

8 .06

February

2.28

1.12

121.6

0.65

0.61

7.60

1.20

60.0

0.53

14.58

March

2.01*

1.01*

126.6

0.60*

0.59*

7.74

1.11*

58.1

0.62*

18.91

April

2 03

0.94

131.0

0.64

0.52

8.54

0.98

58.5

0.63

27.35

May

2.44

1.04

136.6

0.63

0.57

9.68

1.13

55.8

0.76

31.96

June

1.49*

0.85*

139.7

0.56*

0.56*

9.69

0.93*

54.2

0.78*

41.86

July

1.19(9)

0.24(9)

96.8(9)

0.54

0.51

9.92

0.95

53.4

0.86

52.72

August

1.07

0.11

100.7

0.43

0.45

9.84

0.65

54.1

0.73

54.11

September

1.10*

0.22*

105.2

0.44*

0.48*

9.68

0.82*

52.7

0.96*

52.63

October

1.37

0.35

109.2

0.51

0.54

9.53

0.90

51.6

1.11

54.41

November

1.45

0.30

113.8

0.50

0.62

9.06

0.85

49.6

1.16

58.86

December

0.71*

0.18*

116.5

0.38*

0.37*

9.12

0.71*

47.4

1.45*

55.08

1945 January

0.89

0.28

118.6

0.43

0.62

8.36

0.67

46.2

1.19

54.15

February

0.83

0.36

120.5

0.42

0.51

7.98

0.80

44.1

1.28

54.85

March

0.95*

0.60*

122.2

0.40*

0.55*

7.27

0.74*

42.1

1.25*

49.69

April

1.18

0.44

125.2

0.40

0.50

6.89

0.63

41.2

1.18

45.05

May

1.24

0.31

128.9

0.37

0.50

6.40

0.83

38.7

1.08

40.76

June

1.09*

0.18*

133.5

0.39*

0.59*

5.42

0.60*

38.2

1.34*

35.31

July

1.24

0.38

136.9

0.44

0.55

4.95

0.49

37.0

1.24

32.41

August

0.99

0.26

139.8

0.36

0.51

4.36

0.55

39.6

1.20

35.73

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Crumb is included in waste rubber in 1942. In 1943 it is included in the monthly figures for reclaimed rubber but not in the annual figures. Thereafter it is excluded from the table.

(2) Monthly figures for 1942 exclude latex and exports.

(3) Excluding "Novoplas" and "Thiokol" from July 1944 onwards.

(4) Waste rubber collected.

(5) Processed into reclaimed rubber.

(6) Until June 1944, including direct usage of waste rubber.

(7) Up to and including May 1942 computed from figures relating to calendar months.

(8) Excluding Government lend-lease stocks.

(9) From July 1944 the figures relate only to Government waste depots.

* Average of five weeks.

118

Chemicals

TABLE 101 Production and consumption: calendar years Stocks: end of year

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Industrial alcohol(1)

Production

Million

bulk

gallons

27.24

29.88

29.42

32.40

22.48

7.78

32.50

20.83

Consumption

27.36

30.24

30.25

35.11

40.03

34.67

40.58

27.24

Stocks

1.79

1.90

2.65

5.50

5.24

7.37

7.94

3.28

Industrial methylated spirit

Production

"

7.84

9.40

10.94

9.03

8.55

9.63

9.48

8.65

Consumption

"

10.97

8.87

8.58

9.74

9.57

8.75

Stocks

0.31

0.34

0.37

0.34

0.34

0.32

Methanol

Production

Thousand

tons

28.0

36.6

48.7

54.5

30.1

Consumption

23.3

36.7

46.7

53.9

40.6

Stocks

7.2

11.9

11.8

13.9

14.5

4.0

Urea

Production

"

4.3

4.7

4.4

4.5

7.5

Consumption

"

4.5

5.2

5.0

4.6

7.2

Stocks

"

2.7

2.5

2.0

1.4

11

1.4

Nitric acid

Production

"

254.5

349.4

380.7

341.7

281.0

Consumption

"

344.0

381.0

338.7

283.2

Stocks

"

5.6

11.4

10.3

12.1

4.8

Pyrites(2)

Production(3)

"

6.4

7.6

15.4

26.9

26.0

201

Consumption

"

279.6

313.2

335.8

294.8

279.5

243.1

222.8

201.1

Stocks

"

318.0

353.1

279.9

212.4

174.6

131.7

88.9

Sulphur (for acid)

Production(3)

"

2.0

3.9

4.3

3.0

3.8

3.7

Consumption

"

74.4

92.9

127.9

153.5

170.6

159.4

171.5

173.8

Stocks

"

63.6

64.4

129.6

59.0

101.2

81.2

61.8

Sulphur (regular)

Production(4)

"

3.3

5.6

6.0

9.5

11.2

7.3

Consumption

"

67.2

62.4

68.3

65.6

59.4

Stocks

"

28.1

49.2

26.7

37.7

35.6

30.0

Spent oxide(2)

Production

"

154.1

171.4

182.4

191.7

195.4

196.8

Consumption

"

145.2

155.4

162.7

150.1

153.3

1921

190.9

187.0

Stocks

"

74.6

65.9

87.3

116.0

115.5

120.2

130.2

Anhydrite(2)

Production

"

139.7

143.6

134.2

150.5

161.1

Consumption

"

139.9

143.2

134.3

150.8

161.1

Stocks

"

0.5

0.9

0.8

0.4

0.4

Sulphuric acid(5)

Production

"

994.8

1,119.6

1,196.4

1,200.0

1,284.0

1,250.4

1,268.2

1,216.1

Consumption

"

1,206.0

1,213.7

1,284.8

1,273.4

1,281.7

1,248.9

Stocks

"

65.5

67.5

81.8

81.7

82.2

67.6

Calcium carbide

Production

Thousand metric tons

3.l

24.8

62.4

70.2

72.1

Consumption

65 0

107.9

106.3

129.0

100.6

Stocks

17.3

24.2

22.3

44.4

37.1

27.6

(1) Ethyl alcohol as 68 O.P. spirit.

(2) Excluding material used for purposes other than for the manufacture of sulphuric acid.

(3) Arrivals of home-produced materials at acid works.

(4) Recovered sulphur.

(5) As 100 per cent. acid. Including from 1941 acid made at Government factories.

Source: Board of Trade

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Fertilizers, ammonia and molasses

TABLE 102

Production and consumption: calendar years(1)

Stocks: end of period

Thousand tons

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Nitrogenous fertilizers (nitrogen content)(2)

Production

123.4

133.5

144.6

170.8

210.7

186.3

Total disposals

127.0

132.5

171.9

177.3

194.3

215.5

Home consumption

77.1

127.7

168.0

171.0

181.5

172.1

Stocks

24.0(5)

41.0

20.5

26.8

51.8

34.5

Total Phosphatic fertilizers (P2O5 content)

Production

157.2

188.7

225.0

259.4

251.9

274.9

296.9

Consumption

162.4

194.7

232.7

287.4

302.6

343.8

345.5

Stocks

19.4

14.1

8.8

10.9

20.8

23.2

15.5

Superphosphate (P2O5 content):

Production

63.2

83.0

118.9

144.9

148.0

175.9

184.8

Consumption

68.9

86.8

121.4

144.1

144.3

175.4

186.7

Stocks

10.6

6.8

5.5

7.7

13.6

14.1

12.1

Ground basic slag (P2O5 content):

Production

59.0

73.6

69.7

72.1

77.4

64.2

66.0

Consumption

56.3

71.6

72.6

72.6

77.3

62.4

67.8

Stocks

4.8

4.6

1.2

0.7

0.8

2.9

0.8

Ground phosphate (P2O5 content):

Production

15.0

12.0

9.3

6.3

3.6

10.6

20.5

Consumption

16.6

12.3

9.3

6.1

3.8

10.6

19.7

Stocks

0.2

0.1

O.2

0.9

All other Phosphatic fertilizers (P2O5 content):

Production

20.1

20.1

27.2

36.1

22.9

24.3

25.7

Consumption

20.7

24.0

29.5

64.6

77.2

95.3

71.3

Stocks

4.0

2.7

2.1

2.3

6.3

6 0

1.7

Potash (K2O content)(3)

Consumption

48.0

60.0

72.9

103.7

115.0

Stocks

21.0

7.0

18.8

3.6

Compound fertilizers(4)

Production

600.0(5)

739.1

773.9

952.2

1,077.8

1,185.5

1,181.2

Consumption

714.1

804.7

929.5

1,051.2

1,147.5

1,191.1

Stocks

30.0(5)

55.0

24.2

46.9

71.0

105.2

92.8

Phosphate rock(6)

Consumption

490.1

534.5

624.5

599.3

649.8

753.9

Stocks

183.9

78.8

344.3

35.4

240.7

250.7

160.1

Ammonia(7)

Production

190.8

253.4

276.4

339.1

313.9

300.6

Consumption

253.4

276.2

336.6

315.8

301.7

Stocks

2.9

2.0

5.6(8)

7.6

5.7

5.0

Molasses(9)

Production:

Cane

111.6(10)

50.2

109.4

99.5

52.3

247.8

99.3

Beet

135.0

111.4

137.1

197.9

156.1

171.0

Consumption:

Total

882.9

802.9

594.9

347.8

709.1

Distilling

526.9

550.4

332.8

116.3

492.1

541.6

Cattle food

162.0

128.2

122.4

104.4

120.0

Other uses

90.5

133.9

109.2

112.8

106.0

Stocks

426.2

370.1

419.0

351.9

292.1

316.2

317.6

(1) Years ended 30 June, except for phosphate rock, ammonia and molasses.

(2) For agricultural uses only except in the figures for total disposals which include exports of ammonium sulphate for all purposes.

(3) Agricultural potash.

(4) Total weight of product. Excluding concentrated compound fertilizers. The nitrogen, P2O5 and, for consumption, K2O content are included under appropriate headings above.

(5) Estimated.

(6) For agricultural and industrial purposes.

(7) Excluding ammonia produced in by-product factories and converted directly into ammonium sulphate.

(8) Including consumers' stocks.

(9) In terms of blackstrap containing 52 per cent. sugars.

(10) Year ended 30 September.

Source: Board of Trade

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Plastics and materials for plastics

Production and consumption: calendar years

Stocks: end of year

TABLE 103

Tons

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total synthetic resins

16,096

20,931

23,979

24,424

25,424

Total disposals

15,766

20,291

24,069

24,551

25,696

Home consumption

15,560

20,202

24,005

24,502

25,186

Stocks

1,124

1,764

1,674

1,547

1,275

Phenolic:

10,058

Production

8,937

9,644

Total disposals

9,033

9,640

10,279

Home consumption

9,016

9,636

10,064

Stocks

912

916

695

Cresylic:

6,996

Production

8,723

8,293

Total disposals

8,737

8,465

7,114

Home consumption

8,695

8,436

6,964

Stocks

606

434

316

Urea:

5,924

5,905

7,902

Total disposals

5,898

5,905

7,823

Home consumption......

5,894

5,890

7,701

Stocks

120

120

199

Other synthetic resins:

582

468

Production

395

Total disposals

401

541

480

Home consumption

400

540

457

Stocks

36

77

65

Moulding powders

Phenolic and Cresylic:

17,531

Production

13,521

13,124

14,289

15,249

Total disposals

12,593

13,100

14,195

15,330

17,487

Home consumption

11,117

11,952

13,679

14,742

15,814

Stocks

2,926

2,910

3,090

3,009

1,078(1)

Urea:

3,996

Production

4,136

4,080

3,869

2,760

Total disposals

4,039

4,046

3,948

2,824

4,067

Home consumption

2,456

3,243

3,447

2,396

3,115

Stocks

714

748

727

663

3510)

Cellulose acetate:

2,162

Production

1,207

1,343

1,489

1,307

Total disposals

1,204

1,335

1,344

1,324

1,967

Home consumption

1,063

1,279

1,326

1,262

1,784

Stocks

262

270

415

398

271(1)

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 122.

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Plastics and materials for plastics (continued)

TABLE 103 (continued) 

Production and consumption: calendar years

Stocks: end of year

Tons

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Cellulose acetate sheet, rods, tubes and film

Production

2,335

2,718

3,059

2,623

1,133

Total disposals

2,255

2,772

2,941

2,573

1,279

Home consumption

1,938

2,041

2,928

2,571

1,215

Stocks

323

212

244

277

131

Acrylic sheet

Production

1,463

2,507

3,796

4,718

1,832

Total disposals

1,182

2,594

3,629

4,370

1,851

Home consumption

1,011

1,102

2,764

3,407

1,798

Stocks

358

260

424

772

753

Celluloid

Production

1,719

1,531

1,486

1,572

1,976

Total disposals

1,723

1,651

1,544

1,450

1,857

Home consumption

1,019

1,518

1,501

1,331

1,391

Stocks

281

165

112

234

353

Polyvinyl chloride (unplasticised)

Production

745

3,365

4,122

Consumption

3,875

5,892

5,122

Stocks

1,118

1,834

4,227

Polyvinyl chloride (plasticised)

Production

10,082

8,463

Consumption

10,025

8,736

Stocks

894

951

678

Casein plastic materials

Production

1,480

1,724

1,523

1,433

2,051

Total disposals

2,018

1,851

1,566

1,443

1,899

Home consumption

1,801

1,735

1,530

1,370

1,421

Stocks

266

139

96

86

238

Laminated material(2)

Production

7,672

8,474

5,929

Consumption

7,422

8,446

5,895

Stocks

359

387

421

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Excluding consumers' stocks.

(2) Sheet, rod, tube and other forms.

122

Paper and paper-making materials

TABLE 104

Production and consumption: periods of 52 weeks(1)

Stocks: end of period

Thousand tons

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Paper-making materials other than wood-pulp

Total (paper equivalent)

Consumption

943.5

931.0

861.8

828.1

770.9

Stocks

125.5

176.1

148.5

125.2

90.7

Pulpwood, wood waste and chippings

Consumption

193.4

159.6

127.6

154.2

196.3

166.5

137.3

Stocks

104.2

81.2

38.7

66.0

54.0

47.2

21.4

Straw for paper-making

Consumption

141.4

248.3

301.9

327.5

352.9

Stocks

9.2

57.4

36.1

24.0

16.2

14.2

Rags, waste ropes, etc.

Consumption

93.6

107.6

148.2

130.3

114.9

116.6

117.6

Stocks

37.2

55.9

52.0

47.3

47.6

41.1

38.2

Esparto

Consumption

259.5

102.4

18.4

2.7

0.5

0.9

0.2

Stocks

26.7

19.9

3.5

0.7

1.1

0.3

0.1

Waste paper

Consumption

665.6

751.4

867.4

818.6

711.1

675.2

623.1

Stocks

65.0

114.9

61.8

122.2

101.8

86.4

61.1

Woodpulp

For paper-making(2):

Consumption

1,514.8

891.9

454.0

373.0

320.2

400.0

526.4

Stocks

410.5

148.3

73.3

171.6

192.8

150.6

291.7

For other purposes(3):

Consumption

60.6

40.7

39.7

50.1

54.2

Stocks

30.5

6.9

8.8

21.5

19.6

38.7

Newsprint

Production

800.0

296.0

150.0

139.7

129.4

151.1

161.6

Consumption

1,201.2

506.3

302.4

251.1

252.6

286.2

309.2

Stocks

261.5

213.0

181.4

133.5

102.1

110.6

154.1

Other paper and board

Production: Total

1,830.8

1,497.9

1,233.8

1,147.8

1,032.0

1,073.2

1,139.3

Paper: Total

1,245.3

916.1

716.2

652.4

604.5

655.4

711.8

Printing and writing paper

741.8

437.9

281.9

267.6

258.2

300.2

325.6

Greaseproof, glazed transparent and vegetable

25.2

26.2

22.7

18.1

12.8

15.4

18.6

Tissue paper: Cigarette

5.6

5.9

6.7

6.6

6.1

6.4

6.7

Other

10.1

8.6

11.5

16.9

20.8

23.7

28.0

Other packing and wrapping paper

369.7

314.1

298.6

267.2

232.8

43.4

267.6

Other paper

92.9

123.4

94.8

76.0

73.8

66.3

65.3

Board: Total

585.5

581.8

517.6

495.4

427.5

417.8

427.5

Boards for packaging

486.3

464.6

407.8

413.2

352.2

341.5

347.7

Boot and shoe board

13.5

14.9

13.1

11.9

11.7

10.1

10.5

Roofing felt

36.9

31.4

36.2

21.5

15.5

18.1

23.2

Building boards

29.6

32.4

31.4

24.4

25.6

21.6

21.4

Other board

19.2

38.5

29.1

24.4

22.5

26.5

24.7

Consumption

2,678.0

2,007.6

1,412.9

1,194.0

1,102.7

1,170.9

1,278.8

Stocks

388.8

323.8

221.8

246.1

223.0

185.2

221.4

Source: Board of Trade

(1) 53 weeks for newsprint in 1944 and for other materials in 1945. 

(2) Including manufacture of cellulose wadding.

(3) For the manufacture of rayon and of transparent cellulose film.

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Raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton linters

TABLE 105

Thousand tons

Raw cotton

Cotton waste(1)

Cotton

linters

Home consumption

Stocks

(end of period)

Production(2)

Home consumption

Stocks

(end of period)

Home

consumption(2)

Stocks (end of period)

Cotton spinning

Other uses

Annual totals

1937

624

15

308

1938

483

12

311

1939

574

15

275

1940

603

17

228

39.5

31.0

1941

412

18

179

57.9

112.0

35.0

27.8

17.4

1942

378

42

291

52.4

91.8

42.5

28.9

13.6

1943

367

28

349

55.0

76.3

47.4

29.5

19.7

1944

346

13

350

52.1

66.8

48.0

33.3

19.4

1945

308

12

411

47.4

67.7

41.1

34.9

18.3

Weekly averages

1940

11.6

0.33

228

39.52

30.98

1941

7.9

0.35

179

1.11

2.11

34.96

0.53

17.41

1942

7.3

0.80

291

1.00

1.80

42.51

0.55

13.56

1943

6.9

0.52

349

1.05

1.44

47.36

0.57

19.73

1944

6.6

0.25

350

1.00

1.29

48.04

0.64

19.41

1945

5.9

0.23

411

0.91

1.30

41.14

0.67

18.28

1940 January

11.4*

0.33(3)

298

February

11.5

350

March

10.6

391

April

12.5*

0.33(3)

380

May

11.6

380

June

14.0

369

July

12.4*

0.33(3)

366

1.48

August

10.8

343

1.37

38.97

September

10.3

323

1.30

38.52

October

11.5*

0.33(3)

284

1.42

41.67

32.20

November

11.5

272

1.52

42.12

0.52

32.07

December

10.8

228

1.38

39.52

0.52

30.98

1941 January

10.9*

0.31*

205

1.32

2.24

41.05

0.48

26.53

February

11.2

0.34

185

1.45

2.69*

44.66

0.60

25.59

March

8.8

0.31

173

1.30

2.19

44.55

0.52

24.29

April

8.2

0.35

156

1.09

2.11

43.92

0.59

19.76

May

7.4*

0.31*

137

1.11

2.26*

41.12

0.65

17.50

June

6.8

0.33

128

0.95

2.14

39.83

0.50

16.60

July

7.0*

0.33*

109

1.04

2.02*

42.41

0.48

14.51

August

6.3

0.28

105

0.97

2.07

40.15

0.51

12.30

September

6.7

0.38

112

1.04

2.48

40.58

0.50

10.26

October

7.3*

0.43*

150

1.06

1.90*

38.89

0.58

9.32

November

7.3

0.44

162

1.01

2.14

35.22

0.46

8.73

December

7.1

0.43

179

1.02

1.64*

34.96

0.53

17.41

1942 January

7.0*

0.46*

186

0.94

2.05

33.74

0.49

17.73

February

7.6

0.79

188

1.08

1.88

33.09

0.53

16.76

March

7.7

0.85

183

1.06

1.89

35.53

0.55

16.43

April

7.2*

0.71*

184

1.02

1.70*

36.29

0.59

15.66

May

7.4

0.88

213

0.98

1.83

37.82

0.50

14.32

June

7.4

0.97

267

1.05

1.96

39.10

0.55

15.65

July

7.4*

0.69*

302

0.98

1.75*

39.66

0.56

15.58

August

6.7

0.83

319

0.93

1.59

43.52

0.56

16.42

September

6.9

0.83

347

0.99

1.79

45.86

0.61

15.24

October

7.5*

0.74*

338

1.01

1.67*

45.08

0.67

13.94

November

7.4

0.91

313

1.01

1.86

43.17

0.50

13.14

December

7.0

1.06

291

1.01

1.73

42.51

0.49

13.56

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 125.

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RAW MATERIALS

Raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton linters (continued)

TABLE 105 (continued)

Thousand tons

Raw cotton

Cotton waste (1)

Cotton linters

Home consumption

Stocks

(end of

period)

Production (2)

Home consumption

Stocks (end of period)

Home consumption (2)

Stocks (end of period)

Cotton spinning

Other

uses

1943 January

6.8*

0.84*

277

0.98

1.47*

43.53

0.54

14.75

February

7.1

0.83

247

1.11

1.70

41.80

0.56

14.05

March

7.2*

0.61*

218

1.12

1.83*

41.96

0.60

12.16

April

6.5

0.64

202

1.00

1.71

39.58

0.53

10.05

May

7.4

0.63

191

1.06

1.64

36.93

0.50

7.54

June

6.7*

0.42*

220

1.09

1.38*

37.00

0.59

6.01

July

7.3

0.43

261

1.04

1.37

35.85

0.50

5.44

August

6.6

0.42

292

1.00

1.23

43.04

0.57

13.10

September

70*

0.33*

317

1.09

1.35

46.89

0.58

12.80

October

7.6

0.44

317

1.09

1.21*

47.40

0.64

17.02

November

7.1

0.38

328

1.06

1.31

47.91

0.60

19.04

December

6.1*

0.34*

349

1.01

1.13*

47.36

0.54

19.73

1944 January

6.8

0.30

344

0.96

1.21

49.82

0.63

19.59

February

7.0

0.28

367

1.05

1.27

49.70

0.66

17.76

March

7.4*

0.32*

360

1.15

1.25*

52.04

0.67

15.78

April

6.6

0.26

372

0.96

1.21

51.02

0.62

15.49

May

6.9*

0.25*

365

1.09

1.20*

50.36

0.62

15.76

June

6.8

0.25

350

1.06

1.40

49.49

0.68

12.84

July

6.7

0.24

331

0.90

1.29

49.54

0.53

12.75

August

5.9*

0.20*

327

0.94

1.21*

48.09

0.59

15.64

September

6.6

0.24

313

0.98

1.36

48.38

0.73

15.92

October

7.0

0.26

303

1.00

1.47

47.77

0.58

16.84

November

6.5*

0.21*

336

1.01

1.44

47.81

0.70

16.91

December

5.7

0.20

350

0.87

1.19*

48.04

0.65

19.41

1945 January

5.9*

0.46*

346

0.89

1.23*

47.71

0.68

19.32

February

6.3

1.88

331

1.02

1.36

48.19

0.71

23.56

March

6 0

0.59

332

0.95

1.37

48.57

0.66

24.22

April

6.1

0.69

339

0.92

1.36

49.73

0.67

24.05

May

5.5*

0.56*

354

0.90

1.16*

49.76

0.65

22.32

June

6.3

0.64

376

0.96

1.46

49.54

0.70

21.50

July

5.8

0.39

375

0.82

1.27

47.21

0.59

22.64

August

4.8*

0.49*

411

0.78

1.05*

48.09

0.48

22.76

Source: Board of Trade

(1) From January 1941 including cleaning waste.

(2) Computed from figures relating to calendar months.

(3) Estimated.

* Average of five weeks.

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Cotton yarn

TABLE 106

Cotton yarn

Production of cotton waste yarns

Consumption by weavers of cotton yarn

Spindles running

Production(1)

Deliveries

Total

American type

Egyptian type

Total

Government Departments

Industrial uses

Civilian home trade

Export trade

Million lb.

Millions

Annual totals

1937

1,234

124.0

934

1939

1,092

1940

1,191

1941

821

622

199

77.6

724

1942

733

546

187

800.9

244.3

303.9

116.9

135.7

60.1

585

1943

712

508

204

792.1

217.4

288.2

147.2

139.3

63.8

613

1944

665

468

197

780.2

217.3

278.1

126.9

158.0

64.9

556

1945

597

416

181

682.2

152.7

243.8

136.5

149.2

60.8

504

Weekly averages

1940

22.90

1941

15.79

11.97

3.82

1.46

13.93

21.03

1942

14.10

10.50

3.60

15.40

4.70

5.84

2.25

2.61

1.18

11.24

19.16

1943

13.44

9.58

3.86

15.23

4.18

5.54

2.83

2.68

1.20

11.57

18.20

1944

12.79

9.00

3.79

14.72

4.10

5.25

2.39

2.98

1 25

10.68

17.28

1945

11.46

7.98

3.48

13.12

2.94

4.69

2.62

2.87

1.17

9.69

17.05

1940 January

22.4*

February____

22.3

March .....

20.9

April

24.6*

May

23.5

June

27.6

July

24.6*

17.9*

6.7*

29.6*

August

21.1

15.4

5.7

27.8

September

20.5

15.3

5.2

17.6

29.0

October

22.8

17.2

5.5

19.4

29.7

November

22.7*

17.2*

5.5*

19.3*

28.8*

December

20.7

15.6

5.1

1.89

17.1

28.4

1941 January ____

20.7*

15.5*

5.2*

1.18

17.24*

27.8*

February

21.3

15.9

5.4

2.24*

17.81

27.7

March

19.1

14.4

4.6

1.72

17.25

25.4

April

16.5

12.8

3.7

1.56

15.02

23.1

May

16.2*

12.6*

3.6*

1.70*

15.68*

20.7*

June

13.4

10.2

3.2

1.41

13.47

18.5

July

13.6*

10.3*

3.3*

1.40*

11.54*

17.0*

August

12.6

9.4

3.2

1.06

11.93

16.8

September

13.3

10.0

3.3

1.24*

11.23

17.9*

October

14.4*

10.7*

3.7*

13.61

3.85

5.45

0.79

3.52

1.40

12.52*

18.5

November

14.34

10.86

3.48

15.19

4.01

5.92

1.09

4.17

1.33

12.03

19.53

December

13.94

10.91

3.03

14.87*

3.61*

5.92*

1.31*

4.03*

1.21*

11.10

19.60

1942 January

13.81*

10.98*

2.83*

14.90

3.83

6.01

1.58

3.48

1.25

10.95*

19.36*

February

14.84

11.63

3 21

15.76

4.34

6.05

1.83

3.54

1.28

11.30

19.46

March

14.96

11.39

3.57

16.14*

4.84*

6.41*

1.97*

2.92*

1.26

11.52

19.56

April

14.13*

10.64*

3.49*

14.95

4.72

6.11

1.95

2.17

1.12*

10.94*

19.62*

May

14.11

10.50

3.61

15.92

4.94

6.48

2.20

2.30

1.14

11.03

19.61

June

14.29

10.64

3.65

15.04*

4.51*

5.83*

2.13*

2.57*

1.16

11.37

19.48

July

14.09*

10.50*

3.59*

15.08

4.63

5.88

2.25

2.32

1.13*

10.04*

18.06*

August

12.97

9.26

3.71

14.17

4.50

5.05

2.41

2.21

1.07

11.09

17.53

September

13.51

9.94

3.57

15.01*

4.58*

5.32*

2.63*

2.48*

1.13

11.10

18.98

October

14.69*

10.63*

4.06*

16.30

5.20

5.91

2.74

2.45

1.21 *

12.11*

19.55*

November

14.22

10.20

4 02

16.25

5.34

5.86

2.67

2.38

1.24

12.07

19.35

December

13.61

9.71

3.90

15.30*

4.94*

5.34*

2.54*

2.48*

1.16

11.38

19.38

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 127.

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Cotton yarn (continued)

TABLE 106 (continued)

Cotton yarn

Production of cotton waste yarns

Consumption by weavers

of cotton yarn

Spindles running (2)

Production(1)

Deliveries

Total

American type

Egyptian type

Total

Government

Departments

Industrial

uses

Civilian home trade

Export trade

Million lb.

Millions

1943 January

13.25*

9.53*

3.72*

14.81

4.57

5.23

2.62

2.39

1.16*

11.36*

18.96*

February

13.77

9.87

3.90

15.65

4.63

5.56

2.90

2.56

1.22

11.96

18.79

March

13.88*

9.95*

3.93*

15.71*

4.62*

5.98*

2.70*

2.41*

1.21 *

12.15*

18.74*

April

12.42

8.92

3.50

15.19

4.44

5.61

2.79

2.35

1.12

11.06

18.69

May

14.23

10.17

4.06

15.14

4.19

5.63

3.02

2.30

1.25

12.30

18.89

June

13.05*

9.39*

3.66*

14.84*

4.08*

5.30*

3.18*

2.28*

1.14*

11.49*

17.92*

July

14.11

10.05

4.06

15.43

4.20

5.57

3.23

2.43

1.23

10.46

17.74

August

12.73

8.96

3.77

14.55

3.83

5.17

2.92

2.63

1.12

11.62

16.73

September

13.76*

9.86*

3.90*

15.28*

3.96*

5.73*

2.61*

2.98*

1.26

11.56*

18.05*

October

14.62

10.36

4.26

16.54

4.24

5.83

3.14

3.33

1.32*

12.37

18.38

November

13.66

9.68

3.98

16.00

4.02

5.86

2.59

3.53

1.28

11.96

18.19

December

11.76*

8.24*

3.52*

13.93*

3.52*

5.07*

2.38*

2.96*

1.14*

10.42*

17.37*

1944 January

13.03

9.30

3.73

15.60*

4.40*

5.47*

2.70*

3.03*

1.28

11.11

17.91

February

13.42

9.53

3.89

15.72

4.47

5.58

2.56

3.11

1.31

11.37

18.12

March

14.14*

9.97*

4.17*

16.32*

4.70*

5.79*

2.60*

3.23*

1.36*

11.25*

18.17*

April

12.65

8.95

3.70

14.54

4.20

5.10

2.34

2.90

1.21

10.66

17.91

May

13.26*

9.31 *

3.95*

15.95

4.51

5.58

2.65

3.21

1.25*

10.83*

17.79*

June

13.19

9.36

3.83

14.20*

4.06*

4.98*

2.30*

2.86*

1.32

11.37

16.88

July

12.94

9.18

3.76

14.68

4.20

5.29

2.30

2.89

1.17

9.24

16.50

August

11.28*

7.78*

3.50*

13.49

3.71

4.82

2.08

2.88

1.18*

10.25*

15.39*

September

12.75

9.00

3.75

13.68*

3.73*

5.00*

2.15*

2.80*

1.24

10.33

17.07

October

13.42

9.37

4.05

15.33

4.27

5.47

2.42

3.17

1.30

11.33

17.28

November

12.60*

8.84*

3.76*

14.41

3.74

5.23

2.42

3.02

1.26*

10.70*

17.38*

December

10.96

7.62

3.34

12.95*

3.30*

4.72*

2.19*

2.74*

1.12

9.71

17.14

1945 January

11.40*

8.01*

3.39*

13.39

3.62

4.80

2.16

2.81

1.17*

9.59*

16.67*

February

12.08

8.47

3.61

13.38

3.40

4.83

2.22

2.93

1.23

10.37

16.91

March

11.61

8.16

3.45

13.48*

3.29*

4.77*

2.39*

3.03*

1.16

10.07

17.19

April

11.88

8.32

3.56

13.39

3.36

4.80

2.37

2.86

1.19

10.10

17.25

May

10.55*

7.27*

3.28*

11.96

3.01

4.18

2.10

2.67

1.03*

9.05*

17.40*

June

12.26

8.68

3.58

14.17*

3.90*

4.89*

2.50*

2.88*

1.26

10.69

16.66

July

11.22

7.82

3.40

13.29

3.13

4.86

2.18

3.12

1.11

8.56

16.03

August

9.41*

6.46*

2.95*

10.86

2.48

3.90

2.01

2.47

1.00*

8.51*

15.45*

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Excluding staple fibre, mixed and waste yarns.

(2) Figures expressed as mule equivalent. Up to October 1941, the number of spindles running on cotton only; from November 1941, including in addition the number running on spun rayon and mixtures. Spindles running on waste yarns are excluded.

* Average of five weeks.

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Rayon, rayon yarn and woven fabrics

TABLE 107

Production

Consumption of rayon yarn

Looms running(1)

Rayon

Spun rayon and mixture yarns (including waste)

Woven fabrics

Continuous filament yarn (single)

Staple fibre

Cotton

Rayon

and mixtures

Million lb.

Million linear yards

Million lb.

Thousands

Annual totals

1937

114.9

33.5

3,640

483.6(2)

381

1939

111.0

58.8

1940

110.7

58.4

1941

78.9

57.6

2,150

302.1

1942

73.0

48.1

37.6

1,772

282.4

70 1

1943

72.0

52.3

38.5

1,793

286.6

72.3

1944

77.6

55.0

34.5

1,648

290.7

75.8

1945

851

53.3

31.5

1,539

308.4

831

Weekly or monthly averages

Monthly averages or calendar months

Weekly averages

1940

9.23

4.87

1941

6.58

4.80

41.3

5.8

293.2

1942

6.08

4.01

0.72

34.1

5.4

1.35

227.9

1943

6.00

4.36

0.73

33.8

5.4

1.36

225.3

1944

6.47

4.59

0.66

31.7

5.6

1.46

222.8

1945

7.09

4.44

0.61

29.6

5.9

1.60

215.9

1940 January

10.65

6.08

February........

10.07

5.52

March

10.47

4.94

April

11.66

5.61

May

11.58

5.53

June

10.93

5.23

July

10.33

5.25

August

7.15

3.34

September

7.41

3.49

53.9

5.5

368

October

7.57

4.17

58.8

5.7

380

November

6.45

4.36

56.5*

5.4*

375

December

6.46

4.92

51.2

4.9

361

1941 January

7.03

6.04

50.5*

5.2*

363

February

6.47

5.77

52.0

5.7

366.4

March

7.36

5.84

50.9

6.1

356.9

April

6.60

4.83

45.9

5.7

345.2

May

6.80

5.47

47.7*

6.8*

335.5

June

6.21

4.67

41.3

6.4

309.9

July

6.51

3.86

33.3*

5.6*

239.0

August

5.46

4.67

35.2

5.7

239.7

September

6.74

4.74

33.4

5.4

239.9

October

6.92

5.01

36.2*

5.7*

244.4

November

6.48

3.54

0.72

35.8

6.0

1.42

240.5

December

6.32

3.12

0.68

33.3

5.6

1.33

236.4

1942 January

6.54

3.52

0.69*

33.2*

5.4*

1.30*

231.3

February

6.07

3.20

0.74

34.0

5.5

1.33

229.7

March

6.55

3.27

0.74

34.7

5.5

1.38

230.7

April

5.68

2.83

0.68*

32.5*

5.2*

1.27*

231.7

May

5.88

2.89

0.74

33.5

5.3

1.30

231.3

June

6.13

4.45

0.79

34.8

5.5

1.38

231.5

July

6.69

5.00

0.72*

30.7*

5.0*

1.20*

198.7

August

4.88

3.62

0.71

34.2

5.3

1.31

218.1

September

5.97

4.98

0.72

33.5

5.4

1.34

229.4

October

6.59

5.08

0.74*

36.8*

5.9*

1.51 *

233.7

November

6.09

4.67

0.72

36.6

5.9

1.49

235.0

December

5.94

4.57

0.69

34.5

5.5

1.39

233.8

Source: Board of Trade

See footnotes on page 129.

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Rayon, rayon yarn and woven fabrics (continued)

TABLE 107 (continued)

Production

Consumption of rayon yarn

Looms running(1)

Rayon

Spun rayon and mixture yarns (including waste)

Woven fabrics

Continuous filament yarn (single)

Staple fibre

Cotton

Rayon

and mixtures

Million lb.

Million linear yards

Million lb.

Thousands

1943 January

5.91

4.62

0.67*

34.0*

5.4*

1.42*

230.2

February.......

5.73

4 06

0.73

35.7

5.7

1.46

230.1

March

6.47

4.57

0.77*

36.1*

5.7*

1.48*

231.3

April

5.84

4.17

0.69

32.7

5.3

1.36

231.3

May

6.10

4.58

0.78

36.2

5.8

1.48

234.2

June

5.88

4 06

0.70*

33.8*

5.4*

1.32*

227.2

July

6.00

4.65

0.77

29.2

5.0

1.25

196.3

August

4.85

3.29

0.73

34.0

5.3

1.28

219.4

September

6.32

4.67

0.76*

32.9*

5.3*

1.28*

227.6

October

6.15

4.60

0.79

36.1

5.7

1.41

230.7

November.....

6.87

4.85

0.73

34.7

5.6

1.37

227.6

December

5.92

4.20

0.63*

29.9*

4.9*

1.21*

215.0

1944 January

6.37

4.55

0.70

33.2

5.4

1.37

225.8

February.......

6.40

4.92

0.72

34.3

5.6

1.47

225.7

March

6.89

4.93

0.74*

33.3*

5.7*

1.49*

227.5

April

5.61

4.06

0.67

31.5

5.3

1.41

227.1

May

6.53

4.82

0.70*

32.2*

5.4*

1.41*

221.0

June

6.71

4.48

0.65

33.4

5.8

1.51

224.0

July

6.76

5.05

0.63

26.2

4.8

1.31

217.3

August

5.48

3.58

0.60*

30.5*

5.4*

1.38*

222.1

September

6.53

4.99

0.64

29.8

5.6

1.49

223.5

October

7.12

4.83

0.69

33.6

6.3

1.63

226.4

November.....

6.98

4.92

0.64*

32.5*

6.2*

1.60*

224.7

December.....

6.24

3.91

0.57

29.4

5.5

1.45

208.3

1945 January

7.08

5.26

0.61*

29.3*

5.7*

1.50*

211.3

February.......

6.89

4.73

0.63

31.6

6.3

1.66

218.2

March

7.60

4.96

0.59

30.6

6.2

1.62

216.5

April

6.63

4.28

0.62

31.0

6.1

1.62

220.0

May

6.14

3.91

0.57*

27.9*

5.4*

1.42*

218.5

June

7.47

4.73

0.63

32.1

6.4

1.69

218.7

July

7.96

5.09

0.57

25.3

5.2

1.40

214.6

August

5.63

3.00

0.51*

26.1*

5.2*

1.40*

216.6

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Up to December 1943, weekly averages; from January 1944, number running at end of period. Annual figures for 1944 and 1945 are monthly averages.

(2) Million square yards.

* Average of five weeks.

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Wool and silk

TABLE 108

Production and consumption: calendar years(1)

Stocks: end of period

Unit

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wool

Raw wool:

Million

Production: Actual weight, mainly greasy

lb.

107

110

111

127

112

101

89

84

81

Estimated clean weight.....

"

66

68

69

91

80

72

62

59

58

Consumption(2): Total

"

536

381

333

269

258

331

Home

"

481

365

329

269

257

272

Export

"

11

16

4

1

11

Re-export

"

44

48

Stocks(2)(3)

"

342

378

406

367

284

436

453

Wool tops:

Production(4):

Million

Total

lb.

278.5

334.9(5)

236.3(5)

206.4?)

152.3

133.6

135.3

Merino

"

141.5

171.1(5)

118.7(5)

116.2(5)

80.8

83.5

85.3

Crossbred

"

124.0

151.9(5)

108.6(5)

85.8(5)

66.8

46.9

46.4

Hair

"

13.0

11.9(5)

9.0(5)

4.4(5)

4.7

3.2

3.6

Worsted yarn (wool content):

Production

"

224.2(6)

152.3

130.5

123.1

126.9

Woven wool fabrics (excluding blankets):

Mn. linear

Production

yds.

316.7

236.4(5)

194.5

1931

Blankets: Production

"

34.4(5)

29.7

28.4

Silk

Raw silk:

Thousand

Consumption

lb.

5,832

5,493

1,982

1,625

393

345

332

Stocks

"

2,062

1,754

506

452

578

804

Silk noils:

Production

"

300

345

262

280

202

Consumption

"

1,551

625

194

63

397

Stocks

"

445

406

488

630

797

609

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Series for wool tops relate to periods of 52 weeks.

(2) Estimated clean weight.

(3) Figures relate to beginning of September in 1939 and to 31 July in other years.

(4) Clean scoured weight.

(5) Years ended August.

(6) Production of yarn wholly or mainly of wool, including admixtures amounting to about 5 per cent.

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Jute, flax and hemps

Production and consumption: calendar years(1)

Stocks: end of year

TABLE 109

Thousand tons

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Raw jute

Total disposals

158.37

112.22

102.68

83.35

79.10

86.98

Home consumption

150.04

111.57

100.86

82.21

75.32

71.99

Stocks

59.93

42.88

45.80

65.24

71.35

84.37

Imported jute goods(2)

Total disposals

56.94

59.85

63.03

93.84

93.72

Home consumption

59.44

62.73

90.22

83.92

Stocks

42.14

41.59

55.00

42.95

Flax

Production(3):

Line and machine tow

7.00

12.73

14.17

21.91

22.67

Low grade tow

3.38

7.09

8.03

9.42

11.71

Total disposals

28.62

26.11

33.74

37.81

39.12

Home consumption:

Line and machine tow............

28.62

18.45

21.10

23.50

25.11

Low grade tow

7.67

12.65

14.30

11.40

Stocks:

Line and machine tow

23.90

8.46

11.09

16.52

21.28

29.58

Low grade tow

2.78

6.96

10.63

14.00

17.71

Soft hemps

Consumption:

All varieties

24.17

19.72

22.48

20.64

19.53

24.31(4)

True hemp

9.43

3.70

4.58

5.38

5.81

5.67

Indian hemp:

Spinning

14.74

16.02

17.90

15.26

5.74

6.17

Paper-making

7.98

7.15

Stocks:

All varieties

13.56

10.75

11.27

13.99

15.20

11.49

True hemp

5.44

5.76

5.00

6.87

4.48

3.04

Indian hemp

8.12

4.99

6.27

7.12

10.72

8.45

Hard hemps

Total disposals—all varieties

97.60

76.30

78.04

72.91

68.46

77.27

Home consumption:

All varieties

94.20

75.48

78.04

69.58

65.95

65.30

Sisal fibre and tow

61.80

50.28

66.15

60.32

58.49

61.17

Manila and other

32.40

25.20

11.89

9.26

7.46

4.13

Stocks:

All varieties

49.02

55.52

49.67

25.49

37.06

25.92

Sisal fibre and tow

24.52

37.17

30.43

11.76

29.43

21.84

Manila and other

24.50

18.35

19.24

13.73

7.63

4.08

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Raw jute figures for 1942 and 1944 are for periods of 53 weeks and those for other years for periods of 52 weeks.

(2) Including home produced goods from Control stocks.

(3) Including from April 1944 imports from Eire.

(4) Including exports of Indian hemp amounting to 5.33 thousand tons.

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Losses of raw materials at sea (1)

Monthly averages or calendar months

TABLE 110

Thousand tons

Total

Iron ore, iron and steel and

allied materials

Non-ferrous metals and ores

Textiles

Timber

Hides, skins, etc.

Paper and paper. making

materials

Materials

for sulphuric acid and fertilizers

Miscellaneous

1941

75 1

491

5.4

3.4

4.3

1.0

3.4

5.8

2.7

1942

48.8

16.2

6.7

7.5

6.4

1.5

2.4

4.1

4.0

1943

35.8

181

6.2

2.6

2.5

0.9

0.7

2.6

2.2

1944

4.5

0.8

1.0

0.6

0.8

0.2

0.7

0.4

1941 January

88.4

54.4

15.5

3 0

7.2

0.9

0.4

0.6

6.4

February

126.5

96.3

1.0

6.2

8.3

2.8

1.7

6.9

3.3

141.2

96.4

10.8

5.1

1.5

4.4

13.0

3.9

6.1

891

501

2.0

6.9

10.6

1.0

3.5

12.7

2.3

May

56.8

30.5

6.2

2.1

0.8

0.2

11.2

5.8

69.5

57.4

7.0

3.1

0.7

0.9

0.4

July

57.2

43.8

5.8

3.3

2.2

2.1

August

21.1

18.4

0.3

1.0

17.9

1.4

September

93.5

48.7

10.3

15.7

0.3

0.9

October

89.3

52.5

3.2

7.2

2.8

1.2

19.6

2.5

November

34.0

23.8

1.8

2.7

2.8

0.3

1.1

1.5

December

34.8

17.0

0.7

1.9

1.0

4.6

8.2

1.4

1942 January

18.9

6.4

1.0

0.2

1.8

0.1

0.5

5.4

3.5

February

25.2

8.5

5.2

2.6

2.6

0.5

1.0

3.6

1.2

March

40.4

13.0

6.3

5.2

5.6

1.3

1.3

0.5

7.2

April

49.0

15.9

4.8

6.2

1.4

0.2

3.0

15.3

2.2

May

30.7

12.0

6.2

1.0

5.4

0.1

4.7

1.3

June

29.5

3.l

8.0

3.1

8.9

2.0

4.4

July

10.4

1.7

0.8

3.6

1.0

0.7

0.1

0.5

2.0

August

94.5

26.5

16.6

14.3

10.2

3.8

4.8

11.2

7.1

September

63.7

26.2

6.9

11.6

10.4

2.2

0.7

0.5

5.2

October

79.7

28.5

5.9

15 5

8.2

5.1

7.1

4.4

5.0

November

117.8

44.4

13.4

20.6

19.1

3.8

5.1

5.9

5.5

December

26.6

8.5

5.2

6.0

2.4

0.6

0.2

3.7

1943 January..........

29.8

17.2

0.6

3.5

8.0

0.5

February

34.3

16.9

4.0

0.2

7.9

6.4

1.0

4.3

March

144.1

90.8

28.6

4.0

9.5

1.4

1.3

8.1

April

76.7

26.8

14.9

6.0

7.7

3.4

1.1

12.9

3.9

May

56.7

28.0

8.2

10.3

3.0

4.1

0.1

0.6

2.5

June

11.0

2.1

3.6

1.0

0.3

3.1

0.8

July

3.2

0.6

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.7

August

25.0

13.9

4.6

4.5

0.4

0.7

0.9

September

7.5

0.5

0.5

2.9

0.1

3.5

October

16.0

1.2

7.2

3.0

0.1

0.4

0.1

4.0

November

14.2

14.2

December

13.1

5.2

3.3

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.9

1.7

0.8

1944 January

1.2

1.0

0.2

February

6.4

0.2

0.9

3.2

2.1

March

1.8

1.2

0.5

0.1

April

9.3

1.2

3.5

0.2

4.6

May

1.2

1.0

June

8.7

8.7

July

6.0

2.5

0.5

2.6

0.3

August

6.0

5.5

0.5

September.......

3.4

3.4

0.2

October

0.7

0.2

0.3

November

5.4

5.3

0.1

December

4.1

2.5

1.1

0.5

1945 January..........

February

5.7

5.7

March

9 0

0.6

8.4

April

0.5

0.4

0.1

Source: Ministry of Supply and Board of Trade

(1) Before October 1941 the coverage was not complete and the figures given are partly estimated.

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VII. PRODUCTION

Shipbuilding

Naval vessels: Major combat(1)

TABLE 111

Number and displacement in thousand tons

Battleships

Aircraft carriers

Monitors

Cruisers

Destroyers

Submarines

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

1936/37(2)

4

30.3

10

13.7

3

3.7

1937 April-December

4

32.5

8

11.1

1

0.7

1938

1

22.0

2

18.8

12

21.9

6

5.0

1939

3

29.6

22

38.6

7

8.1

1940

1

35.0

2

46.0

7

45.9

27

31.3

15

12.0

1941

2

70.0

2

46.0

1

7.6

6

37.9

39

50.6

20

14.1

1942

2

70.0

6

40.4

73

99.5

33

24.0

1943

2

30.0

1

7.9

7

47.0

37

61.6

39

27.7

1944

4

74.5

2

13.8

31

53.7

39

29.0

1938 1st Quarter

1

1.4

2nd Quarter

2

3.7

1

0.7

3rd Quarter

1

22.0

1

9.4

2

3.7

2

2.1

4th Quarter

1

9.4

7

13.09

3

2.2

1939 1st Quarter

1

9.6

5

9.4

2nd Quarter

5

8.6

2

2.6

3rd Quarter

2

20.0

3

5.2

1

11

September-December

9

15.4

4

4.4

1940 1st Quarter

4

5.1

3

3.3

2nd Quarter

1

23.0

2

13.5

5

5.8

2

2.2

3rd Quarter

5

32.4

6

6.0

4

2.7

4th Quarter

1

35.0

1

23.0

12

14.4

6

3.8

1941 1st Quarter.............

1

35.0

2

13.5

8

10.5

3

2.2

2nd Quarter

1

23.0

1

5.5

9

11.1

4

2.7

3rd Quarter

9

12.9

7

4.9

4th Quarter

1

35.0

1

23.0

1

7.6

3

18.9

13

16.1

6

4.3

1942 1st Quarter

1

8.0

14

18.6

3

1.8

2nd Quarter

1

35.0

3

18.9

19

24.3

10

6.7

3rd Quarter

1

35.0

2

13.5

18

25.4

8

6.7

4th Quarter

22

31.2

12

8.8

1943 1st Quarter

2

16.0

8

11.9

7

4.9

2nd Quarter

1

7.9

9

15.0

11

7.7

3rd Quarter

3

19.5

11

19.3

8

5.4

4th Quarter

2

30.0

2

11.5

9

15.4

13

9.7

1944 1st Quarter

1

14.5

1

5.8

9

15.4

9

7.3

2nd Quarter

1

23.0

1

8.0

6

10.3

11

7.9

3rd Quarter

1

23.0

8

14.3

7

4.9

4th Quarter

1

14.0

8

13.7

12

8.9

1945 1st Quarter

2

28.0

1

1.7

5

4.2

2nd Quarter

1

14.0

1

8.0

3

5.7

6

5.4

3rd Quarter

1

14.0

9

9.2

3

2.5

Source: Admiralty

(1) Vessels completed in the United Kingdom, including ships built for Dominion Governments but excluding ships built for other Governments. (2) Year ended 31 March 1937.

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Naval vessels: Ocean and coastal convoy vessels, mosquito craft and landing craft(1)

TABLE 112

Number and displacement in thousand tons

Sloops

Corvettes

and frigates

Minelayers

Minesweepers, trawlers and boom defence vessels

Mosquito craft

Landing craft

Transport ferries (L.S.T.)

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

S.D.

Number

W.L.D.

Number

W.L.D.

Number

S.D.

1936/37(2)

8

7.3

5

0.09

1937 April-December

2

1.1

1

0.8

4

2.8

3

0.05

1938

3

3.6

1

0.5

3

1.5

21

15.2

9

0.2

1939

2

2.5

3

1.7

1

0.4

19

12.8

14

0.3

4

0.1

1940

1

1.3

48

47.5

3

1.1

44

26.2

121

6.94

158

9.94

1941

4

5.3

70

70.1

5

11.1

87

51 .9

395

37.7

246

34.9

1942

2

2.7

28

32.3

2

1.1

93

57.0

403

46.1

521

108.3

1943

17

22.7

40

50.4

5

5.1

74

51.3

337

44.4

1,459

250.7

3

10.8

1944

5

6.8

68

81.4

4

4.4

35

24.4

234

24.5

1,305

268.6

1

2.3

1938 1st Quarter

1

1.2

2

1.6

2nd Quarter

1

0.5

1

0.5

6

4.2

4

0.1

3rd Quarter

5

3.6

4

0.07

4th Quarter

2

2.4

2

1.0

8

5.8

1

0.02

1939 1st Quarter

1

1.2

2

1.3

4

0.07

2nd Quarter

9

6.3

4

0.07

July-August

4

2.9

4

0.07

September-December

1

1.3

3

1.7

1

0.4

4

2.3

2

0.07

4

0.1

1940 1st Quarter

1

1.3

2

0.7

7

4.2

1

0.04*

2

0.04

2nd Quarter

10

10.1

15

9.0

20

0.8

23

0.4

3rd Quarter

21

20.6

9

5.0

41

1.9

15

0.2

4th Quarter

17

16.8

1

0.4

13

8.0

59

4.2

118

9.3

1941 1st Quarter

28

28.0

13

7.6

75

6.3

92

4.4

2nd Quarter

3

3.9

15

15.0

4

8.4

25

14.2

118

10.8

72

6.6

3rd Quarter

1

1.4

15

15.1

1

2.7

25

15.4

112

11.4

33

11.0

4th Quarter

12

12.0

24

14.7

90

9.2

49

12.9

1942 1st Quarter

6

5.9

20

12.3

70

8.1

72

13.3

2nd Quarter

9

10.1

1

0.4

29

17.6

105

10.9

122

34.6

3rd Quarter

5

6.1

25

15.0

110

13.0

154

22.5

4th Quarter

2

2.7

8

10.2

1

0.7

19

12.1

118

14.1

173

37.9

1943 1st Quarter

5

6.8

5

6.6

1

0.7

16(3)

12.3

78

8.9

395

47.7

1

3.6

2nd Quarter

7

9.3

10

14.0

2

1.0

21

15.3

103

12.4

375

64.1

2

7.2

3rd Quarter

2

2.6

14

17.9

1

0.7

19

11.6

88

13.4

329

62.5

4th Quarter

3

40

11

11.9

1

2.7

18

12.1

68

9.7

360

76.4

1944 1st Quarter

1

1.4

19

22.3

2

3.l

12

7.8

52

7.0

368

82.4

2nd Quarter

4

5.4

19

22.4

7

4.5

74

6.6

391

86.5

3rd Quarter

14

16.0

8

6.2

57

5.4

284

46.3

4th Quarter

16

20.7

2

1.3

8

5.9

51

5.5

262

53.4

1

2.3

1945 1st Quarter

7

9.5

7

4.5

35

4.8

236

40.7

4

9.2

2nd Quarter

2

2.7

7(4)

9.5

10

6.3

24

2.8

204

38.7

14

32.2

3rd Quarter

1

1.4

7(4)

9.8

6

4.7

24

2.4

160

20.2

9

20.7

Source: Admiralty

(1) See footnote (1) to Table 111. 

(2) Year ended 31 March 1937.

(3) Including three vessels of 3,420 tons deep displacement.

(4) Including the following A.A. escorts, each of 1,400 tons S.D.: April, 1; May, 2; June, 2; July, 2.

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Shipbuilding

Merchant vessels built in the United Kingdom(1)

TABLE 113

Vessels of 100 gross tons and over

Thousand gross tons

Total

100-1,599 gross tons

1,600 gross tons and over

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

(2)

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

Non-tankers

Tankers

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

1940

1,073

1,184

810

31

31

38

811

836

741

231

317

31

1941

1,201

1,229

1,156

32

25

38

898

887

847

271

317

271

1942

1,345

1,271

1,301

38

29

34

1,076

1,007

956

230

235

312

1943

990

1,062

1,204

35

32

32

743

791

959

212

239

208

1944

941

990

1,014

74

47

59

665

677

779

202

266

175

1940 4th Quarter

279

1,184

219

7

31

10

206

836

184

66

317

24

1941 1st Quarter

271

1,236

219

6

28

9

180

858

158

85

349

53

2nd Quarter

279

1,263

252

10

31

7

209

871

196

60

361

48

3rd Quarter

330

1,266

327

10

32

9

258

892

237

62

341

82

4th Quarter

321

1,229

358

6

25

13

251

887

256

64

317

88

1942 1st Quarter

277

1,234

272

13

30

8

208

873

222

58

333

42

2nd Quarter

353

1,253

334

10

31

9

286

920

239

57

304

86

3rd Quarter

390

1,337

306

6

27

10

318

1,035

203

65

276

93

4th Quarter

325

1,271

389

9

29

7

264

1,007

292

50

235

91

1943 1st Quarter

262

1,304

229

6

27

8

189

1,007

189

67

269

32

2nd Quarter

266

1,264

306

5

20

12

217

998

226

44

245

68

3rd Quarter

254

1,285

233

8

22

6

189

980

207

57

282

20

4th Quarter.......

208

1,062

431

16

32

6

148

791

337

44

239

88

1944 1st Quarter

223

1,078

207

21

43

10

174

817

148

28

218

49

2nd Quarter

215

1,054

239

17

43

17

164

783

198

34

228

24

3rd Quarter

245

1,082

217

14

46

11

153

769

167

78

267

39

4th Quarter

258

990

350

22

47

21

174

677

266(3)

62

266

63

1945 1st Quarter

225

1,077

138

29

63

13

145

717

105

51

297

20

2nd Quarter

362

1,216

223

23

66

20

251

840

128

88

310

75

3rd Quarter

269

1,334

151

11

60

17

168

908

100

90

366

34

Source: Admiralty

(1) This table does not incorporate certain revisions which have been made to figures since the end of the war as the revisions cannot be made in the full detail requited by this table. In addition to vessels built in the United Kingdom, the following vessels were built on British account in the Commonwealth and United States of America :—

Number

Thousand gross tons

1941: Total

11

77.3

Canada

1

7.2

Hong Kong

5

34.3

United States of America

5

35.9

1942: Total

56

401.8

Canada

1

7.2

United States of America

55

394.6

(2) Including merchant-type vessels built for the Navy as follows: In 1941 4,000 gross tons non-tanker (all of 100-1,599 gross tons); 20,000 gross tons tanker (all of over 1,600 gross tons); in 1942 8,000 gross tons non-tanker (all of 100-1,599 gross tons); and in 1943 1,000 gross tons tanker and 63,000 gross tons non-tanker.

(3) Including two suction dredgers of 3,944 and 1,747 gross tons.

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Shipbuilding

Merchant vessels built in the United Kingdom

Non-tankers of 1,600 gross tons and over (1)

TABLE 114

Thousand gross tons

Cargo liners

Tramps of 3,500 gross tons and over (2)

Colliers and tramps of 1,600-3,499 gross tons(3)

Fully refrigerated

Others

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

Laid down

Under construction end of period

Completed

1940

37

95

124

152

193

601

539

406

49

50

44

1941

63

130

28

91

145

98

686

562

663

58

50

58

1942

99

134

95

200

273

72

696

549

709

81

51

80

1943

36

105

65

223

279

217(4)

436

373

612

48

34

65

1944

48

74

79

180(5)

261

198

400

312

461

37

30

41

1941 3rd Quarter

9

117

7

35

151

16

208

588

206

6

37

10

4th Quarter

34

130

21

33

145

39

162

562

188

22

50

9

1942 1st Quarter

10

114

26

38

178

5

142

530

174

18

51

17

2nd Quarter

33

133

14

41

201

18

190

534

186

22

53

20

3rd Quarter

38

163

9

51

218

34

209

598

145

20

58

15

4th Quarter

18

134

46

70

273

15

155

549

204

21

51

28

1943 1st Quarter

127

7

61

309

25

113

515

147

15

56

10

2nd Quarter

10

109

28

54

333

30

136

503

148

17

53

20

3rd Quarter

8

107

10

73

372

34

92

448

147

16

53

16

4th Quarter

18

105

20

35

279

128

95

373

170

34

19

1944 1st Quarter

8

104

9

53

316

16

107

367

113

6

31

9

2nd Quarter

10

84

30

34

323

27

111

347

131

9

30

10

3rd Quarter

9

75

18

36

296

63

99

366

80

9

32

7

4th Quarter

21

74

22

57(5)

261

92

83

312

137

13

30

15

1945 1st Quarter

44

110

8

53

287

27

33

280

65

15

40

5

2nd Quarter

70

171

9

101

357

31

37

241

76

27

55

12

3rd Quarter

14

177

8

143

483

17

5

180

66

6

52

9

Source: Admiralty

(1) In addition to the classes of vessel shown below, passenger liners of 98,000 gross tons were completed in 1940.

(2) These vessels are mostly of about 7,000 gross tons and 10,000 deadweight tons.

(3) Including dredgers from May 1943.

(4) Including four vessels totalling 56,800 gross tons handed over to the Royal Navy.

(5) Including one cable ship.

--136--

Merchant vessels undergoing or awaiting repair in United Kingdom ports

TABLE 115

Vessels of 100 gross tons and over, British and foreign 

Thousand gross tons

All vessels(1)

Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over

Troopships and

hospital ships

Cause of damage

Non-tankers

Tankers

Total

Undergoing

repairs while

working cargo

Immobilised

by reason

of repair

Enemy action

Other

causes

Total

Undergoing

repairs while

working cargo

Immobilised

by reason

of repair

Total

Undergoing

repairs while

working cargo

Immobilised

by reason

of repair

1941 February 27

2,593

1,008

1,585

453

2,140

2,031

971

1,060

421

23

397

March 27

2,306

860

1,447

567

1,740

1,819

821

999

364

30

334

April 24

2,025

681

1,345

612

1,413

1,573

641

932

322

24

298

May 29

2,070

935

1,135

592

1,478

1,615

874

741

338

44

294

June 26

1,922

1,100

822

461

1,460

1,525

1,003

522

282

57

225

July 31

1,618

735

883

428

1,189

1,264

691

573

246

12

234

August 28

1,691

907

784

392

1,299

1,279

807

473

319

67

252

September 25

1,694

1,051

643

306

1,388

1,309

910

399

282

111

172

October 30

1,857

1,116

742

236

1,621

1,392

970

422

349

95

254

November 27......

1,668

972

696

254

1,414

1,181

814

367

378

114

264

December 25

1,891

1,155

736

210

1,682

1,394

1,006

388

401

118

283

1942 January 29

1,768

926

841

176

1,592

1,245

776

468

415

104

311

198

February 26

1,846

1,002

844

182

1,664

1,396

880

516

345

82

263

198

March 26

1,567

919

648

139

1,428

1,200

816

384

277

76

201

223

April 30

1,570

871

699

116

1,455

1,190

769

421

272

64

209

390

May 28

1,508

851

658

146

1,362

1,190

809

381

223

10

213

320

June 25

1,460

857

602

80

1,379

1,164

779

385

189

47

142

124

July 30

1,402

731

671

48

1,354

968

626

342

317

75

241

246

August 27

1,438

768

671

47

1,392

1,078

674

404

254

61

193

206

September 24......

1,701

905

796

71

1,630

1,279

828

452

314

52

262

307

October 29

1,628

939

689

74

1,555

1,255

863

392

277

49

228

266

November 26

1,597

868

728

81

1,516

1,200

777

423

300

63

237

215

December 31

1,606

846

759

97

1,509

1,265

809

456

251

18

233

526

1943 January 28

1,781

938

843

89

1,692

1,371

861

510

299

50

249

342

February 25

1,698

869

829

85

1,613

1,331

801

529

267

39

228

389

March 25

1,759

837

922

92

1,667

1,386

787

600

267

22

245

350

April 29

2,004

1,031

973

117

1,888

1,658

971

687

242

28

214

287

May 27

1,846

1,027

820

87

1,759

1,536

962

574

209

38

171

464

June 24

1,601

851

750

99

1,502

1,329

817

512

169

18

151

495

July 29

1,531

956

576

83

1,449

1,236

843

393

198

84

114

534

August 26

1,477

870

607

98

1,379

1,124

736

388

240

110

130

404

September 30

1,609

985

624

89

1,520

1,263

876

387

236

70

166

426

October 28

1,798

1,025

774

92

1,706

1,454

972

482

232

29

203

254

November 25

1,536

806

729

88

1,448

1,211

770

442

220

14

205

363

December 30

1,736

1,006

731

96

1,640

1,470

968

502

181

14

167

448

1944 January 27

1,753

1,005

748

98

1,656

1,479

968

512

182

17

165

446

February 24

1,768

989

779

60

1,708

1,436

917

520

209

44

165

469

March 30

1,506

747

759

72

1,434

1,167

681

486

237

39

199

319

April 27

1,807

1,010

797

53

1,753

1,468

929

539

220

47

173

540

May 25

1,723

991

731

47

1,676

1,446

940

506

185

33

152

246

June 29

1,515

904

611

66

1,449

1,258

830

428

173

49

124

305

July 27

1,510

863

647

74

1,436

1,184

811

373

236

36

200

309

August 31

1,619

805

814

91

1,527

1,318

759

558

198

29

169

466

September 28

1,618

806

812

111

1,507

1,325

749

576

183

35

148

522

October 26

1,995

1,123

872

93

1,902

1,681

1,057

623

202

41

160

551

November 30

2,053

1,100

952

84

1,969

1,684

1,054

630

241

21

220

577

December 28

1,989

1,142

847

67

1,922

1,660

1,074

586

183

34

149

515

1945 January 25

2,127

1,121

1,006

67

2,060

1,705

1,009

696

254

71

183

412

March 1

2,179

1,242

937

78

2,101

1,824

1,154

670

225

62

163

560

March 29

1,860

947

913

65

1,795

1,536

902

634

197

23

174

274

April 26

1,983

1,087

897

71

1,913

1,683

1,042

641

163

18

146

556

May 31

2,047

1,049

998

125

1,922

1,695

970

725

208

54

154

480

June 28

2,184

1,130

1,055

120

2,065

1,774

1,087

687

271

18

253

525

July 26

2,076

902

1,174

125

1,951

1,502

791

711

413

87

327

455

August 30

2,410

1,247

1,163

94

2,317

1,834

1,193

641

419

24

395

410

Source: Admiralty

(1) Excluding troopships, hospital ships, naval and commissioned vessels, Royal Fleet 

auxiliaries and vessels undergoing conversion to or from naval or military purposes.

--137--

Merchant vessels repaired in United Kingdom ports

Vessels of 100 gross tons and over, British and foreign

Weekly averages

TABLE 116

Thousand gross tons

Total

Vessels of 100 to 1,599 gross tons

Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over

Non-tankers

Tankers

1942

728

62

544

122

1943

728

50

562

116

1944

847

60

701

85

1941 February

768

40

639

89

*March

934

61

755

117

April

760

53

609

98

May(1)

788

52

654

83

*June

881

59

706

116

July

743

54

584

105

August

749

57

592

99

*September

797

54

613

130

October

752

70

566

117

November

815

73

635

107

*December

789

62

575

153

1942 January

800

65

607

128

February

825

74

572

179

*March

756

68

566

123

April

730

67

555

108

May

737

69

546

122

*June

675

61

521

93

July

742

64

570

107

*August

640

61

471

108

September

736

55

532

149

October

782

55

585

142

*November

674

55

519

101

December

679

52

505

122

1943 January

674

55

518

101

February

771

58

592

121

*March

753

51

583

119

April

756

54

583

119

*May

744

55

568

121

June

811

50

633

129

July

692

46

514

132

*August

681

48

493

139

September

775

46

594

135

October

667

48

529

90

*November

710

46

565

99

December

707

42

577

89

1944 *January

750

43

620

88

February

796

49

678

70

March

804

51

668

85

April

713

51

551

110

*May

918

59

758

100

June

854

62

695

97

*July

798

63

669

66

August

848

64

697

87

September

811

57

676

77

*October

926

71

779

76

November

987

80

836

70

December

955

70

785

100

1945 *January

924

74

748

102

February

984

74

842

68

*March

1,088

67

913

107

*April

923

64

781

78

May

843

62

709

73

June

858

56

699

103

*July

918

51

774

93

August

720

44

602

74

Source: Admiralty

(1) Figures for two weeks have been omitted as unreliable on account of disorganisation following air raids.

* Average of five weeks.

--138--

Munitions

Index of Ministry of Supply munitions production(1)

TABLE 117

Average September to December 1939 = 100

Guns, small arms and instruments

Ammunition

Shells and bombs

Small arms ammunition

Propellants and high

explosives

Armoured fighting

vehicles

Wheeled vehicles

Signal

Radar and

searchlight

Engineer

and transportation

Total

Guns

Small arms

Instruments

Filled

Empty components

1939 September-December

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

1940 1st Quarter

106

104

116

105

120

153

214

96

128

242

112

102

224

2nd Quarter

185

184

186

188

194

213

336

147

247

337

167

89

318

3rd Quarter

212

222

165

253

214

298

358

161

324

343

180

124

391

4th Quarter

207

214

143

293

263

374

356

186

361

290

199

139

383

1941 1st Quarter

242

259

141

352

322

459

499

202

533

290

210

153

370

2nd Quarter

270

301

149

332

426

549

701

246

689

299

222

136

380

3rd Quarter

332

375

197

365

560

612

911

338

1,010

302

244

121

427

4th Quarter

441

487

302

442

717

769

1,198

423

1,336

328

269

174

443

1942 1st Quarter

541

557

477

528

815

920

1,832

478

1,597

323

347

165

459

2nd Quarter

668

654

688

601

983

1,052

2,331

553

1,772

354

433

181

539

3rd Quarter

701

646

812

645

1,009

1,037

2,679

513

1,727

341

523

198

593

4th Quarter

797

744

907

715

1,051

1,175

3,648

573

1,702

361

644

184

735

1943 1st Quarter

857

778

1,026

773

986

994

4,010

529

1,787

342

688

139

796

2nd Quarter

825

708

1,059

803

774

769

4,676

533

1,807

344

748

120

900

3rd Quarter

689

589

867

721

574

519

5,000

483

1,596

319

841

123

1,030

4th Quarter

637

505

886

695

544

487

5,427

467

1,494

338

980

165

1,276

1944 1st Quarter

557

443

732

688

498

429

5,142

450

1,577

320

927

142

1,851

2nd Quarter

457

335

671

564

501

418

4,766

451

1,276

316

918

132

1,841

3rd Quarter

385

291

584

389

529

394

4,188

480

280

670

94

1,547

4th Quarter

313

193

502

489

624

397

4,331

513

333

713

90

1,300

1945 1st Quarter

263

164

392

464

634

461

3,254

585

328

745

78

1,159

2nd Quarter

166

108

202

372

561

436

1,686

545

314

662

36

1,071

3rd Quarter

99

57

128

241

185

211

473

157

284

452

16

815

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Ministry of Supply production in the United Kingdom only.

139

Munitions

Artillery equipments and instruments and tank and anti-tank guns(1)

TABLE 118 Number

Artillery

Predictors

Searchlight equipment

Tank and anti-tank guns(4)

Field

Medium and heavy

Coast(2)

Anti-aircraft

A.A. projectors

Sound locators

Light

Medium

Light

Heavy(3)

1936/37(5)

185

196

127

29

1937 April-December

4

358

441

100

1938

12

203

1,043

1,114

360

1939

(6)

11

30

776(5)

3,116

3,151

1,000

1940

1,359

35

38

1,082

1,090

1,180

1,537

1,315

1,773

1941

3,173

218

61

2,680

1,555

2,467

2,703

793

9,361

1942

3,389

730

52

5,262

2,146

5,134

1,077

56

36,324

691

1943

2,021

952

90

5,570

1,308

4,685

1,577

21,633

8,125

1944

1,995

813

69

838

239

891

504

2,613

8,073

1938 1st Quarter

2

3

102

195

51

2nd Quarter

37

242

260

76

3rd Quarter

63

312

255

98

4th Quarter

10

100

387

404

135

1939 1st Quarter

3

111

648

1,327

114

2nd Quarter

4

176

1,049

885

248

July-August

150

622

273

226

Sept.-December

4

30

339

75

797

666

412

1940 1st Quarter

20

2

100

223

135

272

297

2nd Quarter

196

23

14

261

309

249

291

395

3rd Quarter

525

7

12

364

302

363

424

498

4th Quarter

618

5

10

357

256

433

328

583

1941 1st Quarter

653

31

11

492

270

523

1,249

397

887

2nd Quarter

792

38

12

642

329

496

908

208

1,383

3rd Quarter

892

57

18

713

427

620

452

133

2,539

4th Quarter

836

92

20

833

529

828

94

55

4,552

1942 1st Quarter

976

114

10

1,031

484

1,019

38

31

6,757

2nd Quarter

936

219

6

1,204

539

1,184

110

25

9,911

8

3rd Quarter

685

197

22

1,367

554

1,332

376

10,570

128

4th Quarter

792

200

14

1,660

569

1,599

553

9,086

555

1943 1st Quarter

876

214

23

1,662

526

1,622

444

7,985

413

2nd Quarter

738

261

22

1,559

407

1,441

405

6,327

1,266

3rd Quarter

207

220

25

1,300

236

969

352

4,430

2,625

4th Quarter

200

257

20

1,049

139

653

376

2,891

3,821

1944 1st Quarter

507

314

29

460

109

402

260

2,141

1,935

2nd Quarter

797

238

17

240

76

258

185

393

1,624

3rd Quarter

610

166

16

110

30

134

36

68

2,162

4th Quarter

81

95

7

28

24

97

23

11

2,352

1945 1st Quarter

124

88

12

26

64

45

3

2,716

2nd Quarter

109

74

3

9

48

16

1

1,944

3rd Quarter

89

43

5

3

34

10

5

685

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) The figures for artillery equipments relate to mountings.

(2) Excluding A.A./C.A. dual purpose equipments.

(3) Including A.A./C.A. dual purpose equipments.

(4) Excluding A.F.V, machine guns.

(5) Year ended 31 March.

(6) In addition there was an extensive reconditioning and conversion programme in operation immediately before the outbreak of war.

--140--

Munitions

Naval guns(1)

TABLE 119

Number

Other than anti-aircraft

Anti-aircraft

Machine guns

Long range

Short range

.5-in. Vickers

.303-in. Hefah

1936/37(2)

56

148

180

228

1937 April-December ..........

54

112

200

156

1938

41

364

396

448

1939

82

551

624

440

1940

59

676

747

1,450

1941

61

1,098

1,490

2,491

1942

171

1,797

1,830

3,507

39

1943

172

1,253

1,737

1,738

2,935

1955

139

407

399

1938 1st Quarter

7

60

84

136

2nd Quarter

5

73

66

123

3rd Quarter

7

110

114

121

4th Quarter

22

121

132

68

1939 1st Quarter ..............

21

126

168

60

2nd Quarter

15

146

144

137

3rd Quarter

22

138

144

63

September-December ......

24

141

168

180

1940 1st Quarter

21

140

144

200

2nd Quarter

21

178

168

321

3rd Quarter

11

165

193

459

4th Quarter

6

193

242

470

1941 1st Quarter ..............

10

182

347

568

2nd Quarter

20

263

361

516

3rd Quarter

11

293

357

619

4th Quarter

20

360

425

788

1942 1st Quarter

57

288

454

868

2nd Quarter

42

484

431

844

2

3rd Quarter

40

476

443

799

37

4th Quarter

32

549

502

996

1943 1st Quarter

47

518

537

818

171

2nd Quarter

48

331

405

498

855

3rd Quarter

30

190

407

322

1,302

4th Quarter

47

214

388

100

607

1944 1st Quarter

44

130

192

2nd Quarter

36

89

147

3rd Quarter

41

88

46

4th Quarter

18

100

14

1945 1st Quarter

19

142

166

2nd Quarter

17

105

262

3rd Quarter

93

286

Source: Admiralty

(1) Excluding 20 mm. guns.

(2) Year ended 31 March.

--141--

Munitions

Aircraft and light guns

TABLE 120

Number

Aircraft guns

Light guns 20 mm.

.303-in.

Vickers G.O.

.303-in.

Browning

40 mm.

Vickers

Hispano-Suiza

(Aircraft)

Oerlikon

(Naval)

Polsten

(Army)

1936/37(1)

1937 April-December

725

532

1938

2,525

9,139

1939

5,705

22.387

387

1940

11,364

55,352

3,319

1941

15,177

128,952

4

11,927

1,512

1942

19,892

167,820

655

43,398

9,651

1943

28,227

70,218

1,311

56,950

16,861

240

1944

13,725

51,082

344

46,800

16,529

13,548

1938 1st Quarter

675

1,194

2nd Quarter.........

250

2,070

3rd Quarter.........

1,075

1,659

4th Quarter.........

525

4,216

1939 1st Quarter

766

4,811

2nd Quarter.........

1,330

5,392

45

July-August.........

1,120

3,533

102

September-December

2,489

8,651

240

1940 1st Quarter

2,019

8,229

539

2nd Quarter

2,990

14,420

809

3rd Quarter........

2,862

16,786

775

4th Quarter

3,493

15,917

1,196

1941 1st Quarter

3,479

16,787

1,329

6

2nd Quarter

3,510

30,179

1,449

146

3rd Quarter

3,739

36,211

3,095

440

4th Quarter

4,449

45,775

4

6,054

920

1942 1st Quarter

4,358

44,383

47

7,205

1,386

2nd Quarter

4,786

45,845

133

10,403

1,899

3rd Quarter ........

5,206

38,830

187

12,412

2,829

4th Quarter ........

5,542

38,762

288

13,378

3,537

1943 1st Quarter ........

5,612

25,062

325

14,972

3,923

2nd Quarter ........

6,294

19,111

356

13,878

4,207

3rd Quarter ........

7,311

14,186

347

13,267

3,996

4th Quarter ........

9,010

11,859

283

14,833

4,735

240

1944 1st Quarter ........

7,428

11,296

173

14,888

5,037

1,720

2nd Quarter ........

3,746

13,372

125

13,350

4,814

4,104

3rd Quarter ........

1,479

12,723

46

10,444

3,696

4,367

4th Quarter ........

1,072

13,691

8,118

2,982

3,357

1945 1st Quarter ........

66

3,704

8,936

2,010

1,164

2nd Quarter ........

5,915

1,221

3

July-August.........

3,103

6

Source: Admiralty and Ministry of Supply

(1) Year ended 31 March. 

--142--

Munitions

Other weapons

TABLE 121

Number

Projectors

P.I.A.T.

Flame throwers

Bomb throwers

Smoke dischargers

Mortars

U.P. and Rocket

Livens

Northover

1936/37(1)

1937 April-December

1938

6

3,443

158

1939

1,150

2,822

1940

6,369

12,415

554

1,618

7,559

1941

1,881

11,847

19,171

1,445

2,384

10,229

21,725

1942

5,711

790

1,829

7,908

1

10,773

10,429

29,162

1943

1,264

98,326

4,326

10,504

31,196

17,121

1944

844

9,067

6,412

3,460

15,378

19,046

1939 September-December

673

756

1,317

1940 1st Quarter

481

1,363

2nd Quarter

220

2,111

3rd Quarter

1,051

5,602

1,742

4th Quarter

5,318

6,112

554

2,343

1941 1st Quarter

1,719

6,759

3,963

1,299

128

1,551

2,505

2nd Quarter........

29

3,586

4,472

143

439

2,500

2,104

3rd Quarter........

1

1,126

3,850

3

620

3,209

5,195

4th Quarter........

132

376

6,886

1,197

2,969

11,921

1942 1st Quarter........

1,381

63

1,678

1

1,742

827

14,099

2nd Quarter........

2,048

526

151

2,113

1,223

7,013

3rd Quarter........

534

201

377

2,905

1,519

3,201

4th Quarter

1,748

7,531

4,013

6,860

4,849

1943 1st Quarter

968

30,612

21

4,060

14,321

6,932

2nd Quarter........

296

33,614

562

3,164

11,594

5,439

3rd Quarter

22,279

1,395

1,970

3,164

2,788

4th Quarter........

11,821

2,348

1,310

2,117

1,962

1944 1st Quarter........

83

8,737

2,380

1,176

2,318

6,620

2nd Quarter

76

330

3,005

326

2,849

6,021

3rd Quarter........

637

448

1,113

4,833

4,903

4th Quarter

48

579

845

5,378

1,502

1945 1st Quarter

36

501

905

4,017

2,371

2nd Quarter ........

64

589

682

1,707

1,697

3rd Quarter

2

301

274

574

1,447

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Year ended 31 March. 

--143--

Munitions

Small arms(1)

TABLE 122

Number

Rifles .303-in.

Anti-tank rifles

Machine carbines 9mm.

Machine guns .303-in.

A.F.V. machine guns(2)

Pistols .38-in.

1936/37(3)

3,448

12

438

1,978

1927 April-December

296

1938

12,028

5,364

5,418

886

3,919

1939

34,416

9,603

16,405

1,838

13,437

1940

80,763

14,027

30,179

3,548

38,777

1941

78,533

7,313

6,404

39,340

7,405

55,377

1942

594,889

22,643

1,438,336

68,167

24,446

83,557

1943

909,785

9,608

1,572,445

81,030

19,293

107,333

1944

547,382

671,490

53,368

7,095

87,719

1938 1st Quarter

1,510

718

308

237

627

2nd Quarter

1,693

953

442

209

769

3rd Quarter

3,974

1,768

1,868

92

1,087

4th Quarter

4,851

1,925

2,860

348

1,436

1939 1st Quarter

3,766

2,078

3,313

392

1,779

2nd Quarter

8,529

2,133

3,378

489

1,922

July-August

3,866

1,290

2,727

228

2,251

September-December

18,255

4,102

6,987

729

7,485

1940 1st Quarter

17,349

3,539

5,513

400

4,630

2nd Quarter

21,348

5,426

8,546

1,077

12,915

3rd Quarter

26,317

4,214

9,059

1,050

11,269

4th Quarter

15,749

848

7,061

1,011

9,963

1941 1st Quarter

8,454

8,998

1,237

12,599

2nd Quarter

11,914

1,037

9,467

1,395

13,217

3rd Quarter

12,586

2,537

10,080

2,064

14,148

4th Quarter

45,579

3,739

6,404

10,795

2,709

15,413

1942 1st Quarter

86,485

5.291

130,364

14,558

4,666

14,453

2nd Quarter

126,202

6,519

323,776

16,791

5,946

20,904

3rd Quarter

168,086

5,251

503,447

18,813

6,718

22,030

4th Quarter

214,116

5,582

480,749

18,005

7,116

26,170

1943 1st Quarter

233,018

3,458

561,676

21,086

6,039

28,425

2nd Quarter

245,275

3,940

508,515

19,779

5,826

27,781

3rd Quarter

217,498

2,210

232,684

19,792

4,194

26,110

4th Quarter

213,994

269,570

20,373

3,234

25,017

1944 1st Quarter

180,443

211,703

18,191

1,853

23,305

2nd Quarter

139,281

184,224

15,596

1,510

21,453

3rd Quarter

120,721

140,481

14,756

1,669

22,210

4th Quarter

106,937

135,082

4,825

2,063

20,751

1944 1st Quarter

92,720

110,963

4,680

2,097

18,842

2nd Quarter

74,389

68,487

4,067

1

17,635

3rd Quarter

60,344

51,866

100

7,741

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) All services.

(2) 7.92 mm. Besa, 15 mm. Besa and .303-in. and .5-in Vickers.

(3) Year ended 31 March.

--144--

Filled ammunition: Army(1)

TABLE 123

Thousands

Artillery

Anti-aircraft

Tank and anti-tank

Mines

Grenades

Mortar bombs

P.I.A.T.

Field

Medium

Heavy

Coast

Light

Heavy

1936/37(2)

143

41

39

1937 April-December

474

514

169

117

1938

1,034

180

1,108

296

191

1939 January-August

771

550

1,333

165

14

111

September-December

758

28

7.70

39

160

677

135

151

180

223

1940

6,175

626

76

2,338

2,138

836

1,043

15,812

2,127

1941

11,763

1,744

84.00

70

4,648

4,413

5,534(4)

2,361

15,502

13,784

1942

20,146

2,117

357.60

120

10,582(3)

4,452

17,143(4)

6,480

22,098

35,017

357

1943

9,152

1,784

259.02

205

13,574(3)

2,030

15,886(4)

9,611

21,510

23,772

4,113

1944

8,180

1,918

1.25

243

8,982

837

5,177

3,099

16,872

12,192

4,806

1938 1st Quarter........

190

214

47

81

2nd Quarter........

338

15

235

95

56

3rd Quarter

291

82

245

82

32

4th Quarter........

215

83

414

72

22

1939 1st Quarter........

316

110

503

48

2nd Quarter........

265

196

477

20

7

52

July-August.........

190

244

353

97

7

59

September-December

758

28

7.70

39

160

677

135

151

180

223

1940 1st Quarter

1,068

90

35

80

574

90

299

155

2nd Quarter........

1,516

189

19

542

530

156

1,478

278

3rd Quarter........

1,901

108

10

713

404

278

6,498

895

4th Quarter........

1,690

239

12

1,003

630

312

7,537

799

1941 1st Quarter........

2,580

349

3

585

773

279

306

5,195

1,291

2nd Quarter ........

2,302

466

24

542

1,079

772

648

3,683

2,446

3rd Quarter........

3,091

470

15

1,545

1,115

1,522

437

3,023

4,335

4th Quarter........

3,790

459

28

1,976

1,446

2,961

970

3,601

5,712

1942 1st Quarter........

4,560

469

50.00

45

2,323

1,332

3,560

1,158

3,359

7,915

2nd Quarter........

5,388

517

93.00

29

2,682

1,029

4,068

1,717

5,357

9,701

3rd Quarter........

5,114

536

106.44

19

2,321

995

4,727

1,489

6,144

9,901

4th Quarter........

5,084

595

108.15

27

3,256

1,096

4,788

2,116

7,238

7,500

357

1943 1st Quarter........

5,351

579

136.80

42

3,126

1,034

4,755

1,854

6,438

7,537

939

2nd Quarter........

2,399

585

95.90

39

3,491

598

4,834

2,382

4,441

6,472

1,112

3rd Quarter........

783

336

25.50

35

3,230

209

3,338

2,990

4,575

5,254

1,023

4th Quarter........

619

284

0.82

89

3,727

189

2,959

2,385

6,057

4,509

1,039

1944 1st Quarter........

1,038

285

1.15

71

2,724

110

2,840

1,854

5,444

3,994

1,292

2nd Quarter........

920

362

0.10

45

2,084

152

1,200

3,705

2,445

1,374

3rd Quarter........

2,486

392

43

2,294

345

1,037

45

3,724

2,147

1,176

4th Quarter........

3,736

879

84

1,880

230

1,300

3,999

3,606

964

1945 1st Quarter

4,222

776

5

1,718

138

949

16

3,593

3,096

820

2nd Quarter........

3,420

759

26

1,296

206

721

3,026

1,815

231

3rd Quarter........

678

77

6

629

168

212

1,155

648

78

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Despatches ex factory. Before September 1939 figures are for unfilled ammunition.

(2) Year ended 31 March.

(3) In addition 58 thousand rounds were produced in 1942 and 139 thousand in 1943 for which no quarterly figures are available.

(4) In addition 349 thousand rounds were produced during the years 1941 to 1943 which cannot be allocated to individual years.

--145--

Filled ammunition: Naval and aircraft

TABLE 124

Naval(1)

Aircraft bombs(2)

Shell

Depth charges

Mine and minecharge cases

Torpedoes

H.E., A.P. and A.S.

Incendiary

Smoke

Total

H.E.

A.P. and A.S.

Thousands

Number

Weight filled

Weight of explosive

Weight filled

Short tons

1936/39(3)

2,781(4)

(5)

1940

939

51,093

6,389

41,252

9,841

1941

5,6740

87.7

62.5

1,926

147,848

34,149

132,487

15,361

1942

7,154.8

55.9

40.6

3,883

211,048

73,610

184,250

26,798

52,373

483

1943

6,505.8

101.3

35.3

7,288

223,807

104,844

204,746

19,061

102,138

3,858

1944

3,607.6

110.2

13.0

6,825

309,366

168,248

307.978

1,388

106,740

4,166

1939 September-December

362

5,055

1,078

3,864

1,191

1940 1st Quarter

231

5,504

4,673

831

2nd Quarter

241

11,303

8,043

3,260

3rd Quarter

194

13,120

10,687

2,433

4th Quarter

273

21,166

17,849

3,317

1941 1st Quarter

1,304.3

9.0

40.8

350

26,673

4,179

23,794

2,879

2nd Quarter

1,353.2

24.8

16.1

411

45,020

8,562

41,365

3,655

3rd Quarter

1,462.5

33.0

1.4

505

37,641

8,764

32,842

4,799

4th Quarter

1,554.0

20.9

4.2

660

38,514

12,644

34,486

4,028

1942 1st Quarter

1,586.4

9.5

5.9

711

39,959

34,946

5,013

2nd Quarter

1,832.3

11.4

11.1

864

48,309

41,848

6,461

160

3rd Quarter

1,901.8

131

14.9

985

58,218

51,137

7,081

183

4th Quarter......

1,834.3

21.9

8.7

1,323

64,562

56,319

8,243

140

1943 1st Quarter

1,683.1

15.2

16.0

1,490

50,601

20,717

41,401

9,200

404

2nd Quarter

1,604.1

21.6

9.7

1,830

38,511

15,963

32,930

5,581

600

3rd Quarter

1,760.6

28.6

6.1

2,030

53,342

25,585

50,570

2,772

783

4th Quarter

1,458.0

35.9

3.5

1,938

81,353

42,579

79,845

1,508

2,071

1944 1st Quarter

853.0

21.5

4.5

2,097

71,453

39,490

70,795

658

32,977

1,638

2nd Quarter

1,000.9

27.7

3.4

1,574

71,880

41,237

71,202

678

33,045

1,626

3rd Quarter

1,012.1

30.2

0.1

1,715

74,871

40,774

74,846

25

25,646

891

4th Quarter

741.6

30.8

5.0

1,439

91,162

46,747

91,135

27

15,072

11

1945 1st Quarter

475.4

29.4

8.2

1,143

103,640

52,290

103,580

60

5,710

45

2nd Quarter

403.4

23.1

15.6

575

90,703

44,470

90,693

10

3,402

582

3rd Quarter

170.2

0.7

0.8

401

50,155

20,542

50,145

10

423

Source: Admiralty and Ministry of Supply

(1) Factory output from December 1941.

(2) Despatches ex factory.

(3)April 1936 to August 1939.

(4) Unfilled shell.

(5) Estimated weight filled under the Rearmament Programme to 31 May 1939 was 57,000 tons.

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PRODUCTION

Munitions

Rocket ammunition, small arms and 20 mm. ammunition, propellants and high explosives(1)

TABLE 125

Rocket (U.P.) ammunition(2)(3)

Small arms and 20 mm. ammunition

Propellants(2)

High explosives(2)(5)

.22-in to .455-in.(4)

.5-in. to 15 mm.

20 mm.

Thousands

Millions

Short tons

1936/37(6)

2,914

1,291

1937 April-December

0.205

5,851

2,905

1938

0.713

14,479

7,593

1939

12.053

23,989

41,555

1940

14

9.775

3.168

30,513

74,206

1941

301

1,266.513

16.492

15.454

58,525

112,558

1942

2,386

2,263.253

40.730

91.264

112,442

190,562

1943

1,932

3,078.380

88.202

167.502

89,222

220,717

1944

2,253

2,334.500

28.881

217.611

61,668

206,648

1938 1st Quarter

0.002

3,132

1,497

2nd Quarter........

0.286

3,905

1,247

3rd Quarter........

0.078

3,702

1,433

4th Quarter

0.346

3,740

3,416

1939 1st Quarter

0.301

5,292

2,827

2nd Quarter

6.110

4,021

3,329

July-August

2.124

6,470

24,833

September-December

3.518

8,206

10,566

1940 1st Quarter

1.907

0.768

11,641

2nd Quarter........

3.354

0.915

16,439

3rd Quarter........

2.521

0.738

22,210

4th Quarter........

14

1.993

0.747

23,916

1941 1st Quarter

24

234.887

3.319

1.082

9,529

21,835

2nd Quarter

32

312.678

4.008

2.028

11,462

25,003

3rd Quarter........

79

347.038

4.556

4.625

16,408

28,610

4th Quarter........

166

371.910

4.609

7.719

21,126

37,110

1942 1st Quarter

341

498.713

5.162

13.756

24,821

46,063

2nd Quarter

630

571.944

7.736

19.014

30,767

44,743

3rd Quarter

709

549.913

12.197

24.454

27,524

44,880

4th Quarter

706

642.683

15.635

34.040

29,330

54,876

1943 1st Quarter

609

742.845

20.344

32.079

26,103

57,545

2nd Quarter

682

742.565

24.806

39.993

24,081

53,679

3rd Quarter

367

786.592

21.655

43.855

21,678

51,598

4th Quarter

274

806.378

21.397

51.575

17,360

57,895

1944 1st Quarter

460

697.856

12.191

56.180

15,300

53,191

2nd Quarter

570

631.547

3.783

54.038

14,135

47,652

3rd Quarter

558

526.147

7.202

48.225

15,280

47,063

4th Quarter

665

478.950

5.705

59.168

16,953

58,742

1945 1st Quarter

566

270.757

3.593

44.835

15,481

67,097

3rd Quarter

464

221.921

2.124

19.790

16,501

61,156

3rd Quarter

285

94.581

1.282

5.825

4,172

38,973

Source: Admiralty and Ministry of Supply

(1) All Services.

(2) Deliveries ex factory.

(3) Including motor rockets aircraft.

(4) Including 7.92 mm. and 9 mm.

(5) Excluding small quantities of aluminium powder produced before October 1943 and a small quantity of picric acid produced in 1941.

(6) Year ended 31 March.

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Munitions

Armoured fighting vehicles

TABLE 126

Tanks(1)

Armoured carriers, armoured cars, scout cars and armoured command vehicles

United Kingdom production

Supplies from overseas

United Kingdom production

Supplies from overseas

Number

Thousand tons(2)

Number

1936/37(3)

42

0.23

26

1937 April-December

32

018

83

1938

419

2.55

681

1939

969

7.44

1,920

1940

1,399

23.73

6,070

1941

4,841

109.24

1,390

10,681

4,550

1942

8,611

203.99

9,253

19,317

13,399

1943

7,476

186.19

15,933

24,375

23,534

1938 1st Quarter

14

2nd Quarter

75

0.41

46

3rd Quarter

146

0.89

258

4th Quarter

198

1.25

363

1939 1st Quarter

145

0.95

406

2nd Quarter

394

2.42

514

July-August

116

1.03

367

September-December

314

3.05

633

1940 1st Quarter

218

2.65

618

2nd Quarter

340

5.50

1,617

3rd Quarter

392

7.17

1,985

4th Quarter

449

8.40

1,850

1941 1st Quarter

653

12.98

300

2,338

2nd Quarter

943

18.47

2,281

3rd Quarter

1,368

31.59

349

2,764

4th Quarter

1,877

46.20

741

3,298

1942 1st Quarter

2,118

51.70

1,384

3,704

2,440

2nd Quarter

2,220

52.84

2,118

4,701

3,014

3rd Quarter

2,200

50.78

3,020

5,304

3,650

4th Quarter

2,073

48.68

2,731

5,608

4,295

1943 1st Quarter

2,041

49.46

2,934

5,965

5,402

2nd Quarter

2,147

53.33

6,285

5,629

5,357

3rd Quarter

1,878

45.91

3,633

5,441

5,881

4th Quarter

1,410

37.48

3,081

7,340

6,894

1944 1st Quarter

1,400

40.59

2,575

7,741

6,097

2nd Quarter

1,074

33.11

4,095

6,216

4,614

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Including special purpose tanks and self-propelled artillery on tank chassis. 

(2) Weight in action.

(3) Year ended 31 March.

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Munitions

Wheeled vehicles(1)

TABLE 127

Number

Tank transporters

Lorries

Trucks 15 cwt.

Ambulances

Heavy cars

Tractors

Light cars and vans

Motor cycles

Trailers

10 ton and over

6 ton

1-3 ton

Heavy

Light

1940

5

447

569

60,445

28,121

3,938

13,173

1,539

4,108

21,232

68,532

14,098

1941

41

266

962

53,181

33,752

4,540

8,914

1,956

5,910

17,324

70,804

20,275

1942

440

88

1,834

57,449

28,128

1,269

11,955

1,768

5,997

15,963

75,081

17,303

1943

553

348

1,305

58,943

27,207

2,201

5,312

1,956

6,493

17,306

78,633

29,039

1944

193

617

2,807

53,316

23,984

1,450

3,093

2,605

2,268

12,511

74,576

33,061

1939 September-December

2

22

6

3,705

4,635

378

1,838

89

387

2,000

11,679

1,088

1940 1st Quarter

279

704

2nd Quarter

497

1,134

3rd Quarter

1

455

1,167

4th Quarter

4

308

1,103

1941 1st Quarter

8

142

166

13,686

8,383

1,268

1,867

334

1,432

6,907

17,122

5,152

2nd Quarter

10

39

262

14,393

8,737

1,714

2,367

430

1,547

4,937

18,335

6,010

3rd Quarter

11

35

280

12,256

8,538

1,150

2,186

634

1,402

2,594

16,527

4,502

4th Quarter

12

50

254

12,846

8,094

408

2,494

558

1,529

2,886

18,820

4,611

1942 1st Quarter

13

20

259

12,688

7,397

362

2,475

465

1,519

3,599

16,420

3,605

2nd Quarter

53

1

325

15,843

7,303

361

3,511

401

1,657

3,954

17,778

4,510

3rd Quarter

129

30

655

14,813

6,619

239

2,921

380

1,450

3,795

19,501

4,063

4th Quarter

245

37

595

14,105

6,809

307

3,048

522

1,371

4,615

21,382

5,125

1943 1st Quarter

214

43

359

14,411

6,283

364

1,946

476

1,728

4,604

20,508

5,244

2nd Quarter

190

60

241

15,101

6,686

386

1,553

589

1,804

4,138

17,843

7,437

3rd Quarter

99

67

324

14,527

6,893

583

1,034

485

1,470

3,896

18,931

7,907

4th Quarter

50

178

381

14,904

7,345

868

779

406

1,491

4,668

21,351

8,451

1944 1st Quarter

49

150

508

13,550

6,848

630

1,143

451

765

4,639

20,322

9,487

2nd Quarter

48

114

642

13,445

6,446

212

817

681

665

3,583

18,336

9,127

3rd Quarter

42

119

690

12,990

4,605

281

359

693

481

2,984

17,267

6,191

4th Quarter

54

234

967

13,331

6,085

327

774

780

357

1,305

18,651

8,256

1945 1st Quarter

37

513

886

13,385

4,877

407

765

662

142

1,727

15,597

9,387

2nd Quarter

31

532

690

11,051

3,357

236

945

482

76

2,549

14,703

13,313

3rd Quarter

15

527

390

8,990

1,976

124

694

309

73

2,807

11,434

13,506

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) For 1939, War Office only; for 1940, War Office and Air Ministry; from January 1941, all Services.

Deliveries of wheeled vehicles to the War Office under the Rearmament Programme amounted to 34,918 during the period April 1936 to August 1939.

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Munitions

Signal equipment(1)

TABLE 128 Number

Wireless sets

Reception sets

Mine detectors

Charging sets

Telephones

Teleprinters

Switchboards

1936-39(2)

3,567

133

192

35,730

118

859

1940

19,616

140

1,470

58,243

444

6,416

1941

26,015

1,623

1,964

100,064

962

6,079

1942

101,145

5,848

2,026

3,603

112,767

939

8,283

1943

193,076

24,619

17,606

11,529

136,041

2,376

9,360

1944

144,161

21,099

33,802

14,077

111,367

3,308

6,157

1939 September-December

3,044

188

265

13,271

176

1,899

1940 1st Quarter

142

12,008

107

1,603

2nd Quarter

315

20,791

149

1,994

3rd Quarter

489

12,219

85

1,523

4th Quarter

524

13,225

103

1,296

1941 1st Quarter

660

21,892

267

2,152

2nd Quarter

416

23,721

285

1,881

3rd Quarter

495

29,210

254

1,498

4th Quarter

393

25,241

156

548

1942 1st Quarter

11,921

1,018

552

26,389

134

1,880

2nd Quarter

17,227

1,032

863

23,645

127

2,147

3rd Quarter

29,268

1,362

494

807

29,867

138

1,804

4th Quarter

42,729

2,436

1,532

1,381

32,866

540

2,452

1943 1st Quarter

43,208

2,629

2,165

38,332

228

2,580

2nd Quarter

42,352

3,671

2,399

35,545

772

2,057

3rd Quarter

50,615

4,445

3,398

32,922

727

1,968

4th Quarter

56,901

6,861

3,567

29,242

649

2,755

1944 1st Quarter

50,950

4,620

7,461

4,291

32,440

876

2,417

2nd Quarter

44,759

5,026

7,466

3,216

33,367

750

1,423

3rd Quarter

24,731

4,947

8,961

3,168

18,882

638

1,058

4th Quarter

23,721

6,506

9,914

3,402

26,678

1,044

1,259

1945 1st Quarter

23,437

12,733

7,229

3,002

25,726

960

1,475

2nd Quarter

24,643

9,903

11,523

3,128

26,614

1,408

2,524

3rd Quarter

17,673

10,863

7,220

3,258

15,246

1,048

2,988

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) For War Office only.

(2) April 1936 to August 1939.

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Munitions

Engineer stores

TABLE 129

Boats(1) and tugs

Bridging equipment

Airfield track

"Mulberry" harbour

Pontoons

Inglis bridges (complete)

Bailey bridges (panels)

Pierheads

Breakwaters

Number

Mn. sq. yds.

Number

1936-1939(2)

2,206

681

1940

4,432

1,058

1941

2,999

980

21

1942

8,091

3,025

144

88,356

7.15

1943

14,998

15,662

31

261,730

27.38

1944

21,531

29,145

220,768

25.76

23

146

1939 September-December

1,047

467

1940 1st Quarter

1,008

405

2nd Quarter

1,583

314

3rd Quarter

1,251

158

4th Quarter

590

181

1941 1st Quarter

496

89

2nd Quarter

524

204

3rd Quarter

602

332

4th Quarter

1,377

355

21

1942 1st Quarter

1,522

585

7

2,450

0.26

2nd Quarter

2,042

712

36

10,292

0.42

3rd Quarter

1,477

1,064

36

22,153

1.37

4th Quarter

3,050

664

65

53,461

5.10

1943 1st Quarter

2,449

1,783

31

60,099

6.49

2nd Quarter

3,531

3,072

65,788

6.78

3rd Quarter

4,284

4,720

66,314

7.10

4th Quarter

4,734

6,087

69,529

7.01

1944 1st Quarter

5,100

6,084

41,067

7.91

6

22

2nd Quarter

5,970

7,414

59,774

8.73

17

124

3rd Quarter

5,446

7,493

56,297

6.67

4th Quarter

5,015

8,154

63,630

2.45

1945 1st Quarter

2,783

7,039

49,584

2.25

2nd Quarter

883

5,322

49,952

5.05

3rd Quarter

172

3,064

25,463

7.79

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Assault, reconnaissance and storm boats and motor tugs.

(2) April 1936 to August 1939.

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Aircraft

Production by main groups

TABLE 130

Number

Total

Heavy bombers

Medium bombers

Light bombers and fighters

General reconnaissance

Transport and A.S.R.

Naval

Trainers and miscellaneous

1935

893

214

196

89

394

1936

1,830

468

222

181

959

1937

2,218

34

799

159

302

924

1938

2,828

160

909

38

286

1,435

1939

7,940

758

2,403

61

509

4,209

1940

15,049

41

1,926

5,804

387

476

6,415

1941

20,094

498

2,777

8,457

196

1,232

6,934

1942

23,672

1,976

3,463

10,663

546

1,082

5,942

1943

26,263

4,615

2,737

11,103

1,054

209

1,720

4,825

1944

26,461

5,507

2,396

10,730

1,123

889

2,939

2,877

1938 1st Quarter

511

29

209

6

86

181

2nd Quarter

534

17

157

10

75

275

3rd Quarter

738

20

240

13

71

394

4th Quarter

1,045

94

303

9

54

585

1939 1st Quarter

1,736

163

542

9

109

913

2nd Quarter

2,017

168

634

9

141

1,065

3rd Quarter

2,044

168

591

11

143

1,131

4th Quarter

2,143

259

636

32

116

1,100

1940 1st Quarter

2,381

253

703

84

64

1,277

2nd Quarter

3,951

2

552

1,409

153

108

1,727

3rd Quarter

4,607

8

619

1,901

97

146

1,836

4th Quarter

4,110

31

502

1,791

53

158

1,575

1941 1st Quarter

4,515

75

601

1,933

50

224

1,632

2nd Quarter

4,865

104

675

2,116

53

311

1,606

3rd Quarter

5,376

148

722

2,278

29

353

1,846

4th Quarter

5,338

171

779

2,130

64

344

1,850

1942 1st Quarter

5,639

266

827

2,460

94

290

1,702

2nd Quarter

5,945

432

879

2,765

122

202

1,545

3rd Quarter

5,940

576

898

2,706

151

226

1,383

4th Quarter

6,148

702

859

2,732

179

364

1,312

1943 1st Quarter

6,407

984

766

2,831

224

346

1,256

2nd Quarter

6,604

1,198

704

2,801

311

3

385

1,202

3rd Quarter

6,515

1,151

643

2,750

285

62

442

1,182

4th Quarter

6,737

1,282

624

2,721

234

144

547

1,185

1944 1st Quarter

7,419

1,447

653

2,909

302

227

712

1,169

2nd Quarter

7,188

1,442

637

2,847

293

249

821

899

3rd Quarter

6,145

1,382

586

2,566

259

215

722

415

4th Quarter

5,709

1,236

520

2,408

269

198

684

394

1945 1st Quarter

5,264

1,073

384

2,334

186

299

657

331

2nd Quarter

4,092

596

264

1,822

243

266

683

218

3rd Quarter

2,714

400

95

1,289

171

131

485

143

Source: Ministry of Supply

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Aircraft

Production by structure weight

TABLE 131

Million lb.

Total

Heavy bombers

Medium bombers

Light bombers and fighters

General reconnaissance transport and

A.S.R.

Naval

Trainers and miscellaneous

1935

1.91

0.52

0.64

0.20

0.55

1936

3.75

0.87

0.77

0.50

1.61

1937

6.54

0.36

2.81

0.57

0.85

1.95

1938

9.82

1.56

3.38

0.54

0.84

3.50

1939

28.89

6.83

8.33

0.79

1.63

11.29

1940

58.83

0.75

18.54

18.39

2.65

1.90

16.63

1941

87.25

9.29

27.96

26.69

1.69

4.41

17.19

1942

133.38

37.96

37.21

34.75

4.62

3.61

15.24

1943

185.25

88.96

29.30

38.16

9.95

6.29

12.60

1944

208.52

100.95

25.30

39.63

23.64

11.46

7.54

1938 1st Quarter

1.77

0.32

0.75

0.03

0.24

0.43

2nd Quarter

1.90

0.17

0.66

0.16

0.22

0.69

3rd Quarter

2.47

0.19

0.86

0.20

0.20

1.02

4th Quarter

3.68

0.88

1.11

0.15

0.18

1.36

1939 1st Quarter

6.13

1.46

1.86

0.16

0.35

2.30

2nd Quarter

6.93

1.48

2.09

0.16

0.45

2.75

3rd Quarter

7.50

1.52

2.14

0.19

0.46

3.19

4th Quarter

8.33

2.37

2.24

0.28

0.37

3.05

1940 1st Quarter

8.86

2.32

2.29

0.57

0.23

3.46

2nd Quarter

15.67

0.04

5.20

4.42

0.98

0.42

4.60

3rd Quarter

18.23

0.16

6.10

5.94

0.67

0.60

4.77

4th Quarter

16.07

0.55

4.92

5.74

0.43

0.65

3.80

1941 1st Quarter

18.70

1.38

5.91

6.18

0.40

0.85

3.97

2nd Quarter

20.90

1.88

6.70

6.81

0.43

1.10

3.96

3rd Quarter

23.51

2.76

7.34

7.23

0.33

1.25

4.60

4th Quarter

24.14

3.27

8.01

6.47

0.53

1.21

4.66

1942 1st Quarter

27.51

5.12

8.68

7.69

0.80

1.05

4.17

2nd Quarter

32.41

8.28

9.48

8.82

1.22

0.75

3.87

3rd Quarter

35.46

11.23

9.73

8.90

1.22

0.70

3.68

4th Quarter

38.00

13.33

9.32

9.34

1.38

1.11

3.52

1943 1st Quarter

42.64

18.71

8.26

9.59

1.63

1.13

3.31

2nd Quarter

46.61

23.09

7.54

9.61

1.89

1.36

3.13

3rd Quarter

46.11

22.39

6.91

9.49

2.58

1.68

3.06

4th Quarter

49.89

24.77

6.59

9.47

3.85

2.12

3.10

1944 1st Quarter

56.47

27.09

6.90

10.58

6.13

2.76

3.01

2nd Quarter

55.31

26.52

6.72

10.18

6.34

3.19

2.36

3rd Quarter

50.40

25.14

6.18

9.61

5.58

2.83

1.06

4th Quarter

46.34

22.20

5.50

9.26

5.59

2.68

1.11

1945 1st Quarter

42.87

19.39

4.06

9.30

6.49

2.59

1.05

2nd Quarter

31.95

10.83

2.78

7.51

7.53

2.61

0.68

3rd Quarter

19.80

7.41

1.00

5.31

3.67

1.78

0.63

Source: Ministry of Supply

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Aircraft

Index of aircraft production(1)

TABLE 132

January 1942 = 1,000

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1939

181

238

278

234

285

279

282

248

335

323

341

277

1940

333

300

373

463

569

736

735

731

581

609

635

563

1941

527

748

807

721

810

792

808

857

930

915

897

829

1942

1,000

958

1,046

1,129

1,190

1,175

1,236

1,139

1,348

1,425

1,277

1,282

1943

1,369

1,452

1,597

1,510

1,701

1,562

1,504

1,507

1,744

1,732

1,726

1,636

1944

1,852

1,823

2,081

1,808

1,922

1,926

1,630

1,725

1,800

1,762

1,673

1,285

1945

1,199

1,600

1,598

1,158

1,036

1,083

995

704

(1) Based on airframe structure weight and man-hours per airframe. Source: Ministry of Supply

Figures for the years immediately preceding the war were as follows: 1935 (year), 18; 1936 (year), 40; 1937 (year), 66; 1938-1st Quarter, 71; 2nd Quarter, 73; 3rd Quarter, 96; 4th Quarter, 138.

Aircraft

Aircraft undergoing and awaiting repair and repaired

TABLE 133

Number

Undergoing and awaiting repair (end of period)

Repaired

Total

Heavy bombers

Medium bombers

Light bombers

and fighters

General reconnaissance

Transport and A.S.R.

Naval

Trainers

and miscellaneous

Annual totals

1941

2,354

13,560

1942

2,385

16,636

711

3,097

6,659

784

433

4,952

1943

2,625

17,932

1,971

3,336

5,976

779

10

1,164

4,696

1944

2,368

18,400

3,285

2,135

6,678

705

453

1,477

3,667

Monthly averages

1940 2nd Quarter.......

177

3rd Quarter

660

4th Quarter.......

1,785

738

1941 1st Quarter

1,773

809

2nd Quarter

2,149

1,063

3rd Quarter

2,646

1,336

4th Quarter

2,354

1,312

17

227

583

53

31

401

1942 1st Quarter

2,263

1,197

22

226

486

65

33

366

2nd Quarter

2,537

1,395

48

272

555

77

25

418

3rd Quarter

2,610

1,508

74

272

599

62

34

466

4th Quarter

2,385

1,445

93

262

580

57

53

400

1943 1st Quarter

2,602

1,360

111

259

491

59

56

385

2nd Quarter

2,744

1,586

166

306

563

67

91

393

3rd Quarter

2,774

1,567

194

304

507

64

103

395

4th Quarter

2,625

1,464

187

243

430

70

3

139

392

1944 1st Quarter

2,678

1,426

203

195

465

66

17

114

365

2nd Quarter

2,733

1,642

279

193

593

57

38

149

333

3rd Quarter

2,672

1,676

330

176

661

65

41

111

292

4th Quarter

2,368

1,390

283

147

507

47

55

118

233

1945 1st Quarter

2,493

1,256

233

109

476

56

44

117

221

2nd Quarter

1,945

1,106

156

93

399

55

33

168

202

3rd Quarter .......

1,880

644

62

52

198

22

29

107

173

Source: Ministry of Supply

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Aircraft

Aircraft engines: Production, imports and repairs

TABLE 134

Piston

types

Turbine types

Production

Imports

Repaired

Production

Number

Thousand horsepower

Number

1936 April-December

2,248

1,580

1937

3,440

2,710

1938

5,431

4,037

1939

12,499

8,340

1940

24,074

17,398

1941

36,551

31,416

2,704

20,082

1942

53,916

59,447

3,145

27,563

1943

57,985

72,784

9,441

35,832

9

1944

56,931

80,042

11,327

44,594

98

1938 1st Quarter

823

630

2nd Quarter

1,154

890

3rd Quarter

1,176

869

4th Quarter

2,278

1,648

1939 1st Quarter

2,947

2,092

2nd Quarter

2,971

2,026

3rd Quarter

3,078

1,980

4th Quarter

3,503

2,242

1940 1st Quarter

3,940

2,555

2nd Quarter

6,644

4,619

3rd Quarter

7,162

5,205

3,174

4th Quarter

6,328

5,019

3,552

1941 1st Quarter

7,271

5,963

698

4,299

2nd Quarter

8,441

6,901

1,034

4,413

3rd Quarter

9,603

8,273

583

5,233

4th Quarter

11,236

10,279

389

6,137

1942 1st Quarter

11,955

12,542

184

5,743

2nd Quarter

13,316

14,177

435

6,547

3rd Quarter

13,657

15,361

1,476

7,442

4th Quarter

14,988

17,367

1,050

7,831

1943 1st Quarter

14,463

17,489

1,264

7,990

2nd Quarter

13,953

17,401

1,524

8,470

3rd Quarter

13,780

17,644

3,028

8,803

4th Quarter

15,789

20,250

3,625

10,569

9

1944 1st Quarter

16,458

21,364

2,892

11,520

13

2nd Quarter

15,185

20,552

3,522

11,183

24

3rd Quarter

13,477

19,298

2,124

11,359

43

4th Quarter

11,811

18,828

2,789

10,532

18

1945 1st Quarter

10,091

16,441

1,228

10,299

102

2nd Quarter

8,292

13,700

3,300

9,146

179

3rd Quarter

4,438

7,290

7,244

186

Source: Ministry of Supply

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Aircraft

Arrivals in United Kingdom from North America(1)

TABLE 135

Number

Total

Heavy bombers

Medium bombers

Light bombers and general reconnaissance

Fighters

Transports

Naval

Trainers and miscellaneous

1940

1,069

395

578

71

25

1941

1,712

98

974

467

6

57

110

1942

2,394

147

243

451

1,099

5

207

242

1943

2,418

188

171

381

470

71

593

544

1944

5,667

453

335

502

495

702

1,638

1,542

1940 1st Quarter

13

13

2nd Quarter

74

74

3rd Quarter

596

256

280

44

16

4th Quarter

386

52

298

27

9

1941 1st Quarter

330

1

38

262

3

_

26

2nd Quarter

477

42

350

6

32

47

3rd Quarter

541

3

443

65

3

22

5

4th Quarter

364

52

143

134

3

32

1942 1st Quarter

492

5

25

404

1

32

25

2nd Quarter

924

62

131

217

419

3

31

61

3rd Quarter

568

58

97

49

200

1

67

96

4th Quarter

410

22

15

160

76

77

60

1943 1st Quarter

302

45

1

164

46

7

7

32

2nd Quarter

555

62

43

167

110

19

122

32

3rd Quarter

573

33

44

23

44

19

185

225

4th Quarter

988

48

83

27

270

26

279

255

1944 1st Quarter

1,189

80

111

69

102

231

374

222

2nd Quarter

1,891

133

60

197

127

264

530

580

3rd Quarter

1,550

131

86

132

146

157

342

556

4th Quarter

1,037

109

78

104

120

50

392

184

1945 1st Quarter

884

155

46

119

289

118

75

82

2nd Quarter

1,115

212

10

216

204

135

249

89

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) Arrivals on pre-war contracts are excluded. Between September 1939 and February 1940 214 such aircraft despatched from the United States arrived in the United Kingdom. These were general reconnaissance aircraft and trainers.

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Aircraft

Arrivals overseas direct from the United States(1)

TABLE 136

Number

Total(2)

Heavy bombers

Medium bombers

Light bombers and general reconnaissance

Fighters

Transports

Naval

Trainers(2) and miscellaneous

1941

2,761

408

922

42

30

1,359

1942

3,504

5

181

1,103

1,066

52

120

977

1943

4,292

146

350

1,218

648

227

180

1,523

1944

5,747

734

574

677

1,041

954

771

996

1941 1st Quarter

421

48

143

8

222

2nd Quarter

808

122

267

11

408

3rd Quarter

699

54

273

23

27

322

4th Quarter

833

184

239

3

407

1942 1st Quarter

792

5

2

264

307

214

2nd Quarter

713

28

259

297

19

110

3rd Quarter

937

107

307

253

33

19

218

4th Quarter

1,062

44

273

209

19

82

435

1943 1st Quarter

967

29

409

149

1

11

368

2nd Quarter

841

3

11

307

104

91

52

273

3rd Quarter

996

63

322

210

71

7

323

4th Quarter(3)

1,488

143

247

180

185

64

110

559

1944 1st Quarter

1,317

110

189

198

141

243

217

219

2nd Quarter

1,576

272

217

184

298

146

11

448

3rd Quarter

1,434

152

85

196

275

261

205

260

4th Quarter

1,420

200

83

99

327

304

338

69

1945 1st Quarter

1,074

147

72

29

192

259

332

43

2nd Quarter

620

128

13

68

171

240

-

Source: Ministry of Supply

(1) To British overseas commands and other governments, including Canada. 

(2) 284 trainer aircraft which were delivered to Canada before June 1942 are excluded from the table as their exact dates of arrival are not available.

(3) Including amendments to earlier figures.

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Machine tools, welding sets and electric motors: Deliveries

TABLE 137

Unit

1935

1942

1943

1944

1945

Machine tools(1):

Metal working.

Thousands

95.8

76.2

591

47.5

Value £ million

6.1

33.5

31.3

25.8

20.7

Wood-working

Thousands

9 0

11.3

10.7

9.4

Value £ million

0 6

1.3

1.5

1.7

1.5

Engineers' small tools(2)

"

35.8

42.4

40.2

23.3

Welding sets:

Arc

Thousands

8.6

6.6

Value £ million

0.22(3)

1.47

1.20

Resistance

Thousands

2.8

2.4

2.5

Value £ million

0.73

0.51

0.59

Electric motors 1.300 horse-power:

A.C.

6.5

6.2

12.5

D.C.

6.5

7.7

Source : Ministry of Supply

(1) Excluding, except in 1935, machine tools of low value. 

(2) From January 1943 the figures include roller box tools, and from January 1944 they include balancing and testing machines.

(3) Including resistance.

Agricultural machinery: Production

TABLE 138

Number

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Tractors

Total

10,679

15,733

19,316

24,401

27,056

25,059

23,022

23,296

Tracklayers:

Full and half track

48

30

19

_

48

87

133

45

Market-garden type

198

211

327

339

411

440

557

630

Three- and four-wheeled.................

9,981

14,632

17,906

22,168

24,099

21,595

18,716

17,455

Two-wheeled market-garden type(1)

452

860

1,064

1,894

2,498

2,937

3,616

5,166

Mouldboard ploughs:

Total

12,580

16,665

23,172

24,657

21,414

19,246

23,701

30,227

Horse-drawn

7,424

9,541

14,492

14,162

12,485

10,939

13,963

17,345

Tractor-drawn

5,156

7,124

8,680

10,495

8,929

8,307

9,738

12,882

Disc harrows

1,260

2,108

3,905

5,696

8,343

9,791

10,521

12,940

Cultivators or grubbers

6,405

7,668

11,087

16,763

9,878

11,485

11,710

9,642

Toolbars

1,342

1,734

2,296

3,417

4,358

5,144

7,244

7,773

Corn drills(2)

352

664

1,567

1,452

1,262

1,176

1,353

1,743

Mowing machines

4,641

5,587

7,087

5,896

5,910

5,611

5,802

6,297

Binders

687

708

954

1,010

798

1,567

2,957

2,722

Threshing machines

486

489

842

998

1,149

1,149

1,160

1,083

Potato spinner

1,496

1,253

2,108

5,226

7,534

9,831

5,586

6,021

Milking machines

4,582

5,623

4,888

4,807

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

(1) Including motor hoes and self-propelled grass cutters (not lawn mowers). 

(2) Including combined seed and fertilizer drills.

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Locomotives and motor vehicles: Production

TABLE 139

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Number

Steam locomotives(1):

272

234

350

797

1,050

754

Industrial types(2)

84

110

110

58

45

43

Motor vehicles:

Public service vehicles:

Total

164

1,260

2,217

2,017

2,914

Single deck buses

1

624

1,172

606

791

Double deck buses

163

636

1,045

1,411

2,123

Other heavy type vehicles(3):

Total

112,531

124,574

136,079

125,496

111,234

99,709

For the Services

112,345

109,522

108,928

104,308

90,333

60,385

For other users(4)

186

15,052

27,151

21,188

20,901

39,324

Light cars and vans(5):

Total

21,338

20,692

23,183

21,605

19,704

36,782

For the Services

21,232

17,324

15,963

17,306

12,511

9,197

For other users(4)

106

3,368

7,220

4,299

7,193

27,585

Thousands

Motor cycles:

Total(6)

70.0

73.0

77.0

81.7

77.4

50.0

For the Services

68.5

70.8

75.1

78.6

74.6

42.6

For other users(4)(6)

1.5

2.2

1.9

3.1

2.8

7.4

Source: Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Supply

 (1) Production by the railway companies and by private makers. 

(2) Including shunters for docks.

(3) Goods vehicles of 15 cwt. and over and passenger cars of over 16 horse-power.

(4) For Government Departments and other essential users.

(5) Goods vehicles of under 15 cwt. and passenger cars of 16 horse-power and less.

(6) Estimated.

159

Woven cloth, household textiles, hosiery and footwear

Supplies for home civilian use

TABLE 140

Unit

1935

1942

1943

1944

1945

Woven cloth for clothing

Woven wool cloth:

Total

Mn. sq. yds.

173

162

159

166

Utility

"

128

119

104

133

Non-utility

"

45(1)

43

55

33

Woven non-wool cloth:

Total

"

371

454

404

403

Utility

"

299

358

336

330

Non.utility

"

72(2)

96

68

73

Wool hand-knitting yarn

Million lb.

8.7

9.4

11.1

Household textiles

Blankets(3):

Wool

Millions

6.49

2.26

2.70

3.80

Cotton

"

4.40

4.76

5.02

Sheets

"

3.00

3.87

7.06

Pillowcases

"

5.82

7.56

10.78

Towels:

"

18.5

15.1

12.5

Other

"

14.7

10.7

9.8

Hosiery

Men's and youths':

Socks and stockings

Mn. pairs

90(4)

35.4

33.4

20.1

23.9

Pullovers and cardigans ...........

Millions

1.8

1.9

2.3

2.8

Vests

"

8.4

10.9

8.4

8.8

Pants and trunks

"

10.1

13.9

9.1

9.6

Women's and maids:

Stockings and socks

Mn. pairs

280(4)(5)

160.4

140.6

131.3

134.2

Jumpers and cardigans

Millions

6.6

5.3

6.0

6.2

Vests

"

19.6

17.8

15.8

17.1

Children's:

Socks and stockings...............

Mn. pairs

90(4)(6)

51.0

66.0

61.8

61.7

Underwear

Mn. pieces

23.2

31.4

26.9

26.8

Footwear(7)

Total production for all uses

Mn. pairs

132.5

108.2

102.7

99.7

99.8

Production for home civilian use:

Total

"

129.0

90.3

89.4

87.4

87.7

Leather uppers:

Total

"

105.0

74.7

75.5

74.1

73.7

Men's

"

29.3

16.7

14.7

12.6

12.9

Women's

"

46.4

31.2

29.6

28.1

28.2

Children's

"

29.3

26.9

31.2

33.3

32.6

Fabric uppers

"

5.5

5.9

5.0

4.1

4.4

Slipper

"

18.4

9.7

9.0

9.2

9.6

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Total for 11 months converted to yearly rate.

(2) Total for 5 months converted to yearly rate.

(3) Including cot size.

(4) Approximate figure for 1937.

(5) Stockings only.

(6) Including women's and maids' socks.

(7) Excluding rubber footwear.

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Pottery, hollow-ware and brushes

Production and supplies for home civilian use

TABLE 141

Millions

1943

1944

1945

Production

For home civilian use

Production

For home civilian use

Production

For home civilian use

Pottery

Cups, mugs and beakers.........

138.7

108.9

125.9

94.9

108.8

80.2

Saucers and small plates.........

83.8

52.8

80.1

49.4

78.9

47.1

Large plates

53.7

25.1

51.2

26.8

46.7

23.9

Teapots and coffee pots

8.7(1)

7.3(1)

8.8

7.4

8.1

6.4

Cooking ware (all types).........

4.1(2)

3.6(2)

4.3

3.7

4.7

4.2

Hollow-ware

Kettles

5.8

5.2

5.7

5.1

7.6

7.2

Saucepans and stewpans

11.7

10.9

13.3

12.6

18.0

16.9

Dustbins

1.18

0.71

1.11

0.97

1.47

1.37

Brushes and brooms

Household type

45.9

34.7(3)

43.3

32.4

43.6

35.6

Paint and paste

17.9

10.5(3)

17.2

10.8

20.1

14.2

Toilet

38.0

22.9(3)

38.1

23.9

43.2

28.0

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Coffee pots included from March 1943 only.

(2) Until February 1943 including pie and baking dishes only.

(3) First three months of 1943 include exports.

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VIII. EXTERNAL TRADE

Value and volume of the external trade of the United Kingdom(1)

TABLE 142

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Value (£ million)

Imports:

Total imports

920

886

1,152

1,145

997

1,234

1,309

1,104

Retained imports

858

840

1,126

1,132

992

1,228

1,294

1,053

Exports:

Exports of United Kingdom produce and manufactures

471

440

411

365

271

234

266

399

Re-exports

62

46

26

13

5

6

15

51

Volume index(2): (1938 = 100)

Retained imports:

Total

100

97

94

82

70

77

80

62

Food, drink and tobacco

100

94

78

72

73

78

74

60

Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured

100

98

105

62

63

59

61

60

Articles wholly or mainly manufactured..........

100

100

112

121

72

94

102

62

Exports:

Total

100

94

72

56

36

29

31

46

Articles wholly or mainly manufactured:

Total

100

94

76

62

40

31

35

45

Textiles

100

101

80

69

55

36

36

41

Metals

100

87

65

47

29

23

29

42

Other

100

100

91

83

46

41

42

55

Source: Board of Trade

(1) The figures for 1942 to 1945 exclude imports, exports and re-exports of munitions. 

(2) Quantities revalued at 1938 prices and expressed as a percentage of the value of imports or exports in 1938.

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Value of retained imports

Analysis by classes and groups

TABLE 143

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

I. Food, drink and tobacco

Total

417.8

387.5

412.3

419.4

433.7

511.0

510.4

464.1

A. Grain and flour

72.9

54.5

93.3

89.6

53.5

66.0

64.3

767

B. Feeding-stuffs for animals

11.4

8.9

8.3

2.5

0.8

0.2

1.5

2.9

C. Animals, living, for food

9.2

11.0

10.9

7.1

13.1

11.4

11.6

12.6

D. Meat

90.1

92.8

96.8

118.7

148.8

166.8

161.7

107.8

E. Dairy produce

79.3

75.3

62.2

66.3

84.4

85.3

91.1

73.7

F. Fresh fruit and vegetables

36.3

33.8

26.8

4.4

5.4

2.3

8.2

15.9

G. Beverages and cocoa preparations

40.4

34.9

40.3

41.1

36.3

49.9

49.3

48.7

H. Other food

55.7

63.6

64.9

71.8

70.9

87.5

90.1

72.0

I. Tobacco

22.5

12.7

8.7

17.9

20.5

41.6

32.6

51.8

II. Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured

Total

218.0

216.5

326.3

224.7

236.1

262.7

278.3

279.9

B. Other non-metalliferous mining and quarry products

4.6

5.0

7.3

6.5

7.0

10.4

10.0

7.8

C. Iron ore and scrap

11.2

9.7

16.6

14.2

7.7

7.9

9.3

15.4

D. Non-ferrous metalliferous ores and scrap...............

15.4

17.3

24.4

22.4

24.6

26.5

20.7

19.5

E. Wood and timber

42.6

36.9

37.7

24.8

20.4

32.6

35.9

45.7

F. Raw cotton and cotton waste

28.3

33.0

49.8

35.8

52.6

53.7

42.0

46.5

G. Wool, raw and waste, and woollen rags

30.1

31.8

62.5

21.9

27.4

19.0

35.7

29.2

H. Silk, raw and waste, and artificial silk waste

2.0

2.5

4.4

1.4

0.7

1.0

1.9

2.1

I. Other textile materials

9.3

11.1

18.2

8.4

10.0

10.8

10.7

11.2

J. Seeds and nuts for oil, oils, fats, resins and gums

30.0

30.4

44.4

39.5

39.8

55.3

53.4

46.1

K. Hides and skins, undressed

8.7

7.7

12.1

8.3

12.4

10.4

11.5

14.2

L. Paper-making materials

17.7

16.4

14.4

8.6

11.6

10.2

10.0

17.1

M. Rubber

8.8

5.9

22.6

21.0

9.1

13.1

24.9

10.8

Other Class II

9.3

8.8

11.9

11.9

12.8

11.8

12 3

14.1

III. Articles wholly or mainly manufactured

Total

215.2

228.9

381.5

480.4

308.9

438.8

474.7

289.7

B. Pottery, glass, abrasives, etc.

7.1

4.9

1.3

1.3

2.6

2.0

0.7

0.7

C. Iron and steel and manufactures thereof

14.6

18.5

48.1

69.0

47.0

58.9

32.9

6.2

D. Non-ferrous metals and manufactures thereof...........

31.8

36.0

58.8

56.6

60.3

83.7

65.7

16.6

E. Cutlery, hardware, implements and instruments

6.3

5.1

3.8

5.2

9.2

13.9

10.4

5.8

F. Electrical goods and apparatus........................

3.0

2.7

4.1

2.6

2.7

8.2

23.9

18.7

G. Machinery

20.3

22.4

38.5

49.6

32.3

40.6

39.4

18.3

H. Manufactures of wood and timber.....................

6.1

4.9

3.9

2.5

2.4

6.5

8.5

13.7

I. Cotton yarns and manufactures.......................

2.9

2.2

2.8

1.6

1.3

2.4

2.5

1.8

L. Manufactures of other textile materials.................

4.5

6.9

16.1

4.2

5.7

4.4

10.2

7.4

M. Apparel

7.6

5.3

1.1

0.5

0.6

0.7

5.6

4.8

O. Chemicals, drugs, dyes and colours.

13.1

15.4

16.9

15.4

18.8

22.0

23.7

18.6

P. Oils, fats and resins, manufactured

43.0

44.7

70.7

93.0

100.3

152.5

220.4

142.8

Q. Leather and manufactures thereof

5.5

7.2

8.4

3.6

4.1

6.2

4.5

4.4

R. Paper, cardboard, etc.

14.8

15.6

16.3

5.0

4.6

4.6

6.4

11.5

S. Vehicles (including locomotives, ships and aircraft)

4.7

8.9

46.3

106.2

5.7

16.3

7.9

5.4

Other Class III

29.9

28.2

44.4

64.1

11.3

15.9

12.0

13.0

IV. Animals not for food

2.6

2.5

2.2

0.8

2.9

2.2

2.7

3.9

V. Parcel post

4.3

4.0

3.8

7.1

10.7

13.1

27.6

15.1

Source: Board of Trade

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Value of exports of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom

Analysis by classes and groups

TABLE 144

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1. Food, drink and tobacco

Total

35.9

35.7

33.4

27.8

18.4

190

22.9

55.7

A. Grain and flour

1.7

1.2

0.6

0.3

0.1

0.2

1.3

2.0

D. Meat

1.2

1.2

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.4

E. Dairy produce

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.6

2.9

G. Beverages and cocoa preparations

13.8

15.9

19.6

17.0

11.5

11.0

10.7

15.2

I. Tobacco

4.9

5.0

4.8

5.6

4.3

5.2

5.1

12.1

Other food

13.2

11.3

6.8

4.4

2.3

2.1

5.0

23.1

II. Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured

Total

57.0

54.5

36.2

15.7

10.2

9.4

8.1

15.1

A. Coal

37.4

38.3

25.3

8.0

6.0

6.4

5.0

6.6

B. Other non-metalliferous mining and quarry products

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.7

D. Non-ferrous metalliferous ores and scrap

2.3

1.6

0.2

0.1

G. Wool, raw and waste, and woollen rags

6.3

4.7

3.3

2.8

0.9

0.2

0.2

1.7

J. Seeds and nuts for oil, oils, fats, resins and gums

2.9

2.0

2.0

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.1

1.3

K. Hides and skins, undressed

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.2

11

1.0

1.1

1.0

L. Paper-making materials

1.2

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.2

Other Class II

4.7

4.8

3.1

2.2

1.5

1.4

1.4

3.6

III. Articles wholly or mainly manufactured

Total

365.2

338.1

334.1

316.1

236.6

201.4

229.9

306.8

A. Coke and manufactured fuel

3.3

4.0

2.2

1.2

0.8

1.1

0.4

0.5

B. Pottery, glass, abrasives, etc.

9.6

9.4

11.5

13.5

11.4

9.0

9.5

13.0

C. Iron and steel and manufactures thereof

41.7

32.9

31.2

19.0

9.9

6.1

8.6

20.9

D. Non-ferrous metals and manufactures thereof

12.3

12.7

12.4

7.6

7.0

6.7

4.7

12.1

E. Cutlery, hardware, implements and instruments

9.0

8.7

9.4

9.1

7.9

6.7

7.7

10.0

F. Electrical goods and apparatus

13.6

11.3

13.2

11.4

11.2

11.1

12.6

13.8

G. Machinery

57.2

47.0

36.2

30.9

29.9

27.9

40.9

46.2

H. Manufactures of wood and timber

1.2

1.1

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.5

K. Silk and artificial silk yarns and manufactures

49.7

49.1

49.3

44.7

40.1

34.2

37.1

42.7

J. Woollen and worsted yarns and manufactures...........

26.8

26.7

28.7

29.8

25.1

18.5

15.3

21.6

K. Silk and artificial silk yarns and manufactures

5.5

5.9

8.7

11.8

16.4

12.7

16.4

17.3

L. Manufactures of other textile materials

10.7

11.1

12.4

9.6

8.9

6.3

5.2

7.1

M. Apparel

8.5

8.3

7.5

8.1

7.7

3.4

4.7

11.2

N. Footwear

2.0

1.9

1.8

5.4

1.4

0.7

0.7

1.2

O. Chemicals, drugs, dyes and colours

22.2

22.7

27.6

25.0

24.0

27.9

29.4

38.2

P. Oils, fats and resins, manufactured

5.4

4.7

3.0

2.2

0.7

0.7

1.3

3.0

Q. Leather and manufactures thereof

3.9

4.1

3.7

2.8

3.0

1.7

1.2

1.8

R. Paper, cardboard, etc.

6.9

6.7

9.8

7.2

5.0

4.1

4.1

5.2

S. Vehicles (including locomotives, ships and aircraft)

45.1

40.0

31.5

35.7

9.2

8.8

13.4

20.2

T. Rubber manufactures

1.6

1.5

1.9

1.3

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.7

U. Miscellaneous articles wholly or mainly manufactured

28.8

28.4

31.4

39.4

15.9

13.4

16.3

19.8

IV. Animals not for food

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.7

V. Parcel post

12.0

10.5

6.7

5.5

5.8

3.6

5.2

21.0

Source: Board of Trade

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Value of imports

Analysis by source

TABLE 145 £ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

919.5

885.5

1,152.1

1,145.1

996.7

1,233.9

1,309.3

1,103.7

British countries(1)

371.5

358.1

548.5

515.0

456.3

479.8

517.2

522.6

Foreign countries...............

548.0

527.4

603.6

630.1

540.4

754.1

792.1

581.1

France and Northern Europe

262.2

240.6

109.0

46.0

49.7

42.7

52.2

98.7

Rest of Europe

46.0

42.7

40.8

18.4

17.1

17.3

29.8

31.1

Africa

63.4

68.7

95.7

86.6

102.4

106.4

122.5

101 .4

India and Western Asia

79.4

76.5

101.6

75.2

73.2

88.1

91.6

90.4

Rest of Asia

44.2

38.8

63.4

50.3

14.5

0.3

0.6

3.2

Oceania

120.7

105.6

154.0

103.6

100.4

82.4

98.0

111.4

North America

199.3

199.4

428.3

602.8

505.0

739.4

745.7

526.8

Central America and West Indies

34.7

34.3

46.2

71.9

49.5

58.0

54.6

50.7

South America

69.6

78.9

113.1

90.3

84.9

99.3

114.3

90.0

Argentine Republic

38.5

46.8

61.4

52.2

49.4

58.3

80.7

47.6

Australia

71.8

62.0

96.8

46.4

40.0

32.7

45.9

50.5

Belgium

18.6

18.8

9.4

2.8

3.2

Brazil

7.7

8.8

16.8

14.2

16.2

17.9

18.0

21.4

Canada

78.7

80.0

147.1

190.8

150.2

200.2

208.0

199.9

Ceylon and Dependencies

12.4

10.7

12.4

12.0

9.6

25.1

16.2

15.2

Denmark including Faroe Islands

37.9

36.4

11.4

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

8.2

Dutch East Indies

6.4

5.9

15.2

10.5

3.8

Dutch West Indies

14.7

13.9

25.2

50.5

35.1

28.7

25.0

21.0

Egypt

11.6

12.1

13.4

9.0

15.6

11.0

13.1

13.9

Eire

23.0

25.3

31.7

32.1

34.0

28.4

30.8

35.0

Finland

19.3

14.6

1.3

0.1

4.4

France

23.6

26.9

14.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

2.1

Germany(2)

30.1

19.4

2.1

India

49.9

48.5

72.9

57.3

60.1

59.8

69.3

66.8

Burma

6.0

5.1

7.2

9.2

2.7

0.1

Malaya (British)(3)

12.2

9.9

20.2

20.6

6.3

2.0

Netherlands

29.3

30.2

11.8

1.3

New Zealand

46.9

41.8

55.8

56.4

60.3

49.8

52.2

60.9

Nigeria (including Cameroons under British mandate)........

6.3

7.2

13.6

14.0

18.2

18.7

21.1

17.5

Northern Rhodesia

4.1

6.0

9.8

10.2

10.5

12.5

13.6

6.3

Soviet Union

19.5

8.2

1.3

1.1

3.2

1.8

2.2

3.8

Sweden

24.5

25.6

10.2

1.3

0.4

0.7

0.9

22.4

United States of America

118.0

117.3

275.3

409.0

352.6

535.2

532.5

320.8

Union of South Africa

14.6

15.9

23.3

15.9

16.6

12.3

14.3

14.5

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Including protectorates, mandated territories and territories under condominium. 

(2) Including Austria in 1939 and 1945.

(3) Straits Settlements and Dependencies (including Labuan) and Federated and Unfederated Malay States.

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Value of exports of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom

Analysis by destination

TABLE 146

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

470.8

439.5

411.2

365.4

271.3

233.5

266.3

399.3

British countries(1)

234.8

216.6

247.4

232.2

175.0

149.2

169.8

213.9

Foreign countries

236.0

222.9

163.8

133.2

96.3

84.3

96.5

185.4

France and Northern Europe

140.0

132.9

69.3

47.0

34.5

24.2

46.4

120.2

Rest of Europe

32.2

25.7

26.0

19.5

11.5

13.4

12.3

22.6

Africa

73.6

68.5

69.0

70.4

60.9

56.7

65.9

83.4

India and Western Asia

48.2

41.4

44.5

40.4

31.8

25.3

35.9

52.9

Rest of Asia

29.9

26.7

28.4

27.2

4.1

1.2

1.2

3.3

Oceania

58.2

48.8

63.3

53.1

45.1

40.1

46.6

49.6

North America

44.0

51.9

66.3

70.9

49.9

43.1

41.2

42.7

Central America and West Indies

10.5

9.1

9.9

9.6

8.9

8.2

6.7

8.7

South America

34.2

34.5

34.5

27.3

24.6

21.3

10.1

15.9

Argentine Republic

19.3

20.4

17.8

15.5

13.3

9.6

4.1

6.4

Australia

38.2

32.3

46.3

38.0

32.3

26.9

32.1

35.2

Belgium

8.2

7.2

3.0

0.4

0.9

31.0

Brazil

5.2

4.6

5.0

3.5

3.6

41

2.3

3.4

Canada

22.5

22.4

32.2

38.4

25.5

23.2

21.8

23.7

Ceylon and Dependencies

3.5

3.2

3.3

2.5

2.0

2.0

3.3

5.8

Denmark including Faroe Islands

15.8

17.6

4.6

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.7

2.9

Dutch East Indies

3.6

3.9

4.3

7.6

1.7

Dutch West Indies

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.4

1.1

1.3

1.4

2.1

Egypt

8.7

9.7

9.0

9.0

8.8

4.5

5.9

11.3

Eire

20.3

22.9

23.2

19.0

17.9

11.5

11.9

18.6

Finland

5.5

4.1

4.0

0.3

France

15.1

13.6

16.4

6.8

25.7

Germany(2)

20.5

12.3

2.8

India

33.8

29.7

33.3

31.6

22.3

17.6

23.5

33.1

Burma

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.5

0.6

1.2

Malaya (British)(3)

11.1

10.3

11.7

10.2

1.0

0.9

Netherlands

13.1

13.5

5.8

0.3

0.5

5.9

New Zealand

19.2

16.0

16.5

14.8

12.6

12.9

14.2

14.0

Nigeria (including Cameroons under British mandate)

4.2

3.7

3.9

3.6

4.4

6.2

7.5

7.5

Northern Rhodesia

1.3

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.8

1.2

11

Soviet Union

6.5

4.6

0.5

23.4

9.9

9.8

23.9

16.3

Sweden

11.7

14.1

4.8

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.3

2.7

United States of America

20.5

28.4

33.0

31.8

23.8

19.5

18.9

18.6

Union of South Africa

39.5

36.2

38.2

39.2

31 .5

21.7

24.8

35.7

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Including protectorates, mandated territories and territories under condominium. 

(2) Including Austria in 1939 and 1945.

(3) Straits Settlements and Dependencies (including Labuan) and Federated and Unfederated Malay States.

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Quantity of imports

Principal articles of food, drink and tobacco imported

TABLE 147

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Wheat

Mn. tons

5.1

5.3

5.8

5.4

3.5

3.3

2.8

3.6

Barley

Th. tons

993.8

687.0

457.3

63.8

101.8

Maize

Mn. tons

2.9

2.3

2.1

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

Rice

Th. tons

133.7

143.2

191.3

178.6

53.4

131.1

41.9

25.2

Peas and beans, not fresh

"

145.1

135.1

146.7

157.9

48.1

69.5

71.5

66.1

Wheat meal and flour

"

383.8

366.7

577.4

707.9

374.4

717.5

791.5

542.8

Feeding-stuffs for animals

Mn. tons

1.9

1.7

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

Cattle, living, for food

Thous.

646.7

705.8

560.3

287.8

547.8

409.4

401.6

447.5

Meat:

Other than tinned or canned:

Beef

Th. tons

613.3

610.4

566.4

551.5

489.7

321.4

352.2

207.5

Veal

"

17.4

17.9

11.9

9.0

5.6

13.4

16.3

14.9

Mutton

"

82.5

69.0

124.2

51.0

57.3

58.3

102.1

111.9

Lamb

"

274.4

270.1

291.6

282.9

326.0

371.0

282.8

266.0

Bacon and ham ...........

"

376.6

394.8

238.6

274.2

326.0

334.5

399.8

243.5

Pork and other pig products

"

70.7

60.3

68.6

93.3

108.4

225.2

389.4

201.7

Tinned and canned meat of all descriptions...............

"

72.9

102.9

123.3

230.9

281.9

298.0

213.5

97.4

Poultry and game, dead (including tinned and canned).....

"

23.5

21.8

11.6

10.3

13.1

10.7

12.0

9.7

Dairy products:

Butter

"

475.9

436.8

264.4

218.1

134.3

151.6

153.2

190.1

Cheese

"

146.4

142.3

156.2

203.4

315.2

207.0

251.9

191.2

Eggs in shell

"

191.0

195.4

102.7

61.3

23.3

15.8

23.1

47.6

Eggs dried whole(1)

"

0.3

0.1

0.4

7.5

56.0

73.4

80.0

24.4

Condensed milk

"

81.7

70.0

70.4

139.7

192.0

137.3

93.2

65.4

Milk powder

"

17.8

15.1

15.8

26.6

65.0

81.1

83.0

300

Fruit, fresh or raw:

Apples

"

353.4

234.2

92.0

16.2

20.6

8.0

20.1

30.3

Bananas

"

305.0

287.6

193.1

0.1

1.1

Oranges

"

538.3

563.3

413.1

84.2

104.7

45.3

165.7

305.9

Other fresh fruit

"

280.3

236.2

92.7

10.1

1.0

2.1

18.9

54.0

Nuts used as fruit

"

70.6

59.9

35.9

4.0

4.9

2.9

8.9

5.4

Vegetables, fresh:

Potatoes

"

146.2

146.2

104.9

28.5

18.0

6.7

8.1

7.9

Onions

"

228.6

249.3

138.8

9.9

5.0

0.1

27.9

46.2

Tomatoes

"

143.3

142.0

58.2

1.8

7.4

Other fresh vegetables........

"

50.5

43.9

10.3

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.4

Cocoa, raw

"

131.5

128.8

120.2

148.8

164.4

172.2

145.3

95.3

Coffee, not kiln dried, roasted or ground(1)

"

13.9

26.3

55.4

6.1

22.2

39.9

37.6

42.3

Tea(1)

"

205.6

158.1

171.8

209.9

154.3

206.1

189.8

170.9

Wine(1)

Mn. galls.

15.4

16.8

14.6

1.8

0.9

1.1

1.3

3.8

Fish (not of British taking):

Fresh or frozen

Th. tons

81.8

97.6

163.6

144.6

162.1

175.9

209.3

229.1

Canned

"

77.1

84.8

97.7

79.6

135.6

148.6

62.7

38.7

Fruit, dried:

Currants and raisins

"

136.0

148.2

87.4

133.2

89.2

109.4

164.8

89.1

Plums, prunes and prunellos

"

23.9

18.8

16.7

33.9

54.0

44.9

38.9

9.9

Fruit tinned or bottled in syrup

"

199.9

255.1

126.3

21.6

6.6

6.1

22.2

13.1

Dates

"

21.9

18.0

15.1

25.1

38.0

10.4

26.7

40.3

Edible oils and fats, refined:

Lard

"

72.0

79.6

34.7

96.6

218.5

218.4

189.2

90.7

Others

"

65.6

51.6

43.6

39.8

34.0

42.3

50.1

19.4

Sugar, unrefined

Mn. tons

2.4

2.1

1.4

1.6

0.8

1.4

1.2

1.1

Tobacco, unmanufactured

Mn. lb.

344.9

211.5

141.4

213.7

264.9

354.1

229.9

368.8

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Retained imports.

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Quantity of imports Principal raw materials imported

TABLE 148

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Asbestos, raw and fibre...............

Th. tons

50.9

54.8

87.8

50.4

66.6

53.3

69.5

66.7

Magnesite

"

57.1

48.5

89.0

80.3

28.6

55.9

22.5

3.9

Mica, slabs and splittings(1)

"

1.5

1.7

2.4

0.9

2.2

2.8

1.8

1.5

Sulphur

"

131.5

160.2

217.1

293.6

125.0

268.9

197.2

198.2

Iron ore, other than manganiferous

Mn. tons

5.1

5.2

4.5

2.3

1.9

1.9

2.2

4.1

Iron and steel scrap..................

"

0.6

0.6

0.9

0.5

0.2

Bauxite

Th. tons

249.6

302.1

112.4

87.2

47.8

241.8

172.1

162.6

Chromium ore (chromite or chrome iron ore)

"

37.6

50.6

87.6

56.0

99.6

36.6

93.8

50.4

Copper ore (including regulus and matte) and precipitate and cement copper; nickel ore, concentrates and matte

"

29.6

34.1

32.7

27.7

26.5

20.3

21.8

19.4

Cryolite

"

5.3

4.7

1.3

3.6

4.9

1.6

01

0.8

Manganese ore

"

192.7

325.0

247.1

314.2

421.2

444.6

315.3

314.9

Molybdenum ore

"

1.9

4.9

2.4

41

7.2

6.5

0.5

11

Tin ore and concentrates.............

"

55.5

54.0

83.9

65.5

43.9

52.0

32.9

44.9

Tungsten (including tin-tungsten ores)

"

10.9

9.9

13.4

12.6

7.6

6.6

6.2

3.7

Vanadium ores (lead vanadate)

"

2.6

2.6

0.6

1.3

Zinc ore and concentrates............

"

157.3

177.5

226.2

201.5

142.7

97.1

179.0

156.6

Timber:

Softwoods:

Mn.

Sawn, not further prepared .......

standards

1.5

1.2

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.7

Planed or dressed, excluding box-boards

Th. standards

297.9

317.9

141.0

17.8

12 3

39.7

54.8

56.6

Hardwoods:

Hewn

Mn. cu. ft.

4.2

3.2

5.5

4.1

3.5

4.1

4.9

4.8

Sawn, not further prepared

"

30.7

27.3

21.4

10.4

8.7

8.3

11.3

11.4

Pitprops

Th. standards

821.7

634.1

433.2

74.9

11.4

28.3

74.4

193.5

Sleepers

"

117.2

69.6

13.1

25.0

41.7

14.7

51.0

60.7

Veneers

Th. tons

12.3

10.9

16.6

17.6

25.4

44.6

31.5

13.8

Cotton, raw (except linters)(1)

"

518.3

552.4

627.8

364.1

525.9

440.8

360.3

385.7

Wool, raw:

Sheep's and lambs'(1)

Mn. lb.

624.6

703.5

1,005.3

330.3

411.4

269.5

508.5

428.4

Other

"

9.1

12.0

15.1

5.5

3.2

2.6

1.9

9.1

Silk, raw

"

5.3

4.4

5.5

1.6

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Flax (excluding tow or codilla)

Th. tons

40.7

46.2

17.3

5.4

6.9

12.2

12.9

17.7

Hemp (excluding tow or codilla)

"

80.5

100.4

152.9

101.8

88.7

70.1

97.3

83.0

Jute, raw(1)

"

160.2

142.0

192.0

94.8

106.1

103.1

82.8

86.6

Seeds, nuts and kernels for expressing oil

Mn. tons

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.1

Gums and resins(1)

Th. tons

90.6

106.2

96.3

54.9

70.8

82.5

33.1

67.3

Oils, fats and greases:

Tallow, technical

"

24.3

23.8

43.2

28.6

34.7

18.7

30.4

20.9

Whale oil unrefined................

"

225.7

251.9

212.4

61.4

58.3

23.4

81

46.2

Other fish oil, unrefined including liver

"

21.3

16.4

36.5

37.1

33.6

29.0

35.6

18.9

Crude petroleum

Mn. galls.

568.0

541.4

375.4

234.3

141.9

126.5

164.1

227.7

Vegetable oils, other than essential(1)

Th. tons

210.1

246.2

201.7

231.4

217.8

233.5

200.6

153.0

Hides and skins, undressed:

Cattle hides and calfskins:

Wet(1)

"

41.3

49.9

80.5

57.1

79.5

60.6

84.8

76.6

Dry and dry salted(1)

"

19.0

23.8

27.9

22.4

23.1

15.3

12.8

14.0

Sheep and lamb skins(1)

"

17.4

18.0

25.9

10.1

14.5

12.4

160

17.0

Fur skins, undressed, except rabbit

"

3.8

2.5

1.5

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

1.0

Rubber, raw, including crepe and latex(1)

"

132.0

69.2

199.8

168.0

66.5

69.5

33.9

36.4

Synthetic rubber

"

0.1

0.9

9.7

91.1

27.6

Mineral phosphate of lime

"

410.5

462.5

413.5

799.2

287.3

788.8

675.8

642.7

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Retained imports. 

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Quantity of imports

Principal imports of articles wholly or mainly manufactured

TABLE 149

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Iron and steel:

Pig iron

Th. tons

395.1

354.4

676.0

971.5

356.2

361.8

285.0

107.9

Ferro-alloys: Total

"

47.6

72.6

94.2

99.9

67.4

135.0

55.6

46.9

Ferro-chromium

"

10.5

14.7

19.6

27.3

17.1

28.3

11.3

3.2

Ferro-manganese refined

"

2.8

4.3

4.4

2.1

2.5

2.3

0.1

Other ferro-manganese and spiegeleisen

"

01

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

1.6

Ferro-silicon

"

24.6

36.3

55.2

49.0

38.3

88.4

34.6

32.2

Silico-manganese

"

9.2

16.5

14.7

21.0

7.7

11.8

8.7

10.9

Ingots and semi-finished steel:

Total

"

373.5

830.4

2,072.2

2,296.0

1,599.0

1,463.1

998.9

116.6

Steel ingots (non-alloy)...........

"

22.6

23.5

488.2

561.5

480.4

498.1

297.9

36.4

Steel blooms, billets and slabs (non-alloy)

"

315.0

369.9

1,254.3

1,362.3

884.2

845.8

693.5

79.7

Sheet bars and tinplate bars (non-alloy

"

33.9

433.9

262.6

209.5

25.6

28.0

1.7

Finished steel and wrought iron: Total

"

459.4

509.1

795.2

761.2

472.3

834.5

394.2

32.8

Wire rods (non-alloy)

"

60.0

66.3

150.6

118.2

118.3

132.3

90.8

17.8

Plates and sheets (uncoated)......

"

71.6

88.5

196.1

180.1

24.1

319.1

136.4

1.7

Iron and steel manufactures

"

68.7

54.8

51.5

48.7

14.5

19.9

30.5

9.2

Aluminium and aluminium alloy ingots, blocks, slabs, billets, etc.(1)

"

41.0

57.7

66.1

132.7

131.6

213.0

149.7

21.1

Copper, unwrought, including rough(1)

"

259.6

307.6

472.8

449.4

441.0

494.8

451.5

143.7

Lead, unwrought(1)

"

382.1

334.3

336.5

139.3

235.5

226.5

224.9

165.4

Magnesium

"

1.6

1.6

0.6

1.0

3.l

33.6

20.4

1.1

Nickel and nickel alloys(1)

"

9.2

7.7

11.1

7.3

5.4

5.0

3.5

1.3

Zinc or spelter, unwrought

"

165.0

167.3

204.6

209.8

211.7

187.6

119.3

97.1

Watches, complete and complete movements

Millions

8.1

4.8

1.8

1.0

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.2

Wireless apparatus and valves.........

£ million

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.4

0.6

3.3

16.4

12.3

Other electrical goods and apparatus

"

2.4

1.8

3.3

2.3

2.1

4.9

7.5

6.4

Machinery:

17.6

Agricultural

Th. tons

8.2

10.5

21.8

29.5

25.1

30.6

19.6

Machine tools, new, complete.......

"

23.9

30.4

72.1

77.5

41.2

39.5

15.0

6.5

Other machinery and parts..........

"

85.4

67.9

33.8

19.1

18.1

47.3

101.8

35.6

Wood and timber manufactures:

Plywood

Mn. cu. ft.

10.9

8.8

4.7

2.6

2.7

6.3

8.2

8.4

Other

£ million

2.9

2.3

1.2

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.9

6.8

Cotton yarns and manufactures:

Woven piece goods(1)

Mn. sq. yds.

45.7

30.3

26.5

16 3

10.2

34.2

17 4

12.8

Jute manufactures:

Piece goods

Th. tons

55.2

56.0

90.0

34.1

37.2

25.8

67.0

43.3

Sacks and bags

"

39.6

84.1

131.5

28.5

39.0

35.7

42.9

29.0

Apparel, not of fur:

Outer and under garments

£ million

2.2

1.5

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

4.4

3.4

Gloves

Mn. doz. prs.

1.7

1.4

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

Hosiery

£ million

2.5

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

1.0

0.8

Footwear

Mn. doz. prs.

1.5

1.6

1.0

0.7

0.2

01

0.1

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Retained imports.

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Quantity of imports (continued) Principal imports of articles wholly or mainly manufactured

TABLE 149 (continued)

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Superphosphates

Th. tons

14.4

15.4

30.7

73.3

134.1

60.9

70.7

Potassium chloride

"

89.2

119.0

77.1

87.6

110.1

144.3

213.8

165.6

Drugs and medicines

£ million

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.3

1.1

0.8

2.5

3.3

Dyes and dyestuffs (including extracts for tanning)

Th. tons

53.8

75.5

92.6

68.7

71.3

67.6

72.5

68.5

Essential oils, other than turpentine

"

2.1

2.3

2.7

1.5

1.2

0.6

11

11

Petroleum refined:

Kerosene

Mn. galls.

206.4

208.0

272.6

291.6

235.2

330.9

367.3

342.1

Motor and other spirit

"

1,474.8

1,390.5

1,098.5

1,435.1

1,278.3

1,689.1

2,921.9

2,151.1

Lubricating oil(1)

"

103.9

97.9

150.1

122.4

135.6

105.4

1391

75.5

Gas oil

"

157.9

181.4

204.1

262.5

267.1

428.2

617.5

482.0

Fuel oil and diesel oil

687.3

574.5

926.0

1,115.7

727.2

1,316.2

1,334.9

1,009.4

Paraffin wax

Th. tons

40.5

43.6

67.0

56.5

59.1

37.8

28.6

33.4

Leather, undressed:

Cattle hides and calf hides(1)

"

14.8

23.5

27.7

14.3

13.7

23.4

12.6

8.8

Skin leather(1)

"

4.7

5.7

5.3

2.3

3.l

2.8

2.5

4.0

Leather, dressed

"

4.0

4.7

3.l

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.5

Newsprint in rolls

"

446.3

423.1

238.6

121.9

66.9

95.4

135.2

186.1

Packing and wrapping paper

"

202.0

255.7

125.5

9.9

11.3

11.2

13.7

33.4

Boards

"

360.2

379.7

275.3

54.3

61.5

30.4

42.0

101.8

Other paper

"

62.2

70.2

38.8

7.4

6.2

6.5

9.3

18.0

Motor vehicles complete and chassis for motor vehicles(1)

Thousands

10.6

6.6

10.0

25.5

0.3

-0.3(3)

0.1

0.1

Tractors

"

2.9

5.3

6.1

11.2

7.8

6.1

6.3

2.4

Rubber tyres and tubes

Millions

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.5

1.7

2.4

1.8

Books, printed(2)

Th. tons

16.1

12.8

4.3

2.6

1.9

2.2

2.3

2.6

Starch, not for food

"

242.1

200.0

201.7

80.4

56.3

39.3

24.6

31.8

Animals not for food

Cows and heifers for breeding

Thousands

71.6

81.0

82.1

13.4

78.7

45.0

42.4

42.9

Horses and ponies(1)

"

9.3

10.1

6.7

81

8 0

6.2

3.3

13.5

Source : Board of Trade

(1) Retained imports.

(2) And other printed matter for reading purposes (other than music), manuscripts and typescripts.

(3) Re-exports exceeded imports.

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Quantity of exports of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom

Principal articles exported

TABLE 150

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Food, drink and tobacco

Wheat, meal and flour..................

Th. tons

106.3

80.8

14.1

5.8

2.5

4.0

4.6

26.9

Beer

Th. bulk barrels

281.3

284.0

266.8

225.6

94.8

107.0

77.6

130.4

Spirits, home made

Mn. proof gallons

9.1

10.5

12.4

9.5

7.1

5.7

4.7

5.3

Fish: Fresh or frozen..................

Th. tons

53.8

29.6

1.3

0.1

Cured, salted or canned

"

165.0

71.3

23.0

0.9

4.0

0.2

10.1

Sugar, refined, including candy

"

362.1

314.3

16.9

44.4

25.7

3.7

8.3

79.9

Cigarettes

Mn. lb.

26.5

25.1

22.2

24.6

15.0

17.0

16.3

34.0

Raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured

Coal

Mn. tons

35.9

36.9

19.6

5.1

3.6

3.6

2.6

3.3

Bunker coal(1)

"

10.5

9.6

7.0

4.3

3.5

3.2

2.4

3.l

Wool, raw, sheep's and lambs':

British wool

Mn. lb.

30.1

25.9

12.4

20.9

5.4

0.7

1.1

11.4

Imported wool treated in United Kingdom

"

12.3

8.0

2.8

0.2

2.9

Wool waste

"

16.8

131

5.1

3.6

1.5

0.2

0.2

1.0

Artificial silk waste.....................

"

19.9

37.3

17.2

20.4

6.5

6.8

6.5

16.3

Oils, vegetable, other than essential

Th. tons

75.0

36.6

11.7

3.9

0.9

0.3

0.2

4.0

Tar and pitch

"

504.3

463.5

398.0

32.0

77.7

82.0

79.0

197.5

Articles wholly or mainly manufactured

Cement

"

760.1

690.1

441.5

319.5

186.7

167.7

323.6

593.3

Pig iron and ferro-alloys

"

100.7

77.9

25.4

20.6

5.4

5.1

3.3

34.1

Ingots and semi-finished steel

"

22.1

10.7

10.5

0.5

1.3

2.4

0.8

2.2

Finished steel and wrought iron

"

1,338.3

1,138.5

817.5

347.0

175.0

73.6

156.5

463.4

Copper and copper manufactures

"

32.4

28.2

20.4

20.9

9.7

5.7

5.1

19.4

Brass and alloys of copper other than nickel

"

21.6

20.1

12.9

9.2

8.4

60

5.7

13.1

Machinery:

Agricultural machinery

"

8.6

7.0

6.7

3.8

3.6

4.0

5.2

15.8

Boilers and boiler house plant

"

56.0

42.0

22.7

21.8

15.4

12.3

20.0

22.6

Cranes, hoists, etc.

"

19.2

16.3

6.9

5.2

4.2

4.4

5.7

8.2

Electrical machinery..................

"

44.6

33.7

29.1

25.7

23.7

28.5

57.8

56.8

Machine tools, metal-working and parts

"

24.1

27.5

11.4

7.3

20.3

12.7

32.3

19.8

Mining machinery

"

25.6

27.1

18.9

10.7

5.4

4.4

4.3

5.2

Prime movers

"

28.6

22.4

16.1

9.5

6.5

6.9

7.0

11.5

Pumps

"

8.2

6.8

4.9

4.4

5.5

3.3

3.7

4.1

Sewing machines and parts

"

11.7

14.7

9.6

5.2

1.7

0.7

1.2

2.1

Textile machinery

"

70.8

47.5

341

27.4

19.2

130

14.3

16.8

Other machinery and parts............

"

151.9

114.9

85.8

64.3

51.8

45.3

40.4

60.5

Cotton yarns and manufactures:

Cotton yarns

Mn. lb.

123.0

113.7

66.7

28.9

18.8

19.2

19.6

16.1

Cotton woven piece goods............

Mn. sq. yds.

1,368.5

1,373.2

952.8

764.6

467.5

359.1

415.6

423.9

Finished thread for sewing, etc.........

Mn. lb.

13.5

14.3

14.6

13.6

14.2

13.3

12.0

13.8

Woollen and worsted yarns and manufactures:

Wool tops

"

32.5

33.8

28.2

16.2

11.7

8.2

5.0

16.1

Woollen and worsted yarns

"

27.8

26.3

14.4

11.4

9.4

7.9

7.6

7.9

Woollen and worsted woven tissues(2)

Mn. sq. yds.

90.4

93.3

82.1

86.2

73.0

44.2

34.2

40.6

(1) Coal shipped for the use of steamers, etc., engaged in the foreign trade (including fishing Source: Board of Trade

vessels). This item is not an "export" and the value is accordingly excluded from the total of exports shown in Tables 142, 144 and 146.

(2) Excluding "tissues wholly of mohair, alpaca and cashmere", "damasks, tapestries, brocades and the like", "wool and mohair plushes and other pile fabrics" and "flannels and delaines".

171

Quantity of exports of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom (continued)

Principal articles exported

TABLE 150 (continued)

Unit

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Articles wholly or mainly manufactured (continued)

Artificial silk:

Mn. lb.

8.0

6.9

15.0

20.2

16.3

13.8

15.6

14.2

Yarns

Mn. sq. yds.

60.7

72.8

83.3

88.1

114.3

75.0

90.2

93.4

Tissues(1)

Cordage and cordage manufactures of

Th. tons

21.4

20.1

15.0

9.2

6.2

14.7

8.7

11.5

Linen and hemp manufactures:

Mn. sq. yds.

51.8

67.4

45.4

27.8

22.6

10.5

6.2

8.8

Piece goods

Jute manufactures, other than cordage

Th. tons

74.8

62.4

39.0

23.7

13.0

8.1

6.2

10 3

Footwear, wholly or mainly of leather

Th. doz. prs.

3740

335.1

263.8

454.5

181.6

89.5

82.3

218.7

Chemical manufactures and products:

Ammonium sulphate

Th. tons

313.4

286.2

166.3

10.2

39.2

6.1

133.1

252.3

Copper sulphate

"

30.9

31.8

34.4

31.3

24.8

35.5

20.3

44.3

Disinfectants and insecticides

"

18.9

20.4

23.6

19.1

15.9

21.6

15.4

23.7

Sodium compounds

"

356.5

450.4

479.0

441.1

470.7

413.6

345.3

442.6

Dyes and dyestuffs

"

14.8

15 8

13.0

10.3

10.0

10.4

7.3

9.2

Petroleum, refined:

Lubricating oil

Mn. galls.

17.5

16.4

4.7

3.3

1.6

0.9

1.4

4.0

Other sorts

116.2

99.2

13.6

2.3

1.0

0.2

5.9

1.1

Soap

Th. tons

36.7

37.3

33.2

30.3

3.4

4.0

9.0

40.4

Paper and board:

Printing paper, not coated

Th. tons

94.7

70.5

40.4

10.3

6.1

4.3

4.7

8.3

All other paper and board

"

81.7

85.9

108.0

62.1

31.3

23.4

21.5

26.9

Railway equipment:

Carriages, wagons, trucks and parts thereof

"

56.5

27.4

9.1

11.0

6.1

7.8

8.5

11.8

Road vehicles:

Motor cars, new

Thousands

44.1

43.2

20.7

3.8

0.1

2.0

Commercial vehicles, new:

Tractors

"

7.0

4.8

2.8

0.3

0.1

0.5

1.8

5.5

Others(2)

"

3.4

2.3

3.9

2.0

3.7

5.4

Chassis for motor vehicles with engines

"

35.0

31.9

15.4

1.0

0.3

1.1

0.2

1.3

Motor cycles and tri-cars

"

19.8

18.9

14.4

5.2

0.8

0.5

1.7

4.0

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Excluding "pile fabrics", "damasks, tapestries, brocades and the like", "ribbons" and  "lace and lace net of all kinds".

(2) Including industrial trucks.

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IX. TRANSPORT

Merchant shipping under British control(1)

(i) Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over: Number

TABLE 151

Number

Total

British flag

Foreign flag vessels(2)

Total

United Kingdom

and Colonies

Dominions

Foreign vessels

Time chartered to United Kingdom

Bareboat charter

Requisitioned

Non-tankers

1939 September 3

2,520

2,520

2,303

217

December 31

2,524

2,503

2,257

245

1

21

1940 March 31

2,553

2,498

2,250

243

5

55

June 30

2,906

2,597

2,242

291

10

54

309

September 30

3,137

2,611

2,170

305

7

129

526

December 31

3,065

2,556

2,122

298

7

129

509

1941 March 31

3,031

2,511

2,059

296

12

144

520

June 30

2,943

2,382

1,926

296

17

143

561

September 30

2,950

2,358

1,898

298

20

142

592

December 31

2,962

2,360

1,886

306

25

143

602

1942 March 31

2,901

2,282

1,810

299

30

143

619

June 30

2,823

2,214

1,739

296

39

140

609

September 30

2,745

2,161

1,681

290

55

135

584

December 31

2,607

2,065

1,569

289

87

120

542

1943 March 31

2,558

2,034

1,529

273

115

117

524

June 30

2,570

2,052

1,472

298

167

115

518

September 30

2,632

2,118

1,495

324

182

117

514

December 31

2,704

2,204

1,493

362

234

115

500

1944 March 31

2,771

2,272

1,501

374

282

115

499

June 30

2,895

2,351

1,509

403

326

113

544

September 30

2,891

2,354

1,492

428

326

108

537

December 31

2,907

2,375

1,508

439

325

103

532

1945 March 31

2,901

2,375

1,506

449

321

99

526

June 30

2,898

2,406

1,537

456

324

89

492

September 30

2,773

2,440

1,579

467

337

57

333

Tankers

1939 September 3

479

445

424

21

34

December 31

483

449

425

24

34

1940 March 31

522

453

428

25

69

June 30

629

452

419

28

5

177

September 30

620

442

399

30

13

178

December 31

607

435

392

31

12

172

1941 March 31

649

424

379

30

15

225

June 30

624

408

367

28

13

216

September 30

658

427

386

28

13

231

December 31

654

427

387

28

12

227

1942 March 31

607

398

362

25

11

209

June 30

575

375

341

23

11

200

September 30

548

369

334

24

11

179

December 31

535

360

327

24

9

175

1943 March 31

517

353

321

23

9

164

June 30

513

352

320

23

9

161

September 30

507

355

323

23

9

152

December 31

512

363

330

24

9

149

1944 March 31

524

376

334

33

9

148

June 30

529

381

336

34

11

148

September 30

533

385

339

37

9

148

December 31

536

390

345

37

8

146

1945 March 31

534

390

344

37

9

144

June 30

523

397

352

37

8

126

September 30

454

407

363

36

3

5

47

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Vessels under the British flag and those under foreign flags on time-charter to the United Kingdom.

(2) For the earlier months of the war the information about foreign flag vessels on time-charter is incomplete.

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Merchant shipping under British control(1)

(ii) Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over: Gross tonnage

TABLE 152

Thousand gross tons

Total

British flag

Foreign flag vessels(2)

Total

United Kingdom

and Colonies

Dominions

Foreign vessels

Time chartered to United Kingdom

Bareboat charter

Requisitioned

Non-tankers

1939 September 3

14,352

14,352

13,452

900

December 31

14,264

14,143

13,181

957

5

121

1940 March 31

14,484

14,242

13,263

954

25

242

June 30

15,926

14,559

13,235

1,075

51

198

1,367

September 30

16,910

14,512

12,779

1,124

34

575

2,398

December 31

16,507

14,136

12,425

1,103

35

573

2,371

1941 March 31

16,337

13,900

12,093

1,100

66

641

2,437

June 30

15,780

13,223

11,414

1,076

99

634

2,557

September 30

15,925

13,221

11,355

1,090

112

664

2,704

December 31

16,083

13,329

11,400

1,094

148

687

2,754

1942 March 31

15,829

13,017

11,114

1,046

175

682

2,812

June 30

15,560

12,709

10,766

1,030

245

668

2,851

September 30

15,047

12,392

10,387

1,006

351

648

2,655

December 31

14,299

11,822

9,686

999

581

556

2,477

1943 March 31

14,112

11,685

9.450

958

742

535

2,427

June 30

14,207

11,804

9,103

1,170

1,002

529

2,403

September 30

14,631

12,249

9,299

1,349

1,067

534

2,382

December 31

15,272

12,962

9,323

1,678

1,436

525

2,310

1944 March 31

15,777

13,478

9,395

1,766

1,779

538

2,299

June 30

16,682

14,051

9,487

1,962

2,073

529

2,631

September 30

16,704

14,097

9,402

2,134

2,057

504

2,607

December 31

16,905

14,330

9,542

2,267

2,035

486

2,575

1945 March 31

16,939

14,387

9,565

2,337

2,011

474

2,552

June 30

16,907

14,532

9,746

2,365

2,017

404

2,375

September 30

16,274

14,675

9,907

2,428

2,075

265

1,599

Tankers

1939 September 3

3,432

3,172

3,007

165

260

December 31

3,508

3,248

3,079

169

260

1940 March 31

3,716

3,192

3,021

171

524

June 30

4,551

3,177

2,937

198

42

1,374

September 30

4,463

3,078

2,778

202

98

1,385

December 31

4,347

3,018

2,727

203

88

1,329

1942 March 31

4,546

2,928

2,615

201

112

1,618

June 30

4,351

2,802

2,530

179

93

1,549

September 30

4,627

2,944

2,671

180

93

1,683

December 31

4,610

2,955

2,688

180

87

1 655

1941 March 31

4,291

2,755

2,528

147

80

1,536

June 30

4,063

2,585

2,383

122

80

1,478

September 30

3,909

2,532

2,329

123

80

1,377

December 31

3,823

2,486

2,296

123

67

1,337

1943 March 31

3,680

2,436

2,251

117

68

1,244

June 30

3,651

2,429

2,244

117

68

1,222

September 30

3,594

2,453

2,268

117

68

1,141

December 31

3,667

2,544

2,336

140

68

1,123

1944 March 31

3,751

2,632

2,369

195

68

1,119

June 30

3,788

2,669

2,386

204

79

1,119

September 30

3,798

2,678

2,415

197

66

1,120

December 31

3,821

2,720

2,463

197

60

1,101

1945 March 31

3,795

2,710

2,445

197

68

1,085

June 30

3,703

2,762

2,507

197

58

941

September 30

3,176

2,836

2,594

196

7

39

340

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) and (2) See footnotes (1) and (2) to Table 151. 

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Merchant shipping under British control(1)

(iii) Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over: Deadweight tonnage

TABLE 153

Thousand deadweight tons

Total

British flag

Foreign flag vessels(2)

Total

United Kingdom

and Colonies

Dominions

Foreign vessels

Time chartered to United Kingdom

Bareboat charter

Requisitioned

Non-tankers

1939 September 3

18,710

18,710

17,691

1,019

December 31

18,579

18.418

17,314

1,096

8

161

1940 March 31

18,764

18,403

17,258

1,102

43

361

June 30

21,096

18,911

17,264

1,276

68

303

2,185

September 30

22,459

18,831

16,718

1,343

45

725

3,628

December 31

21,963

18,453

16,362

1,330

46

715

3,510

1941 March 31

21,622

18,050

15,858

1,305

81

806

3,572

June 30

20,858

17,037

14,828

1,282

131

796

3,821

September 30

21,115

17,085

14,807

1,302

153

823

4,030

December 31

21,324

17,221

14,851

1,316

206

848

4,103

1942 March 31

20,994

16,809

14,452

1,272

245

840

4,185

June 30

20,505

16,336

13,921

1,250

346

819

4,169

September 30

19,722

15,826

13,333

1,219

488

786

3,896

December 31

18,758

15,135

12,411

1,225

826

673

3,623

1943 March 31

18,449

14,937

12,059

1,168

1,066

644

3,512

June 30

18,528

15,067

11,514

1,480

1,456

617

3,461

September 30

19,163

15,725

11,810

1,746

1,548

621

3,438

December 31

20,082

16,738

11,801

2,232

2,093

612

3,344

1944 March 31

20,765

17,426

11,892

2,364

2,546

624

3,339

June 30

21,967

18,245

11,996

2,650

2,997

602

3,722

September 30

21,962

18,282

11,841

2,901

2,971

569

3,680

December 31

22,225

18,597

12,000

3,104

2,945

548

3,628

1945 March 31

22,228

18,638

11,996

3,202

2,910

530

3,590

June 30

22,143

18,844

12,234

3,246

2,918

446

3,299

September 30

21,210

19,043

12,426

3,345

2,977

295

2,167

Tankers

1939 September 3

5,044

4,654

4,429

225

390

December 31

5,052

4,662

4,435

227

390

1940 March 31

5,368

4,581

4,351

230

787

June 30

6,638

4,560

4,225

271

64

2,078

September 30

6,523

4,427

4,002

276

149

2,096

December 31

6,365

4,344

3,932

278

134

2,021

1941 March 31

6,658

4,224

3,776

277

171

2,434

June 30

6,406

4,082

3,694

246

142

2,324

September 30

6,894

4,371

3,975

254

142

2.523

December 31

6,860

4,378

3,991

254

133

2,482

1942 March 31

6,386

4,083

3,753

208

122

2,303

June 30

6,040

3,825

3,530

173

122

2,215

September 30

5,813

3,746

3,450

174

122

2,067

December 31

5,692

3,684

3,407

174

103

2,008

1943 March 31

5,468

3,604

3,338

163

103

1,864

June 30

5,430

3,590

3,324

163

103

1,840

September 30

5,334

3,620

3,354

163

103

1,714

December 31

5,431

3,743

3,447

193

103

1,688

1944 March 31

5,545

3,863

3,493

267

103

1,682

June 30

5,596

3,914

3,518

278

118

1,682

September 30

5614

3,932

3,558

274

100

1,682

December 31

5,647

3,991

3,626

274

91

1,656

1945 March 31

5,602

3,972

3,595

274

103

1,630

June 30

5,453

4,041

3,679

274

88

1,412

September 30

4,653

4,145

3,802

272

12

59

508

(1) and (2) See footnotes (1) and (2) to Table 151. Source: Ministry of Transport

Non-tankers 1,600 gross tons and over under British control

(i) Analysis by employment: September 1939 to September 1942(1)

TABLE 154

Thousand deadweight tons

Total

Allocated to military services(4)

Coasting trade(3)

Carrying overseas civil or military cargoes

Under repair or otherwise out of service

Mainly with civil cargoes for the United Kingdom

Mainly with civil cargoes for other British countries

1939 September 3

18,710

December 31

18,579

1,871

283

11,444

3,400

1,581

1940 March 31

18,764

1,818

284

11,620

3,042

2,000

June 30

21,096

2,192

360

14,173

3,071

1,300

September 30

22,459

2,755

334

13,961

3,077

2,332

December 31

21,963

3,196

398

12,733

3,095

2,541

1941 March 31

21,622

3,593

461

12,193

2,893

2,482

June 30

20,858

3,423

435

11,212

3,236

2,552

September 30

21,115

3,540

409

11,009

3,502

2,655

December 31

21,324

3,933

510

10,442

3,789

2,650

1942 March 31

20,994

4,761

438

9,001

4,146

2,648

June 30

20,505

3,939

572

8,597

4,907

2,490

September 30

19,722

4,428

429

7,447

5,223

2,195

Source: Ministry of Transport

(11) Analysis by employment: December 1943 to September 1945(4)

TABLE 154 (continued)

Thousand deadweight tons

Total

Wholly on military service

Engaged in local operations

Coasting trade

Carrying overseas civil or military cargoes

Under repair or otherwise out of service

United Kingdom and Eire

Other

Mainly with civil cargoes for the United Kingdom

Mainly with civil cargoes

for other British

countries

1942 December 31

18,900

2,775

464

1,072

7,871

3,766

2,952

1943 March 31

18,573

2,668

432

1,161

8,736

2,861

2,715

June 30

18,567

2,601

496

384

1,393

8,657

3,168

1,868

September 30

19,222

2,559

443

1,938

8,181

4,375

1,726

December 31

20,138

2,649

359

500

1,918

7,135

5,249

2,328

1944 March 31

20,752

2,817

419

500

2,092

7,075

6,049

1,800

June 30

21,562

2,952

2,751

483

1,301

6,959

5,038

2,078

September 30

21,557

2,757

2,467

503

1,313

8,127

4,355

2,035

December 31

21,844

2,697

2,372

505

1,330

7,610

5,220

2,110

1945 March 31

21,853

2,766

1,820

505

1,340

7,424

5,654

2,344

June 30

21,701

2,736

1,997

458

1,257

7,304

5,708

2,241

September 30

20,820

2,877

2,050

480

1,093

7,300

4,897

2,123

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Vessels under the British flag and those under foreign flags on time-charter to the United Kingdom.

(2) A substantial number of vessels carrying military cargoes on outward voyages returned to the United Kingdom with civil cargoes. Such vessels are shown according to their actual employment on the dates to which the figures relate.

(3) Of United Kingdom and Eire.

(4) War developments made changes in classification necessary after September 1942.

For the period covered by this part of the table the figures for vessels under British control exclude foreign flag vessels on time-charter and allocated for use by the United States of America, but include foreign vessels on time-charter to the United States of America and allocated for use by the United Kingdom. For this reason the figures vary slightly from those for the corresponding period in Table 153.

176

Summary of gains and losses of tonnage: Vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over(1)

TABLE 155

Thousand gross tons

Gains

Losses

Net gain (+) or loss (-)

Total

Non-tankers

Tankers

Total

Non-tankers

Tankers

1939 to 1945(2)

13,526

11,799

1,727

13,539

11,476

2,063

-13

1939(3)

397

280

117

461

380

81

-64

1940

2,380

2,202

178

2,656

2,261

395

-276

1941

2,096

1,694

402

3,079

2,591

488

-983

1942

2,111

1,834

277

4,034

3,341

693

-1,923

1943

3,057

2,784

273

1,826

1,609

217

+1,231

1944

2,448

2,175

273

907

809

98

+1,541

1939 September(3)

50

37

13

149

106

43

-99

4th Quarter

347

243

104

312

274

38

+35

1940 1st Quarter

295

277

18

335

262

73

-40

2nd Quarter

901

835

66

473

405

68

+428

3rd Quarter

717

652

65

892

726

166

-175

4th Quarter

467

438

29

956

868

88

-489

1941 1st Quarter

558

490

68

992

822

170

-434

2nd Quarter

429

351

78

1,227

1,028

199

-798

3rd Quarter

606

452

154

505

465

40

+101

4th Quarter

503

401

102

355

276

79

+148

1942 1st Quarter

347

313

34

855

642

213

-508

2nd Quarter

563

474

89

1,017

767

250

-454

3rd Quarter

536

469

67

909

778

131

-373

4th Quarter

665

578

87

1,253

1,154

99

-588

1943 1st Quarter

489

413

76

681

557

124

-192

2nd Quarter

653

598

55

542

476

66

+111

3rd Quarter

850

811

39

376

361

15

+474

4th Quarter

1,065

962

103

227

215

12

+838

1944 1st Quarter

803

685

118

199

169

30

+604

2nd Quarter

795

749

46

188

178

10

+607

3rd Quarter

405

356

49

350

310

40

+55

4th Quarter

445

385

60

170

152

18

+275

1945 1st Quarter

214

191

23

167

134

33

+47

2nd Quarter

358

273

85

161

128

33

+197

3rd Quarter

465

366

99

248

223

25

+217

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Recorded by date of notification.

(2) 3 September 1939 to 30 September 1945.

(3) From 3 September.

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Merchant shipping under the British flag

Analysis of gains and losses: Non-tankers of 1,600 gross tons and over(1)

TABLE 156

Thousand gross tons

Gains

Losses

Net gain

(+)

or

loss

(-)

Total

New vessels

Foreign tonnage

Other

(2)

Total

War (3)

Marine

Other (4)

Bareboat charter

Requisitioned

1939 to 1945(5)

11,799

6,831

2,402

931

1,635

11,476

9,449

833

1,194

+323

1939(6)

280

162

118

380

346

28

6

-100

1940

2,202

757

65

604

776

2,261

1,968

216

77

-59

1941

1,694

905

114

264

411

2,591

2,332

119

140

-897

1942

1,834

1,313

473

9

39

3,341

2,906

181

254

-1,507

1943

2,784

1,757

994

30

3

1,609

1,332

123

154

+1,175

1944

2,175

1,422

712

24

17

809

427

96

286

+1,366

1939 September(6)

37

35

2

106

106

-69

4th Quarter

243

127

116

274

240

28

6

—31

1940 1st Quarter

277

189

25

63

262

145

87

30

+15

2nd Quarter

835

216

30

198

391

405

346

29

30

+430

3rd Quarter

652

159

4

382

107

726

693

19

14

-74

4th Quarter

438

193

6

24

215

868

784

81

3

-430

1941 1st Quarter

490

148

27

105

210

822

763

54

5

-332

2nd Quarter

351

201

33

48

69

1,028

916

16

96

-677

3rd Quarter

452

256

18

65

113

465

420

6

39

-13

4th Quarter

401

300

36

46

19

276

233

43

+125

1942 1st Quarter

313

259

32

7

15

642

459

68

115

-329

2nd Quarter

474

367

87

20

767

642

46

79

-293

3rd Quarter

469

346

119

4

778

717

28

33

-309

4th Quarter

578

341

235

2

1,154

1,088

39

27

-576

1943 1st Quarter

413

224

187

2

557

495

41

21

-144

2nd Quarter

598

508

68

22

476

373

41

62

+122

3rd Quarter

811

478

327

5

1

361

294

26

41

+450

4th Quarter

962

547

412

3

215

170

15

30

+747

1944 1st Quarter

685

282

380

14

9

169

137

26

6

+516

2nd Quarter

749

422

309

10

8

178

104

27

47

+571

3rd Quarter

356

339

17

310

128

21

161

+46

4th Quarter

385

379

6

152

58

22

72

+233

1945 1st Quarter

191

191

_

134

101

25

8

+57

2nd Quarter

273

182

13

78

128

37

38

53

+145

3rd Quarter

366

142

31

193

223

7

216

+143

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Recorded by date of notification. For this reason the figures for war losses differ from those given in Table 158, which are analysed by date of occurrence.

(2) Including prizes, transfers of flag, etc.

(3) Including overdue and presumed lost.

(4) Including transfers of flag, etc.

(5) 3 September 1939 to 30 September 1945.

(6) From 3 September.

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SHIPPING

Merchant shipping under the British flag

Analysis of gains and losses: Tankers of 1,600 gross tons and over(1) TABLE 157

Thousand gross tons

Gains

Losses

Net gain

(+) or loss

(-)

Total

New vessels

Foreign tonnage

Other

(2)

Total

War (3)

Marine

Other

(4)

Bareboat charter

Requisitioned

1939 to 1945(5)

1,727

1,298

7

143

279

2,063

1,828

44

191

-336

1939(6)

117

42

75

81

67

8

6

+36

1940

178

44

98

36

395

385

10

-217

1941

402

285

26

91

488

446

10

32

-86

1942

277

266

11

693

646

47

-416

1943

273

271

2

217

160

24

33

+56

1944

273

259

12

2

98

67

2

29

+175

1939 September(6)

13

13

43

43

-30

4th Quarter

104

42

62

38

24

8

6

+66

1940 1st Quarter

18

8

10

73

73

-55

2nd Quarter

66

7

42

17

68

60

8

-2

3rd Quarter

65

56

9

166

166

-101

4th Quarter

29

29

88

86

2

-59

1941 1st Quarter

68

44

24

170

167

3

-102

2nd Quarter

78

65

2

11

199

170

29

-121

3rd Quarter

154

85

69

40

36

4

+ 114

4th Quarter

102

91

11

79

73

6

+ 23

1942 1st Quarter

34

34

213

202

11

-179

2nd Quarter

89

78

11

250

214

36

-161

3rd Quarter

67

67

131

131

-64

4th Quarter

87

87

99

99

-12

1943 1st Quarter

76

76

124

93

15

16

-48

2nd Quarter

55

53

2

66

54

8

4

-11

3rd Quarter

39

39

15

8

7

+24

4th Quarter

103

103

12

5

1

6

+91

1944 1st Quarter

118

116

2

30

22

8

+88

2nd Quarter

46

34

12

10

7

3

+36

3rd Quarter

49

49

40

26

2

12

+9

4th Quarter

60

60

18

12

6

+42

1945 1st Quarter

23

16

7

33

33

-10

2nd Quarter

85

58

27

33

24

9

+52

3rd Quarter

99

57

7

35

25

25

+ 4

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) to (6) See footnotes (1) to (6) to Table 156. 

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Merchant shipping under the British flag: Losses from enemy action(1)

TABLE 158

Vessels lost

Cause of loss

Total

Under 1,600

gross tons

1,600

gross tons and over

Under 1,600 gross tons

1,600 gross tons and over

Total

Submarine

Mine

Surface craft

Aircraft

Cause unknown or other

cause

Number

Thousand gross tons

1939 to 1945(2)

2,627

731

1,896

440.6

10,956.4

11,396.9

7,622.4

823.0

965.4

1,589.3

396.1

1939

122

49

73

30.2

400.1

430.3

266.3

99.4

55.1

2.2

7.3

1940

587

192

395

123.4

2,323.4

2,446.8

1,359.7

342.8

343.0

310.8

90.6

1941

833

320

513

182.7

2,681.2

2,863.8

1,562.6

191.4

312.4

574.6

222.7

1942

656

105

551

60.4

3,394.0

3,454.4

2,761.7

45.1

192.5

398.7

56.4

1943

278

28

250

15.9

1,505.7

1,521.6

1,175.3

44.0

27.1

273.3

2.1

1944

106

22

84

13.7

475.9

489.6

365.5

53.2

25.1

29.7

16.1

1945(3)

45

15

30

14.3

1761

190.4

131.2

48.0

10.2

0.9

1939 September

37

10

27

5.4

154.6

160.0

137.1

11.4

5.1

6.4

October

23

4

19

3.2

102.4

105.5

74.9

3.2

27.4

November

29

19

10

14.7

44.5

59.2

22.9

35.6

0.7

December

33

16

17

7.0

98.6

105.6

31.4

49.2

22.0

2.2

0.9

1940 January

28

11

17

7.9

90.6

98.4

11.3

63.4

23.7

February

25

7

18

3.4

112.0

115.4

73.0

42.1

0.2

March

15

8

7

7.2

32.5

39.7

19.1

15.2

5.4

April

19

4

15

4.2

70.7

74.8

14.6

13.1

5.2

41.9

May

33

18

15

13.8

68.8

82.6

25.0

23.2

6.9

23.3

4.2

June

67

25

42

6.6

276.8

283.4

134.9

39.4

39.3

54.7

15.1

July

68

26

42

20.0

255.7

275.7

139.2

33.3

56.6

42.2

4.3

August

59

11

48

9.3

269.8

279.1

188.2

11.3

28.5

49.6

1.5

September

66

12

54

9.3

315.5

324.8

223.0

3.7

45.7

45.1

7.3

October

68

23

45

14.4

288.0

302.4

257.4

23.2

10.3

4.6

6.9

November

76

23

53

11.6

301.5

313.1

110.7

39.7

106.5

54.0

2.2

December

63

24

39

15 9

241.5

257.4

163.3

35.1

44.0

7.9

7.1

1941 January

45

12

33

7.4

202.2

209.6

105.1

16.8

40.0

47.2

0.5

February........

80

25

55

18.8

297.5

316.3

171.7

13.2

67.9

51.9

11.7

March

98

38

60

18.9

348.0

366.8

174.3

16.1

104.0

70.3

2.1

April

79

20

59

13.4

349.1

362.5

188.6

23.3

25.1

122.5

3.0

May

100

34

66

7.9

380.0

387.8

234.0

23.2

15.0

115.6

June

63

11

52

8.1

260.5

268.6

203.8

9.6

13.6

39.3

2.4

July

36

17

19

8.5

87.0

95.5

71.9

8.6

5.8

6.1

3.l

August

31

12

19

7.8

89.2

97.0

60.7

1.4

15.6

19.0

0.2

September

61

21

40

18.6

196.6

215.2

156.6

14.9

7.7

34.2

1.8

October

32

6

26

7.0

144.8

151.8

106.4

15.8

1.5

27.4

0.6

November

29

10

19

5.5

85.8

91.4

55.2

1.1

15.7

19.4

December

179

114

65

60.8

240.5

301.3

34.4

47.4

0.5

21.7

197.3

1942 January

38

9

29

4.0

143.9

147.9

124.4

10.1

11.0

2.5

February

60

11

49

8.0

306.2

314.2

207.5

85.8

20.8

March

67

30

37

11.5

239.2

250.7

195.5

12.3

5.6

21.4

15.8

April

52

4

48

3.l

289.8

292.9

151.5

11.1

70.3

59.9

0.1

May

58

11

47

4.5

253.8

258.3

203.1

7.0

7.1

40.7

0.3

June

50

11

39

7.7

226.0

233.7

182.4

2.0

16.9

32.2

0.2

July

43

7

36

4.0

228.8

232.7

192.7

27.1

12.9

August

58

6

52

2.2

342.6

344.8

245.2

38.8

60.5

0.2

September

50

3

47

2.5

272.4

275.0

249.4

10.4

15.1

October

59

2

57

2.1

402.3

404.4

389.8

1.3

7.6

5.7

November

76

4

72

4.2

470.4

474.6

403.7

1.0

7.5

50.4

12.0

December

46

8

38

5.2

227.1

232.3

216.5

0.3

12.6

2.9

Source: Admiralty

See footnotes on page 181. 

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Merchant shipping under the British flag: Losses from enemy action(1) (continued)

TABLE 158 (continued)

Vessels lost

Cause of loss

Total

Under 1,600 gross tons

1,600 gross tons and over

Under 1,600 gross tons

1,600 gross tons and over

Total

Submarine

Mine

Surface craft

Aircraft

Cause unknown or other

cause

Number

Thousand gross tons

1943 January

18

3

15

0.2

90.8

91.1

66.9

0.1

24.0

February

29

2

27

2.3

164.7

166.9

148.0

14.1

4.9

March

62

3

59

2.5

382.5

384.9

327.9

0.9

56.1

April

33

2

31

0.8

193.4

194.3

185.1

7.4

1.7

May

31

3

28

2.5

144.0

146.5

119.1

1.6

4.9

20.9

June

12

4

8

2.8

42.2

45.0

38.7

0.1

6.1

July

30

3

27

0.4

187.4

187.8

101.7

85.9

August

14

2

12

62.8

62.9

47.0

14.0

2.0

September

12

1

11

0.2

60.3

60.5

42.2

4.4

13.9

October

11

11

57.6

57.6

35.8

10.9

10.9

November

15

4

11

3.6

57.9

61.6

21.8

4.3

8.5

26.7

0.2

December......

10

1

9

0.6

55.0

55.6

40.9

14.7

1944 January

14

3

11

1.4

65.4

66.8

51.7

5.0

9.9

0.2

February

11

11

63.2

63.2

53.8

2.1

7.3

March

10

10

49.6

49.6

41.8

7.8

April

3

3

21.4

21.4

13.5

7.9

May

5

5

27.3

27.3

24.4

2.9

June

16

6

10

3.7

50.9

54.6

24.9

15.4

1.8

1.8

10.7

July

11

4

7

1.2

39.3

40.5

25.1

8.1

7.2

August

17

2

15

1.2

79.3

80.6

68.2

7.2

5.2

September

4

1

3

1.3

25.1

26.4

26.4

October

1

1

1.2

1.2

1.2

November

4

2

2

1.4

9.8

11.3

10.1

1.1

December

10

3

7

2.3

44.4

46.7

25.5

21.3

1945 January

9

2

7

1.7

44.0

45.7

30.0

13.3

2.4

February

13

6

7

5.5

38.1

43.6

26.8

12.0

3.9

0.9

March

12

3

9

3.5

42.4

45.9

27.6

14.3

4.0

April

10

4

6

3.6

48.7

52.3

43.9

8.4

May

1

1

2.9

2.9

2.9

Source: Admiralty

(1) The difference between the figures for losses of vessels of 1,600 gross tons and over given in this table and those given in Tables 156 and 157 is explained in footnote (1) to Table 156.

(2) 3 September 1939 to 2 September 1945.

(3) To 2 September 1945. There were no sinkings of merchant ships anywhere between 8 May and 2 September 1945.

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Shipping movement at United Kingdom ports: Entrances and clearances in the foreign trade

TABLE 159

Monthly averages or calendar months

Thousand net tons

Entered with cargo

Cleared with cargo

Entered in ballast

Cleared in ballast

British vessels(1)

Foreign vessels

British vessels(1)

Foreign vessels

British vessels(1)

Foreign vessels

British vessels(1)

Foreign vessels

1939

2,903

1,926

2,474

1,851

876

978

1,262

1,070

1940

2.110

633

1,303

456

452

276

1,294

405

1941

1,467

542

668

185

92

23

984

386

1942

1,176

592

530

155

175

97

904

536

1943

1,201

1,064

489

147

195

90

955

995

1944

1,345

1,321

458

141

930

1,148

1,834

2,327

1945

1,527

885

855

260

1,206

1,018

1,904

1,627

1939 September

1,813

1,141

1,518

1,100

1,014

745

1,646

624

4th Quarter

2,224

833

1,676

1,267

697

876

1,081

480

1940 1st Quarter

2,381

684

1,600

878

610

577

1,432

336

2nd Quarter

2,512

756

1,728

570

877

446

1,710

501

3rd Quarter

1,984

593

1,055

199

208

47

1,181

445

4th Quarter

1,562

500

829

178

115

36

854

338

1941 1st Quarter

1,348

420

690

181

71

20

909

340

2nd Quarter

1,430

532

702

180

95

14

939

357

3rd Quarter

1,559

598

654

178

113

34

1,130

453

4th Quarter

1,533

618

627

203

88

26

957

393

1942 1st Quarter

1,234

467

575

160

82

54

894

416

2nd Quarter

1,207

552

579

177

126

93

879

485

3rd Quarter

1,240

711

541

147

119

93

750

609

4th Quarter

1,022

640

424

136

372

149

1,093

634

1943 1st Quarter

980

580

445

135

327

129

906

625

2nd Quarter

1,231

974

479

137

177

58

1,054

908

3rd Quarter

1,314

1,390

485

161

128

62

942

1,244

4th Quarter

1,280

1,313

548

157

148

109

918

1,202

1944 1st Quarter

1,234

1,291

518

167

163

220

927

1,370

2nd Quarter

1.369

1,523

368

115

533

887

1,464

2,249

3rd Quarter

1,312

1,333

409

118

1,794

2,158

2,752

3,405

4th Quarter

1,466

1,139

537

162

1,232

1,326

2,193

2,283

1945 1st Quarter

1,365

916

629

189

1,330

1,392

2,157

2,096

2nd Quarter.......

1,523

1,130

730

244

1,268

993

2,042

1,829

July

1,662

1,011

868

250

1,111

795

2,108

1,403

August

1,723

725

907

261

1,181

900

1,915

1,423

Source: Board of Trade

(1) Including, from the end of 1943, the tonnage of certain foreign vessels transferred temporarily  to the British flag.

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Arrivals of shipping at United Kingdom ports

TABLE 160

Monthly averages or calendar months

Thousand net tons

Total

Foreign trade

Coasting trade

Total

With cargo

In ballast

With cargo

In

ballast

West coast ports

East and

South coast ports

West coast ports

East and

South coast ports

1939

13,833

8,742

2,322

3,757

951

1,712

2,268

2,822

1940

8,126

4,186

1,904

1,152

620

510

1,776

2,163

1941

6,362

2,665

1,617

593

326

128

1,825

1,873

1942

6,296

2,446

1,584

328

475

59

1,934

1,916

1943

6,778

2,954

1,908

543

406

97

1,928

1,896

1944

9,297

5,405

2,373

736

857

1,438

1,787

2,105

1945

8,541

4,933

1,585

971

767

1,611

1,682

1,925

1939 September

11,030

5,904

1,767

1,814

737

1,586

1,988

3,138

4th Quarter

9,513

5,648

1,751

1,809

813

1,275

1,755

2,109

1940 1st Quarter

8,684

5,062

1,716

1,759

691

896

1,639

1,984

2nd Quarter

9,858

5,397

2,009

1,605

864

920

1,913

2,547

3rd Quarter

7,558

3,482

2,082

741

532

128

1,904

2,172

4th Quarter

6,403

2,804

1,811

503

395

95

1,649

1,951

1941 1st Quarter

5,887

2,526

1,448

547

351

180

1,618

1,744

2nd Quarter

6,462

2,602

1,573

609

287

132

1,924

1,936

3rd Quarter

6,721

2,773

1,716

629

315

113

1,953

1,995

4th Quarter

6,379

2,758

1,729

588

351

89

1,804

1,816

1942 1st Quarter

5,886

2,254

1,524

337

328

65

1,814

1,818

2nd Quarter

6,270

2,372

1,550

344

418

60

1,943

1,955

3rd Quarter

6,464

2,526

1,756

344

380

46

2,008

1,931

4th Quarter

6,563

2,630

1,507

285

773

64

1,972

1,961

1943 1st Quarter

6,033

2,400

1,384

302

631

82

1,841

1,792

2nd Quarter

6,553

2,793

1,860

474

360

99

1,915

1,844

3rd Quarter

7,281

3,288

2,187

723

291

88

1,987

2,005

4th Quarter

7,244

3,335

2,201

671

343

118

1,968

1,941

1944 1st Quarter

7,642

3,605

2,276

660

509

159

1,949

2,088

2nd Quarter

9,169

5,025

2,605

758

674

988

1,803

2,342

3rd Quarter

11,113

7,323

2.464

734

1,072

3,053

1,734

2,056

4th Quarter

9,265

5,667

2,146

794

1,174

1,553

1,663

1,935

1945 1st Quarter

8,824

5,340

1,799

673

1,069

1,799

1,610

1,875

2nd Quarter

8,870

5,229

1,900

928

837

1,564

1,710

1,930

July

8,813

4,911

1,794

1.056

540

1,522

1,790

2,112

August

8,268

4,789

1,501

1,036

588

1,665

1,619

1,859

Source: Board of Trade

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Imports into the United Kingdom(1)

TABLE 161

Thousand tons

Non-tanker imports under Departmental programmes

Tanker

imports(3)

Imports from Eire

Total

Ministry of Food

Ministry of Supply

Munitions(2)

Miscellaneous

1941(4)

30,478

14,654

15,046

778

13,603

505

1942(4)

22,891

10,606

11,505

780

10,710

489

1943(4)

26,372

11,525

12,834

1,455

558

15,118

346

1944(4)

25,147

10,996

11,753

1,913

485

20,532

414

1939 September

2,831

1,063

1,678

90

625

October

3,091

1,368

1,634

89

652

November

3,529

1,576

1,867

86

933

December

3,690

1,845

1,757

88

883

1940 January

3,811

2,010

1,703

98

1,171

February

3,598

1,817

1,680

100

923

March

3,856

1,894

1,832

131

1,186

April

4,207

1,949

2,132

127

1,181

May

4,177

2,035

2,021

120

1,406

June

4,054

2,019

1,940

95

1,320

July

3,389

1,419

1,895

75

1,006

August

3,936

1,694

2,161

81

956

September

2,974

1,220

1,699

55

717

43

October

3,208

1,282

1,876

50

834

57

November

2,602

947

1,612

43

773

54

December

2,547

1,012

1,500

36

980

43

1941 January

2,413

1,094

1,277

42

541

36

February

2,152

915

1,202

35

842

26

March

2,386

1,123

1,227

37

953

30

April

2,360

1,038

1,219

103

877

32

May

2,767

1,331

1,369

68

1,186

29

June

2,776

1,557

1,150

69

1,208

30

July

2,648

1,544

1,041

63

1,227

40

August

2,712

1,360

1,278

74

1,416

36

September

2,816

1,279

1,464

73

1,711

40

October

2,930

1,239

1,632

59

1,465

48

November

2,140

954

1,100

86

1,282

73

December

2,680

1,320

1,279

81

1,259

81

1942 January

2,006

984

960

62

1,037

57

February

1,867

956

866

45

1,139

34

March

1,943

1,015

870

57

724

39

April

2,099

1,099

950

51

896

38

May

2,214

1,162

989

63

623

31

June

2,091

1,047

970

74

774

41

July

2,167

958

1,128

37

43

988

42

August

1,919

674

1,180

35

30

916

39

September

2,149

882

1,189

39

39

1,075

39

October

2,023

723

1,217

33

50

942

48

November

1,300

602

636

37

26

903

43

December

1,235

551

630

30

25

943

42

Source: Ministry of Transport

See footnotes on page 185.

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SHIPPING

Imports into the United Kingdom (1) (continued)

TABLE 161 (continued)

Thousand tons

Non-tanker imports under Departmental programmes

Tanker imports(3)

Imports from Eire

Total

Ministry of Food

Ministry of Supply

Munitions

(2)

Miscellaneous

1943 January

1,177

531

598

29

20

857

30

February

1,267

633

551

61

22

895

26

March

2,015

874

1,017

88

37

996

31

April

2,378

1,173

1,020

135

49

1,071

26

May

2,064

1,022

874

121

48

1,281

26

June

2,723

1,173

1,312

188

49

1,467

33

July

2,748

1,235

1,292

170

51

1,966

26

August

2,368

889

1,267

160

52

1,519

24

September

2,661

1,058

1,358

185

60

1,760

28

October

2,569

1,170

1,209

128

62

1,293

35

November

2,186

859

1,179

90

57

1,141

31

December

2,327

969

1,212

101

45

1,138

29

1944 January

1,966

843

964

127

31

977

35

February

2,126

758

1,155

179

33

1,273

33

March

2,073

900

1,003

136

34

1,537

35

April

1,992

789

987

177

39

1,641

31

2,345

1,000

1,104

198

44

2,031

22

June

2,352

1,123

948

234

47

2,291

28

July

2,060

1,035

816

173

36

2,024

31

August

2,102

1,010

882

168

43

2.326

36

September

2,000

998

817

148

37

2,123

36

October

2,216

913

1,104

149

50

1,745

46

November

2,371

1,044

1,155

123

48

1,541

45

December

1,923

776

985

122

40

1,473

36

1945 January(5)

1,841

801

900

100

40

1,480

29

February(5)

1,830

805

877

101

48

1,097

27

March(5)

2,013

938

922

113

41

1,544

44

April(5)

1,926

874

911

103

38

1,598

37

May(5)

2,130

998

982

107

43

2,109

32

June(5)

2,658

1,357

1,171

75

55

2,166

32

July(5)

2,608

1,124

1,408

31

45

1,447

36

August(5)

2,438

979

1,377

22

61

1,088

37

(1) The monthly and quarterly figures of imports given in this and in the next two tables represent Source: Ministry of Transport

the estimated weights of the commodities included in the Trade and Navigation Accounts for each month, and are unadjusted for small revisions subsequently made in the cumulative totals given in the Accounts for later months. From September 1939 to August 1940, imports from Eire are included under Departmental programmes.

(2) Including imports of munitions on Canadian Government account from January 1943.

(3) Petroleum products, molasses, unrefined whale oil and industrial alcohol. From January 1943 acetone is included. From January to May 1945, a further 760,000 tons of petroleum products were shipped direct to the Continent under this programme.

(4) Adjusted for revisions. The figures for 1944 exclude approximately 36,000 tons of food and 23,000 tons of munitions destined for Europe and 104,000 tons of timber as a replacement of supplies delivered to the United States Army, since these amounts were not provided for in the United Kingdom import programme.

(5) The figures of actual imports in 1945 exclude about 179,000 tons of cereals and oilseeds which have been shipped direct to the Continent, a corresponding amount having been transferred to United Kingdom stocks from S.H.A.E.F, emergency reserves held in this country. On the other hand, about 58,000 tons of foodstuffs intended for relief stockpile and 22,000 tons of softwood imported in repayment of a loan to the United States Army are included.

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SHIPPING

Imports of food under the Ministry of Food programme (1)

Non-tanker imports (excluding imports from Eire)

TABLE 162

Thousand tons

Total

Grain and pulses

Animal feeding. stuffs

Meat

Oilseeds, oils and fats(2)

Sugar

Dairy produce

Fruit and vegetables

Beverages and other foods

1941

14,654

7,315

325

1,433

1,948

1,658

665

462

847

1942

10,606

4,162

74

1,583

1,905

773

789

458

862

1943

11,525

4,299

12

1,658

2,154

1,458

655

327

963

1944

10,996

3,843

98

1,768

1,975

1,156

664

646

846

1940 4th Quarter

3,241

1,684

133

305

336

339

107

125

215

1941 1st Quarter

3,132

1,560

163

253

403

302

159

69

226

2nd Quarter

3,927

2,349

113

313

447

286

149

76

193

3rd Quarter

4,183

2,089

35

430

577

559

157

135

203

4th Quarter

3,513

1,342

15

448

531

560

207

185

227

1942 1st Quarter

2,955

906

47

349

571

318

250

196

318

2nd Quarter

3,308

1,528

11

466

598

223

160

86

237

3rd Quarter

2,514

1,004

13

446

493

134

185

77

162

4th Quarter

1,876

730

3

323

248

129

194

102

145

1943 1st Quarter

2,038

730

302

371

210

161

69

195

2nd Quarter

3,368

1,552

404

525

373

201

71

241

3rd Quarter

3,182

1,373

3

440

511

397

146

69

242

4th Quarter

2,998

643

8

519

750

523

153

115

286

1944 1st Quarter

2,501

776

9

429

557

161

149

217

202

2nd Quarter

2,912

1,055

3

534

444

338

141

157

238

3rd Quarter

3,043

1,082

34

466

566

413

157

130

196

4th Quarter

2,733

991

52

378

412

323

220

151

207

1945 1st Quarter(3)

2,544

840

44

355

437

189

149

322

208

2nd Quarter(3)

3,229

1,500

64

291

360

491

129

177

217

July and August(3)

2,103

1,156

30

162

175

251

118

67

145

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) See footnote (1) to Table 161.

(2) Excluding unrefined whale oil.

(3) See footnote (5) to Table 161.

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Imports of raw materials under the Ministry of Supply programme(1)

Non-tanker imports (excluding imports from Eire)

TABLE 163

Thousand tons

Total

Iron ore

Iron and steel and

allied materials

Non-ferrous ores and metals

Textiles

Wood and timber

Paper and paper. making

materials

Materials

for sulphuric acid and fertilizers

Miscellaneous materials

1941

15,046

2,298

5,176

1,463

785

1,976

588

1,683

1,077

1942

11,505

1,923

3,092

1,400

1,112

1,365

657

984

972

1943

12,834

1,895

3,358

1,671

891

1,932

573

1,557

956

1944

11,753

2,167

2,215

1,479

964

2,068

614

1,404

842

1940 4th Quarter

4,988

665

1,747

426

211

1,123

223

289

302

1941 1st Quarter

3,706

385

1,277

378

200

714

157

321

274

2nd Quarter

3,738

698

1,383

309

136

416

133

375

288

3rd Quarter

3,783

627

1,321

366

147

337

161

523

302

4th Quarter

4,011

602

1,253

406

306

478

142

519

305

1942 1st Quarter

2,696

523

675

392

312

173

129

224

270

2nd Quarter

2,909

609

641

349

349

264

193

244

260

3rd Quarter

3,497

518

1,144

327

317

463

217

272

239

4th Quarter

2,483

313

649

341

147

467

122

237

207

1943 1st Quarter

2,166

361

479

323

112

315

73

344

158

2nd Quarter

3,206

525

990

476

178

325

116

366

228

3rd Quarter

3,917

487

1,070

472

306

624

255

421

282

4th Quarter

3,600

520

843

405

295

677

145

428

289

1944 1st Quarter

3,122

586

743

437

269

437

101

331

218

2nd Quarter

3,039

626

444

430

231

510

158

433

207

3rd Quarter

2,515

389

459

286

197

469

184

323

209

4th Quarter

3,244

566

590

341

273

765

177

324

208

1945 1st Quarter

2,699

733

289

289

239

513

158

307

171

2nd Quarter

3,064

1,051

200

234

270

450

261

421

178

July and August

2,785

814

138

190

185

717

342

256

143

Source: Ministry of Transport

See footnote (1) to Table 161.

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INLAND TRANSPORT

Repair and availability of railway rolling stock

Great Britain

TABLE 164

End of year

Thousands

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Locomotives

Operating stock..............

19.8

19.7

19.5

19.5

19.5

19.6

20.6

20.3

20.3

Available for traffic(1)

16.3

16.2

16.1

16.8

16.7

16.4

Under or awaiting repair or otherwise not available(1)

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.8

3.6

3.9

Passenger carrying vehicles(2)

Operating stock

43.7

43.5

43.1

42.3

42.0

41.7

41.1

40.6

40.4

Available

41.0

40.8

40.6

39.6

39.6

39.2

38.4

37.1

35.5

Under or awaiting repair

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.7

3.5

4.9

Trucks and wagons

Operating stock

1,294.5

1,269.2

1,276.8

1,276.0

1,280.2

1,292.4

1,298.3

1,289.0

Available(3)

1,204.7

1,199.2

1,199.7

1,208.2

1,182.9

1,138.7

Under or awaiting repair(3)

44.6

48.8

52.9

57.3

89.0

124.3

Railway owned:

Operating stock

656.8

663.6

664.1

670.3

671.6

677.6

683.4

686.6

677.8

Available

636.7

644.8

645.3

647.9

650.3

650.3

654.3

637.1

609.3

Under or awaiting repair

20.1

18.8

18.7

22.5

21.3

27.2

29.1

49.5

68.5

Privately owned (requisitioned):

Operating stock

583.8

578.9

576.4

575.1

582.1

585.3

585.2

Available

556.8

548.9

549.4

553.9

545.8

529.4

Under or awaiting repair____

22.1

27.4

25.7

28.2

39.5

55.7

Privately owned (not requisitioned):

Operating stock

637.7(4)

21.3

27.5

28.0

27.6

26.9

26.4

26.0

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) The figures for 1937 and 1938 are not completely comparable with those for the period 1942  to 1945 owing to differences in the method of recording locomotives undergoing boiler washing, etc.

(2) Including rail motors.

(3) Excluding privately owned (not requisitioned).

(4) July 1937.

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Passenger and goods traffic

Great Britain

TABLE 165

Unit

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Passenger traffic

Number of passenger journeys:

Total

Millions

1.295.4

1,237.2

1,225.5

966.6

1,023.3

1,218.2

1,334.6

1,345.3

1,371.8

Full fare

"

659.1

77.8

77.2

64.9

62.6

81.4

103.8

110.7

116.0

Monthly return, excursion, week-end, etc.

"

474.5

463.2

284.3

297.4

359.1

372.8

370.5

405.9

Service or Government journeys, etc............

"

53.6

53.4

77.7

116.1

163.7

227.4

250.5

256.9

Workmen

"

247.0

244.2

251.2

264.2

302.2

340.1

332.6

307.4

276.9

Season tickets (on basis of 600 journeys per annum)

"

389.3

387.1

380.5

275.5

245.0

273.9

298.0

306.2

316.1

Average receipt:

Per passenger journey:

Total

Pence

11.38

12.55

16.37

21.05

22.99

24.65

25.83

27.63

Ordinary

"

17.04

18.47

21.29

30.47

39.20

41.15

42.20

43.16

44.70

Workmen

"

3.55

3.68

3.80

4.54

5.08

5.13

5.02

4.99

4.99

Season

"

5.02

5.19

5.51

6.00

6.17

6.07

6.15

6.38

6.39

Per train mile.............

Shillings

5.25

5.17

5.75

7.83

10.25

12.83

14.75

15.83

16.00

Estimated passenger miles(1):

Total

Millions

18,993(3)

32,273

32,052

35,248

Ordinary(2)

"

12,550(3)

25,613

25,531

28,827

Workmen

"

1,737(3)

3,015

2,791

2,548

Season tickets .........

"

4,706(3)

3,645

3,730

3,873

Goods traffic

Goods, mineral and livestock

traffic(4):

Million

Total

tons

298.7

265.7

288.3

294.4

286.7

295.1

300.8

292.6

266.4

Merchandise and livestock

"

51.8

45.6

52.0

58.9

61.8

71.0

82.0

87.4

73.5

Minerals

"

58.7

47.4

51.3

58.2

61.6

61.3

62.1

54.5

49.8

Coal, coke and patent fuel

"

188.1

172.8

185.0

177.3

163.3

162.8

156.7

150.7

143.1

Estimated net ton miles(1):

Total

Millions

17,935

16,266

23,822

24,358

24,444

22,023

Merchandise and livestock

"

5,442

4,980

8,591

9,659

10,275

8,850

Minerals

"

3,789

3,182

5,280

5,356

4,902

4,303

Coal, coke and patent fuel

"

8,703

8,104

9,951

9,343

9,267

8,870

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Main line companies.

(2) All passenger travel (including Service travel) except workmen's and season tickets.

(3) September 1938 to August 1939 inclusive.

(4) Excluding freehauled traffic.

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Operating statistics of railways

Great Britain

TABLE 166

Unit

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Train-miles

Loaded:

Coaching

Millions

272.62(1)

277.01(2)

245.96

190.45

191.78

193.16

194.05

191.08

204.79

Freight

"

125.03(1)

119.52(2)

123.70

133.23

130.86

135.10

135.50

133.47

123.05

Empty

"

24.68(1)

23.99(2)

28.42

27.97

28.29

28.45

30.51

27.80

Wagon-miles

Loaded: Total

"

3,252

3,003

3,838

3,983

4,052

4,064

3,683

Merchandise and livestock.

"

2,402

2,537

2,604

2,331

Minerals

"

532

534

489

428

Coal, coke and patent fuel

"

1,048

981

971

925

Empty

"

1,591

1,492

1,446

1,412

1,392

1,427

1,257

Average length of haul per ton(3)(4)

Total

Miles

57.86

59.00

75.90

76.16

78.64

77.73

Merchandise and livestock

"

103.21

107.49

115.45

112.45

112.16

114.92

Minerals

"

62.37

63.49

79.95

79.93

83.44

80.13

Coal, coke and patent fuel

"

44.29

45.21

57.39

55.97

57.75

58.11

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Fifty-two weeks ended 25 December.

(2) Fifty-two weeks ended 24 December.

(3) Main line companies.

(4) Including free-hauled traffic.

Traffic receipts

Main line railway companies and London Passenger Transport Board (including joint lines) (1)

Great Britain

TABLE 167

£ thousand

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total traffic receipts

204,227

242,987

289,517

339,147

375,844

388,985

378,410

Passenger receipts: Total

102,081

103,842

131,286

162,897

185,378

193,212

209,480

Passengers

85,929

87,819

113,640

143,648

164,325

169,662

187,142

Parcels, etc.(2)

16,152

16,023

17,646

19,249

21,053

23,550

22,338

Goods receipts: Total

102,146

139,145

158,231

176,250

190,466

195,773

168,930

Merchandise

48,265

67,610

78,830

96,399

114,052

123,541

101,030

Minerals

13,750

18,557

23,423

24,067

24,057

20,353

18,469

Coal, coke and patent fuel

38,810

51,226

54,633

54,471

51,040

50,710

48,113

Livestock

1,321

1,752

1,345

1,313

1,317

1,169

1,318

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Including road services of the London Passenger Transport Board.

(2) Including parcels and other merchandise by passenger train, mails and parcels post.

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Vehicles with licences current(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 168

Thousands

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total(2)

2,938

3,094

3,157

2,332

2,484

1,847

1,544

1,599

2,559

Private cars, etc.

1,798

1,944

2,034

1,423

1,503

858

718

755

1,487

Cycles and tricycles

488

462

418

278

317

306

124

124

309

Vehicles for public conveyance:

Total

95

97

98

88

92

92

93

97

105

Buses, coaches, taxis, private hire cars, etc.........

84

85

90

81

85

85

87

90

99

Trolleybuses

2

3

Tramcars

10

9

8

7

7

6

6

6

6

Goods vehicles:

Total

481

497

492

447

453

455

452

452

477

General haulage:

Petrol, heavy oil, etc.

459

473

466

418

423

422

415

411

434

Other

4

5

6

7

7

7

7

8

8

Agricultural vans and lorries

12

13

14

18

19

22

24

26

28

Showmen's special vehicles(3)

3

3

3

1

1

1

2

3

3

Local authorities vehicles (watering and cleansing)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Tractors for general haulage

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

Agricultural tractors and engines

26

29

32

50

66

90

106

118

126

Vehicles exempt from duty(2):

Total

50

64

84

47

55

46

51

55

56

Owned by Government authorities

34

47

Other

17

18

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) For the years 1937 and 1938, licences current at any time during the September quarter.  Other years relate to 31 August.

(2) From 1940 excluding vehicles exempt from duty operating under defence permits.

(3) Including showmen's tractors.

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New vehicle registrations(1)

Great Britain

TABLE 169

Number

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

486,269

419,154

381,627

99,234

61,657

79,512

58,381

58,248

77,880

Cars, etc.:

Total

4,664

1,108

1,063

9,238

Private cars, etc.

320,239

272,192

231,042

31,396

3,083

3,164

267

416

7,708

Other cars (exempt from licence duty)(2)

1,500

841

647

1,530

Cycles and tricycles(3):

7,399

2,888

3,115

13,372

Total

Privately owned.

57,060

45,041

47,210

22,709

8,980

5,157

1,641

1,676

12,929

Other (exempt from licence duty)(2)

2,242

1,247

1,439

443

Vehicles for public conveyance:

Total

8,377

8,990

6,988

2,492

596

1,332

2,075

2,011

2,170

Buses, coaches, taxis, etc.

7,827

8,264

1,216

2,007

1,919

2,055

Trolleybuses

550

726

64

57

84

115

Vehicles exempt from licence duty(2)

52

11

8

Goods vehicles:

Total

30,858

26,379

30,747

35,260

General haulage:

Petrol, heavy oil, etc.

77,555

67,333

60,258

16,200

11,595

22,153

16,251

18,502

27,586

Other

910

918

323

342

372

Agricultural vans and lorries

1,115

1,022

1,060

287

15

704

775

852

1,330

Showmen's special vehicles(4)

3

3

8

3

4

Local authorities vehicles (watering and cleansing)

106

107

90

21

12

28

31

48

26

Vehicles exempt from licence duty(2)

7,716

8,828

10,842

5,812

Tractors for general haulage........

231

243

201

191

257

257

171

158

130

Agricultural tractors and engines, etc.:

Total

30,268

23,546

19,856

16,846

Privately owned.

7,261

7,343

12,059

20,005

23,959

27,101

20,643

17,587

15,537

Exempt from licence duty(2)

3,167

2,903

2,269

1,309

Miscellaneous vehicles exempt from licence duty:

Total

13,412

15,962

22,711

5,933

13,160

4,991

2,385

1,456

994

Owned by government authorities(2)

12,154

14,542

20,893

2,929

9,476

Other

1,258

1,420

4,991

2,385

1,456

994

(1) Before 1939 figures are for years ended 30 September. Source: Ministry of Transport

(2) Before 1942 details of exempt vehicles by types are not available. From 1942 Government owned vehicles are included with other exempt vehicles under the appropriate headings. From 1940 vehicles operating under defence permits are excluded.

(3) Including pedestrian controlled delivery vans.

(4) Including showmen's tractors.

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Canal traffic originating(1)

TABLE 170

Thousand tons

1937

1938

1939(2)

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Total

14,358

12,952

6,307

11,005

11,241

11,043

11,315

11,047

10,060

Coal, coke and patent fuel

6,803

6,158

3,196

5,234

5,272

5,450

5,411

5,381

4,983

Liquids in bulk

1,259

1,329

576

1,254

1,353

1,563

1,616

1,814

1,491

Other merchandise

6,297

5,465

2.536

4.517

4.617

4.031

4.288

3.852

3 585

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) Great Britain.(2) Total for six months January-June.

Coasting trade

(i) Cargoes of coal: Analysis by areas of discharge

TABLE 171

Total(1)

Thames ports

East coast

West coast

South coast

Northern Ireland

Other areas

England

Scotland

England

Scotland

Cargoes delivered (Thousand tons)

Years ended December 15:

1942

20,936

11,760

284

444

1,807

85

2,866

2,517

1,150

1943

20,170

11,832

271

414

1,544

93

2,422

2,556

1,027

1944

19,087

11,568

327

407

1,100

108

2,129

2,473

974

1945

18,159

11,385

278

376

718

77

1,957

2,506

857

Tonnage employed (Thousand deadweight tons)

At December 15:

1941

795.7

502.2

8.0

15.3

57.9

3.5

144.0

44.2

20.6

1942

832.9

537.7

8.7

10.5

96.0

3.0

108.1

45.0

23.9

1943

779.8

504.7

12.8

9.8

70.1

4.4

110.0

53.0

15.0

1944

628.0

415.6

4.8

7.0

53.0

2.5

90.8

42.1

12.2

1945

553.0

388.3

9.2

7.2

24.0

1.8

74.4

35.1

13.0

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) The total includes a small quantity of coal carried in liners.

(ii) Cargoes other than coal: Analysis by areas of discharge

TABLE 171 (continued)

Total

East coast

West coast

London

to Dover

Humber

Berwick

Scotland

Silloth to North of Milford Haven

Milford Haven to Land's End

Scotland

South coast

Northern Ireland

Cargoes delivered (Thousand tons)

Years ended

December 15:

1942

8,923(1)

1,068

531

761

1,004

1,683

1,294

1,111

205

1,267

1943

9,025

1,204

830

725

993

1,491

1,276

1,102

312

1,092

1944

7,599(1)

1,170

537

541

673

1,369

1,179

959

205

966

1945

6,136

953

447

402

578

1,225

655

793

160

924

Tonnage employed (Thousand deadweight tons)

At December 15:

1941

384.0

82.1

22.8

30.2

45.2

58.1

50.2

38.0

10.9

46.5

1942

336.6

60.7

43.5

19.4

44.5

44.3

31.7

34.4

10.2

47.9

1943

402.5

57.0

33.0

42.7

40.1

71.3

56.1

42.6

7.5

52.2

1944

290.6

58.1

15.9

9.8

37.0

61.0

32.2

29.9

4.1

42.6

1945

250.1

41.0

18.1

16.6

41.3

35.2

19.5

30.8

7.5

40.1

Source: Ministry of Transport

(1) In addition the following cargoes were delivered but cannot be analysed by area of discharge: January 1942, 30.7 thousand tons; January 1944, 11.5 thousand tons.

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X. PUBLIC FINANCE

Central Government revenue (Exchequer receipts)

TABLE 172

Years ended 31 March

£ million

1937/38

1938/39

1939/40

1940/41

1941/42

1942/43

1943/44

1944/45

Ordinary and self-balancing revenue

Total

948.7

1,006.2

1,132.2

1,495.3

2,174.6

2,922.4

3,149.2

3,354.7

Ordinary revenue: Total

872.6

927.3

1,049.2

1,408.9

2,074.1

2,819.9

3,038.5

3,238.1

Inland Revenue:

Income tax and surtax

355.1

398.4

459.9

600.0

844.6

1,082.2

1,259.6

1,390.3

Death duties

89.0

77.4

77.7

80.8

90.9

93.3

99.5

110.9

Stamp duties

24.2

21.0

17.1

13.7

14.1

15.3

17.7

17.0

National defence contribution and excess profits tax

1.4

21.9

26.9

96.2

269.1

377.5

500.1

510.4

Other Inland Revenue duties.........

1.7

1.6

1.3

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.8

Customs and Excise:

Customs

221.6

226.3

262.1

304.9

378.4

459.5

560.8

579.4

Excise

113.7

114.2

137.9

224.1

325.7

425.3

482.2

496.9

Motor vehicle duties

34.6

35.6

34.1

38.0

38.4

28.5

27.3

29.0

Post Office (net receipt)

10.5

9.5

3.8

15.3

13.7

12.4

0.4

Post Office fund

0.8

1.4

1.8

Broadcast receiving licences

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

4.6

4.8

4.8

Miscellaneous(2)

20.0

19.9

26.5

34.8

98.4

320.3

85.3

98.5

Self-balancing revenue(3)

76.1

79.0

831

86.4

100.6

102.5

110.6

116.6

Other receipts, repayments, etc.

Total

267.6

190.2

808.9

2,518.2

2,748.1

2,852.5

2,797.5

2,866.4

Receipts under various Acts:

Applicable to interest outside the permanent debt charge(4)

1.9

5.8

20.6

20.7

20.8

20.4

20.0

Other(5)

10.0

20.0

Money raised by the creation of debt:

For capital expenditure issues

17.0

22.6

22.1

11.9

9.8

9.9

9.1

6.8

For other issues (net)

248.9

138.7

744.9

1,939.6

2,596.9

2,238.3

2,224.0

2,168.7

Ways and Means advances (net)

14.8

33.6

110.8

22.9

93.9

105.5

182.0

Treasury deposits by banks (net)

429.5

67.0

472.5

420.5

469.5

Repayments in respect of issues under various Acts, etc.(6)

1.6

2.1

2.4

5.7

10.8

17.2

18.0

19.5

Source : Treasury

(1) Included in Post Office self-balancing revenue.

(2) Including Crown lands and receipts from sundry loans. The figure for 1942/1943 includes £224.7 million Canadian Government contribution.

(3) Post Office.

(4) Defence Loans Act, 1937, and Overseas Trade Guarantees Act, 1939.

(5) Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act, 1938 and War Damage Act, 1941.

(6) Land Settlement (Facilities) Acts, 1919 and 1921; Tithe Act, 1936; Overseas Trade Guarantees Act, 1939; North Atlantic Shipping Act, 1934; Defence Loans Acts, 1937 and 1939. Net repayments of bullion advances are also included.

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Central Government expenditure (Exchequer issues)

TABLE 173

Years ended 31 March

£ million

1937/38

1938/39

1939/40

1940/41

1941/42

1942/43

1943/44

1944/45

Ordinary and self-balancing expenditure

Total

919.9

1,018.9

1,408.2

3,970.7

4,876.3

5,739.9

5,909.3

6,179.5

Ordinary expenditure: Total

843.8

940.0

1,325.1

3,884.3

4,775.7

5,637.4

5,798.7

6,062.9

Consolidated Fund services

238.8

244.3

246.9

247.2

274.1

341.6

391.2

437.3

Supply services: Total

605.0

695.7

1,078.3

3,637.1

4,501.6

5,295.8

5,407.5

5,625.6

Defence(1)

197.3

254.4

626.4

3,220.0

4,085.0

4,840.0

4,950.0

5,125.0

Civil votes: Total..................

394.1

427.2

437.4

402.3

400.6

437.7

438.8

474.4

Education and Broadcasting

59.9

61.6

63.1

63.3

65.6

77.5

79.5

85.3

Health, Labour and Insurance

161.6

165.7

167.2

164.7

170.0

185.6

198.7

208.4

Other

172.6

199.9

207.1

174.3

165.0

174.6

160.6

180.7

Customs and Excise

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.0

5.6

5.8

Inland Revenue

7.8

8.2

8.3

8.6

9.7

12.1

13.1

13.7

Post Office services

6.8

Self-balancing expenditure(2)

76.1

79.0

83.1

86.4

100.6

102.5

110.6

116.6

Other issues

Total

296.3

177.5

532.9

42.6

46.5

35.0

37.4

41.5

Interest outside the permanent debt charge(3)

1.9

5.8

20.6

20.7

20.8

20.4

20.0

Issues to meet capital expenditure........

17.0

22.6

22.1

11.9

9.8

9.9

9.1

6.8

Issues for the redemption of debt:

Ways and Means advances (net)

10.4

Sinking funds

4.2

12.2

0.2

5.2

10.9

Issues under various Acts:

Defence Loans Acts, 1937 and 1939

64.9

128.1

491.8

Other(4)

204.4

24.7

9.1

9.9

3.9

3.8

3.2

4.0

Increase in Exchequer balances

-0.3

0.1

-0.1

0.2

-0.2

0.4

-0.4

Source: Treasury

(1) Including votes of credit from 1939/40.

(2) Post Office and, up to March 1942, broadcasting.

(3) Issues under the Defence Loans Act, 1937 and the Overseas Trade Guarantees Act, 1939.

(4) Finance Act, 1908, Section 9; North Atlantic Shipping Act, 1934; Tithe Act, 1936; Exchange Equalisation Account Act, 1937; Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act, 1938; Anglo-Turkish (Armaments Credit) Agreement Act, 1938; Czecho-Slovakia (Financial Assistance) Act, 1939; Overseas Trade Guarantees Act, 1939. Bullion advances are also included.

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TABLE 174

Floating debt

Averages of the weekly amounts outstanding

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Advances from the Bank of England

January

1.8

0.2

12.4

3.6

13.1

5.9

February

10.1

8.3

10.6

12.5

0.7

March

1.2

11.1

7.9

31.5

22.9

7.3

April

1.6

6.9

15.8

3.9

20.5

4.8

May

2.0

1.1

12.4

0.6

0.4

13.3

June

8.7

7.6

22.4

14.1

15.9

18.5

26.3

July

4.1

4.6

5.4

4.3

4.6

4.0

August

6.6

2.5

1.6

6.8

11.9

5.6

September

1.0

18.6

20.4

12.8

7.1

12.1

14.4

October

1.0

11.9

20.5

29.1

13.5

10.7

4.7

November

0.8

10.8

21.4

22.9

18.4

14.8

4.6

December

1.1

19.3

30.2

38.0

43.8

28.5

10.8

Advances from Government Departments

January

34.2

38.7

53.8

108.7

179.9

222.7

379.8

543.3

February

34.0

38.6

49.0

165.4

193.6

228.5

324.9

541.6

March

31.9

39.9

58.6

161.8

212.9

273.5

386.1

596.7

April

30.7

39.9

49.2

155.8

241.1

239.3

395.1

572.8

May

39.4

43.8

48.0

137.7

244.3

237.1

463.4

560.1

June

42.5

43.9

46.2

160.3

164.5

261.1

427.4

577.5

July

41.9

44.4

50.0

168.8

166.3

286.3

463.6

533.5

August

44.0

46.3

61.4

190.2

200.1

330.1

447.6

569.4

September

47.5

48.8

81.0

226.7

227.3

294.0

427.8

605.4

October

45.1

49.2

87.4

237.9

228. 5

302.3

483.3

625.6

November

44.7

56.8

78.8

202.0

259.8

369.9

515.0

640.0

December

47.1

56.6

85.9

167.0

186.0

394.3

586.2

570.2

Treasury bills

January

908.2

963.0

1,468.3

2,184.1

2,560.5

2,789.0

3,117.6

3,801.7

February

827.6

878.8

1,436.1

2,209.7

2,535.6

2,812.8

3,107.6

3,751.0

March

808.6

866.5

1,434.8

2,224.3

2,554.6

2,800.5

3,122.4

3,705.5

April

826.9

902.8

1,376.1

2,224.6

2,648.1

2,843.1

3,192.5

3,650.7

May

846.8

942.7

1,413.3

2,269.7

2,729.3

2,913.2

3,436.2

3,633.1

June

880.5

1,004.2

1,573.9

2,339.6

2,629.2

3,020.0

3,517.3

3,743.3

July

872.0

1,058.7

1,700.3

2,425.2

2,646.2

3,081.1

3,560.4

3,980.3

August

859.7

1,083.1

1,809.7

2,473.2

2,655.2

3,061.4

3,605.1

3,984.7

September

872.5

1,150.9

1,889.3

2,547.7

2,688.3

3,038.6

3,673.7

4,021.3

October

905.8

1,240.2

1,950.0

2,549.5

2,709.7

3,055.0

3,718.9

4,020.7

November

924.6

1,312.4

2,046.0

2,555.1

2,751.4

3,075.8

3,760.9

4,036.5

December

976.6

1,437.9

2,135.6

2,540.0

2,809.3

3,079.4

3,793.7

4,171.5

Treasury deposits by banks

January

361.3

797.9

1,008.6

1,409.6

1,816.8

February

356.4

704.4

988.3

1,367.4

1,775.9

March

396.1

597.6

953.9

1,425.8

1,817.1

April

468.5

480.9

1,035.1

1,405.6

1,952.4

May

525.9

517.1

1,020.0

1,437.6

2,048.9

June

508.3

569.0

941.3

1,375.2

2,075.0

July

25.0

517.6

647.1

959.9

1,404.4

2,135.0

August

30.0

511.8

689.0

1,018.1

1,443.8

2,148.0

September

81.0

556.5

729.4

1,092.3

1,921.4

2,174.4

October

171.3

641.3

802.6

1,210.8

1,669.8

2,111.3

November

244.8

683.3

863.5

1,256.6

1,664.1

1,904.6

December

312.4

793.8

943.9

1,377.9

1,780.1

1,712.3

Source: Treasury

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Currency circulation and bank clearings

TABLE 175

£ million

Currency circulation

Bank clearings(1)

Notes and coin outstanding

Held by banks(4)

Average estimated circulation

with the public

Total

London Bankers' Clearing House

Provincial clearing houses

Total

Notes(2)

Estimated coin(3)

1935

549

480.2

69

187.1

362

126.9

122.7

4.19

1936

582

511.7

70

188.4

394

136.4

131.9

4.53

1937

626

552.4

74

186.1

440

144.3

139.5

4.81

1938

635

558.3

77

189.3

446

133.1

129.0

4.10

1939

658

578.3

80

199.1

459

124.3

120.1

4.16

1940

731

644.5

86

206.2

525

133.6

129.1

4.54

1941

823

730.4

93

215.0

608

144.4

139.6

4.78

1942

1,004

902.7

101

234.9

769

163.3

158.5

4.82

1943

1,184

1,072.6

112

250.4

933

189.8

186.0

3.80

1944

1,364

1,244.0

120

259.0

1,105

207.8

204.7

3.08

1945

1,519

1,391.4

128

256.0

1,263

223.6

220.2

3.35

Source: Bank of England and Bankers' Clearing House

(1) Averages of working days. Figures are not strictly comparable throughout, owing in particular to changes in the composition of the clearing while the clearing banks' emergency operations were in force from September 1939.

(2) Averages of Wednesdays for Bank of England notes and averages of Saturdays for Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes.

(3) Excluding coin other than gold coin in the Bank of England Issue Department.

(4) Averages of Wednesdays for Bank of England reserve and London clearing banks' holdings of notes and coin and averages of Saturdays for Scottish and Northern Irish bank holdings of notes and coin. Ten London clearing banks in 1935 and subsequently eleven.

Prices and yields of British Government securities(1)

TABLE 176

Short dated(2)

Medium dated(2)

3 1/2% War Loan

2 1/2% Consols

Price

Yield

Price

Yield

Price

Yield

Price

Yield

1935

120.1

2.46

116.8

3.03

105.6

3.08

86.4

2.89

1936

118.1

2.45

117.0

2.99

106.0

3.03

85.1

2.94

1937

112.9

2.92

110.8

3.32

101.2

3.40

76.2

3.28

1938

112.2

2.73

111.4

3.27

100.9

3.42

74.1

3.38

1939

107.6

3.31

104.9

3.66

93.0

3.76

67.2

3.72

1940

108.0

2.81

110.7

3.26

99.3

3.52

73.5

3.40

1941

100.1

2.48

100.5

2.95

104.0

3.08

80.0

3.13

1942

100.5

2.33

101.2

2.89

104.8

2.96

82.6

3.03

1943

100.3

2.45

99.7

3.02

103.8

3.04

80.7

3.10

1944

100.6

2.37

99.6

3.02

103.3

3.05

79.6

3.14

1945

100.4

2.44

100.2

2.99

103.7

2.94

85.6

2.92

Source: Bank of England

(1) Averages of working days, allowing for accrued interest. In calculating the yields for short. dated and medium-dated securities redemption is assumed at the later date if price is below par and at the earlier date if price is above par. For 3 1/2% War Loan a flat yield is taken if price is below par and redemption is assumed in 1952 if price is above par. For 2 1/2% Consols a flat yield is taken throughout. Income tax is neglected in calculating the yields.

(2) Representative securities changed from time to time, namely: Short-dated: 5% Conversion Loan 1944.64 in 1935 to 1940; 2 1/2% National War Bonds 1945-7 in 1941 and 1942; 2 1/2% National War Bonds 1949-51 in 1943 and 1944; 2 1/2% National War Bonds 1952-54 in 1945. Medium-dated: 4% Funding Loan 1960-90 in 1935 to 1940; 3% War Loan 1955.59 in 1941 and 1942; 3% Savings Bonds 1960-70 in 1943 to 1945.

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External disinvestment

TABLE 177

£ million

Total

1939 September to

December

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945 January to June

Total

4,198

212

811

820

674

689

663

329

Realisation of external capital assets......

1,118

58

164

274

227

189

143

63

Increase in external liabilities(1)(2)

2,879

80

179

564

519

647

608

282

Decrease or increase (—) in gold and U.S. dollar reserves(2)(3)

152

57

474

-23

-75

-150

-99

-32

Unallocated

49

17

-6

5

3

3

11

16

Source: Treasury

(1) Comprising banking liabilities, less assets, and funds held in the United Kingdom as cover for overseas currencies, etc.

(2) After deduction of outstanding liabilities to provide gold against sterling liabilities and of liabilities to convert U.S.A. holdings of sterling into dollars on demand.

(3) Gold valued at 172s. 3d. per ounce fine and dollars at £1 = $4.03.

United States lend-lease aid to the British Empire

TABLE 178 $ million

Total

1941 March to

December

1942

1943

1944

1945

January to June

July to August

Total aid to British Empire

30,073

1,082

4,757

9,031

10,766

3,604

833

Ships (sail-away)

2,107

65

195

1,078

540

160

69

Munitions destined for:

United Kingdom

8,648

86

987

2,797

3,807

822

149

Australia

899

8

152

280

225

180

54

New Zealand

144

52

58

21

8

5

South Africa

194

40

88

55

10

1

India

1,422

8

230

371

555

227

31

Colonies

325

8

74

129

89

23

2

Other war theatres

3,902

76

610

1,205

1,349

493

169

Other goods destined for:

United Kingdom

7,442

576

1,404

1,782

2,405

1,094

181

Australia

483

6

83

165

167

52

10

New Zealand

95

1

17

35

28

11

3

South Africa

67

20

29

18

India

766

1

87

175

295

157

51

Colonies

235

2

20

32

75

97

9

Services

3,344

245

786

807

1,137

270

99

Source: Reports to Congress on lend-lease operations, and Professor R. G. D. Allen's paper "Mutual Aid between the U.S. and the British Empire, 1941-45" read before the Royal Statistical Society, 1946.

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United Kingdom reciprocal aid

TABLE 179

£ million

Total

To 30 June

Year ended 30 June

1 July to

1 September

1945

1943

1944

1945

Total reciprocal aid

1,896.0

Aid to United States:

Total

1,201.2

229.7

420.9

481.6

69.0

In United Kingdom:

Military stores

189.6

46.3

61.6

74.1

7.6

Petroleum

213.6

5.4

58.9

135.1

14.2

Food

19.1

0.1

8.1

8.9

2.0

Services

297.5

41.9

108.3

128.8

18.5

Construction

218.9

92.0

100.9

19.6

6.4

In United States:

0.5

Military stores

25.2

17.6

5.6

1.5

Food and materials

65.2

2.3

19.4

37.1

6.4

Miscellaneous and Services

7.3

4.5

2.5

0.2

0.1

In overseas theatres:

2.5(1)

Military stores

72.9

16.7

29.2

24.5

Petroleum, India

60.7

2.4

12.0

38.3

8.0(1)

Petroleum, other

22.5

6.5

13.2

2.8

Construction

8.7

0.5

7.9

0.3

Aid to U.S.S.R

312.0

187.7

93.3

27.0

4.0

Aid to other countries

382.8(2)

Source: Treasury and Professor R. G. D. Allen's paper "Mutual Aid between the U.S. and the British Empire, 1941-45" read before the Royal Statistical Society, 1946.

(1) Estimated.

(2) Incomplete

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XI. NATIONAL INCOME

National income, depreciation and expenditure

TABLE 180

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

National income

Wages

1,735

1,835

2,100

2,400

2,655

2,800

2,815

2,810

Salaries

1,110

1,150

1,220

1,350

1,390

1,450

1,515

1,580

Pay and allowances of the armed forces

78

124

386

621

805

999

1,175

1,223

Professional earnings

84

82

78

80

86

94

98

105

Income from farming

60

80

143

191

217

231

208

194

Profits of other sole traders and partnerships

440

460

490

545

580

585

610

690

Trading profits of companies

543

715

965

1,105

1,260

1,290

1,280

1,225

Operating profits of public enterprises.....

25

22

22

33

77

91

72

22

Rent of land and builings

395

404

408

404

400

400

401

403

Income arising in the United Kingdom

4,470

4,872

5,812

6,729

7,470

7,940

8,174

8,252

Net income from abroad

168

140

140

110

70

60

50

50

National income

4,638

5,012

5,952

6,839

7,540

8,000

8,224

8,302

Provision for depreciation

450

470

490

490

505

510

515

535

National income and provision for depreciation

5,088

5,482

6,442

7,329

8,045

8,510

8,739

8,837

National expenditure

Consumption:

Personal expenditure on consumers' goods and services................

4,304

4,422

4,661

4,933

5,210

5,291

5,562

6,027

Public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services.............

724

1,198

3,100

4,239

4,715

5,054

5,076

4,217

Additions to assets:

Gross domestic capital formation(1)

770

(808)

(345)

(87)

(8)

(137)

(44)

(693)

Net lending abroad and purchase of assets and financial claims from

- 70

-250

-804

-816

-663

-680

-659

-875

Gross national expenditure at market prices

5,728

6,178

7,302

8,443

9,270

9,802

10,023

10,062

Subsidies

37

47

102

176

209

241

258

302

Less Indirect taxes

-677

-743

-962

-1,290

-1,434

-1,533

-1,542

-1,527

Gross national expenditure..................

5,088

5,482

6,442

7,329

8,045

8,510

8,739

8,837

Source: Central Statistical Office

(1) The figures given for this item are residuals, not direct estimates.

TABLE 181

Revenue account of persons

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Receipts

Wages

1,735

1,835

2,100

2,400

2,655

2,800

2,815

2,810

Salaries

1,110

1,150

1,220

1,350

1,390

1,450

1,515

1,580

Pay and allowances of the armed forces

78

124

386

621

805

999

1,175

1,223

Mixed incomes

584

622

711

816

883

910

916

989

Rent, dividends and interest

1,111

1,139

1,167

1,153

1,205

1,234

1,291

1,335

Transfer incomes

272

263

266

280

300

325

356

503

Personal income

4,890

5,133

5,850

6,620

7,238

7,718

8,068

8,440

Payments

Expenditure on consumers' goods and services

4,304

4,422

4,661

4,933

5,210

5,291

5,562

6,027

Direct taxes:

On income

364

382

565

730

875

1,108

1,254

1,301

On capital

78

77

79

163

160

151

156

158

Additions to tax reserves

5

30

63

192

146

71

21

34

Net saving

139

222

482

602

847

1,097

1,075

920

Personal outlay and saving

4,890

5,133

5,850

6,620

7,238

7,718

8,068

8,440

Source: Central Statistical Office

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Revenue account of public authorities

TABLE 182 £ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Receipts

Direct taxes:

On income

441

494

688

1,048

1,338

1,739

1,937

1,965

On capital

78

77

79

163

160

151

156

158

Indirect taxes

677

743

962

1,290

1,434

1,533

1,542

1,527

Miscellaneous income from property

54

53

49

66

113

132

118

70

Less Debt interest

-291

-302

-314

-342

-397

-453

-511

-555

Revenue

959

1,065

1,464

2,225

2,648

3,102

3,242

3,165

Payments

Expenditure on goods and services

724

1,198

3,100

4,239

4,715

5,054

5,076

4,217

Subsidies

37

47

102

176

209

241

258

302

Transfers to:

Revenue account of persons

272

263

266

280

300

325

356

503

Private capital account

7

12

52

263

221

190

117

170

Surplus on current account

-81

-455

-2,056

-2,733

-2,797

-2,708

-2,565

-2,027

Current expenditure and surplus

959

1,065

1,464

2,225

2,648

3,102

3,242

3,165

Source: Central Statistical Office

Combined capital account

TABLE 183 £ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Receipts

Net saving by:

Persons

139

222

482

602

847

1,097

1,075

920

Companies

170

175

175

175

215

235

235

245

Public authorities

-81

-455

-2,056

-2,733

-2,797

-2,708

-2,565

-2,027

Additions to tax reserves by:

Persons

5

30

63

192

146

71

21

34

Companies

10

104

335

282

208

62

-13

-59

Provision for depreciation by:

Enterprises

360

385

410

415

425

430

435

450

Public authorities

90

85

80

75

80

80

80

85

Transfers from public authorities

7

12

52

263

221

190

117

170

Total sums set aside

700

558

-459

-729

-655

-543

-615

-182

Payments

Gross capital formation at home(1)

770

(808)

(345)

(87)

(8)

(137)

(44)

(693)

Net lending abroad and purchase of assets and financial claims from overseas.......

-70

-250

-804

-816

-663

-680

-659

-875

Gross capital formation at home and abroad____

700

558

-459

-729

-655

-543

-615

-182

Source: Central Statistical Office

(1) The figures given for this item are residuals, not direct estimates. 

201

NATIONAL INCOME

Central government revenue

TABLE 184 £ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Direct taxes

Income tax and surtax

371

410

551

741

921

1,184

1,353

1,426

National defence contribution

15

28

24

23

27

33

35

34

Excess profits tax

44

211

318

453

482

440

Death duties

78

77

79

88

94

97

107

119

War damage premiums

75

66

54

49

39

Miscellaneous

8

5

-2

-3

-4

Total

464

515

706

1,143

1,426

1,819

2,023

2,054

Indirect taxes Customs and excise duties

337

382

474

676

851

992

1,088

1,092

Motor vehicle duties

35

34

37

38

32

27

28

35

Stamp duties

21

19

14

14

16

17

17

23

Post Office surplus

11

8

19

25

31

36

39

37

War risks insurance premiums

14

124

239

199

152

58

14

Miscellaneous

8

8

8

8

8

9

9

10

Total

412

465

676

1,000

1,137

1,233

1,239

1,211

Total tax revnue

876

980

1,382

2,143

2,563

3,052

3,262

3,265

Income from property

Miscellaneous

20

22

18

33

79

93

80

33

Less National debt interest

-223

-231

-242

-271

-328

386

445

-492

Total revenue

673

771

1,158

1,905

2,314

2,759

2,897

2,806

Source: Central Statistical Office

The finance of the central government deficit on current account

TABLE 185

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Public borrowing at home

Small savings

4

62

466

602

600

719

702

668

Other public issues (net)

73

10

567

1,031

1,047

1,059

896

1,176

Floating debt

179

280

517

903

476

1,017

1,081

557

Tax reserve certificates

17

453

177

113

41

Total

-102

352

1,550

2,553

2,576

2,972

2,792

2,442

Finance through government agencies

Extra-budgetary receipts, etc.

254

185

598

217

210

100

—60

-298

Less Sinking funds

-11

-14

-12

17

-13

-15

-16

-16

Total

243

171

586

200

197

—115

76

—314

Gifts and loans from abroad

Canadian Government interest-free loan

157

-4

-13

-14

Reconstruction Finance Corporation Loan

87

4

-7

-11

-10

Credit granted by the United States Government as part of the Lend-Lease settlement

161

Total

87

161

-11

-24

137

Less Lending and net capital formation

—33

—33

—21

-18

—25

20

20

—134

Total deficit on current account ..........

108

490

2,115

2,822

2,909

2,826

2,672

2,131

Source: Central Statistical Office

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Personal expenditure on consumers' goods and services

(i) at current market prices

TABLE 186 £ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Food

1,305

1,350

1,400

1,454

1,506

1,441

1,532

1,583

Alcoholic beverages

285

310

376

464

543

625

665

689

Tobacco

177

204

260

317

415

492

509

564

Rent, rates and water charges

491

510

519

515

509

511

516

534

Fuel and light

197

200

224

240

242

238

246

267

Durable household goods..................

234

223

212

197

174

141

127

172

Other household goods

54

56

59

57

53

52

55

56

Clothing

446

458

496

452

487

429

494

514

Books, newspapers and magazines

64

63

62

68

73

79

85

91

Private motoring

127

114

48

41

23

11

11

37

Travel

163

156

147

175

206

220

223

255

Communication services

29

29

32

37

39

48

54

52

Entertainment

64

61

61

87

118

140

149

161

Other services

483

473

477

480

452

439

449

509

Other goods

177

181

187

189

184

190

201

229

Income in kind of the armed forces

17

29

81

135

146

185

206

204

Less Foreign tourists' expenditure in the United

-43

-35

-10

-15

-30

-70

-125

-60

Personal expenditure in the United Kingdom

4,270

4,382

4,631

4,893

5,140

5,171

5,397

5,857

Personal expenditure abroad

34

40

30

40

70

120

165

170

Total

4,304

4,422

4,661

4,933

5,210

5,291

5,562

6,027

Source: Central Statistical Office

(ii) re-valued at 1938 prices

TABLE 186 (continued)

£ million

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Food

1,305

1,310

1,145

1,082

1,114

1,076

1,137

1,154

Alcohol

285

296

276

288

267

269

274

297

Tobacco

177

182

178

196

206

204

205

225

Rent, rates and water charges

491

504

508

502

497

498

503

506

Fuel and light

197

199

203

205

199

187

193

197

Durable household goods

234

219

164

115

81

67

60

82

Other household goods

54

55

52

48

42

40

40

40

Clothing

446

444

372

275

273

247

275

279

Books, newspapers and magazines...........

64

63

59

61

63

67

73

77

Private motoring

127

113

38

30

17

8

193

8

25

Travel

163

156

137

155

181

196

224

Communication services

29

29

27

27

31

37

42

40

Entertainments

64

61

53

75

87

89

90

94

Other services

483

467

432

411

373

350

343

369

Other goods

177

177

162

131

109

110

113

120

Income in kind of the armed forces..........

17

28

66

97

105

135

151

147

Less Foreign tourists' expenditure in the United Kingdom

-43

-34

-8

-11

—21

-48

-84

-39

Personal expenditure in the United Kingdom

4,270

4,269

3,864

3,687

3,624

3,529

3,619

3,837

34

38

24

28

45

73

92

85

Total

4,304

4,307

3,888

3,715

3,669

3,602

3,711

3,922

Source: Central Statistical Office

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XII. WAGES AND PRICES

Average weekly earnings in manufacturing and certain other industries(1)

TABLE 187

All operatives

Men

(aged 21 and over)

Youths and boys

Women (aged 18 and over)

Girls

Earnings

Percentage increase over 1938

Earnings

Percentage increase over 1938

Earnings

Percentage increase over 1938

Earnings

Percentage increase over 1938

Earnings

Percentage increase over 1938

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

1938 October

53

3

69

0

26

1

32

6

18

6

1940 July

69

2

30

89

0

29

35

1

35

38

11

20

22

4

21

1941 July

75

10

42

99

5

44

41

11

61

43

11

35

25

0

35

1942 January

77

9

46

102

0

48

42

6

63

47

6

46

26

10

45

July

85

2

60

111

5

61

46

2

77

54

2

67

30

3

64

1943 January

87

11

65

113

9

65

45

1

73

58

6

80

32

1

73

July

93

7

76

121

3

76

47

2

81

62

2

91

33

10

83

1944 January

95

7

79

123

8

79

46

10

80

63

9

96

34

3

85

July

96

8

82

124

4

80

47

4

81

64

3

98

34

11

89

1945 January

93

9

76

119

3

73

44

1

69

63

2

94

33

8

82

July

96

1

80

121

4

76

45

6

74

63

2

94

35

1

90

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) The figures represent the average earnings including bonus, overtime, etc., and before deduction of income-tax or insurance contributions, in one week in the months indicated. Administrative and clerical workers and other salaried persons have been excluded.

Average weekly hours worked(1)

TABLE 188

All operatives

Men

(aged 21 and over)

Youths and boys

Women (aged 18 and over)

Girls

1938 October

46.5

47.7

46.2

43.5

44.6

1943 July

50 0

52.9

48.0

45.9

45.1

1944 January

49.2

52.0

47.1

45.2

44.6

July

48.6

51.2

46.7

44.6

44.2

1945 January

47.0

49.4

45.2

43.1

43.0

July

47.4

49.7

45.6

43.3

43.5

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) The figures include overtime, but exclude time lost, and correspond with those for average 

earnings in Table 187. 

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Average weekly earnings in certain industries(1)

TABLE 189

Chemicals, explosives, paints and oils

Metals, engineering

and shipbuilding

Textiles

Clothing(2)

Food, drink and tobacco

Building and contracting

Transport, storage, etc.(3)

Men aged 21 and over

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

1938 October

69

3

75

0

57

3

64

3

65

3

66

0

70

0

1940 July

87

9

102

5

75

10

71

10

76

4

84

11

85

2

1941 July

98

5

112

2

81

6

83

7

87

4

97

1

92

2

1942 January

100

2

119

2

84

6

85

0

88

3

84

2

92

10

July

107

11

128

1

90

5

91

4

93

1

102

0

99

1

1943 January

110

9

131

6

93

5

95

0

96

9

94

8

99

9

July

116

3

138

3

96

11

98

9

101

8

108

4

104

2

1944 January

120

2

141

10

97

8

101

2

104

0

101

6

108

3

July

120

5

139

1

101

10

105

3

106

6

107

11

114

3

1945 January

118

0

131

2

100

4

106

5

106

7

104

5

110

10

July

122

10

133

0

104

7

110

8

110

4

111

4

114

10

Women aged 18 and over

1938 October

32

8

33

4

31

9

32

9

32

11

34

11

1940 July

37

3

43

10

40

5

36

3

35

4

43

6

1941 July

44

11

48

1

42

0

41

2

40

3

59

6

1942 January

48

2

53

7

43

4

41

2

41

6

46

1

60

7

July

56

5

60

7

48

5

47

1

45

11

51

8

67

5

1943 January

61

4

66

5

50

3

48

4

47

11

52

5

67

2

July

63

7

69

10

52

11

50

3

50

10

61

5

71

5

1944 January

65

3

71

8

53

8

50

10

53

1

60

4

74

8

July

64

11

71

0

55

7

53

4

53

11

61

11

79

1

1945 January

62

1

70

4

53

9

53

0

54

8

59

6

78

7

July

62

10

69

1

58

2

55

7

56

7

60

5

81

7

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) See footnote (1) to Table 187.

(2) Including laundries and dry cleaning.

(3) Excluding railways.

Wage rates and cost of living

TABLE 190

Annual averages

Index of weekly wage rates(1)

Working-class cost of living index

All items included in the index

Food

Clothing

Fuel and light

Rent and rates

1 September 1939 = 100

July 1914 = 100

1 September 1939 = 100

1 September 1939 = 100

1935

91-92

143

92

91

90

93

97

1936

94

147

95

94

91

96

98

1937

97

154

99

101

97

98

98

1938

99-100

156

101

102

100

99

99

1939

101

158

102

102

103

101

100

1940

111-112

184

119

119

137

115

101

1941

121-122

199

128

122

177

125

101

1942

130

200

129

117

192

129

101

1943

135-136

199

128

120

169

134

101

1944

142-143

201

130

122

166

141

101

1945

149.-150

203

131

123

167

149

102

Source: Ministry of Labour and National Service

(1) The estimates cover most of the principal industries and a proportion of the smaller industries. 

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Agricultural price indices(1)

England and Wales

1936-1938 = 100

TABLE 191

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

All products

102

103

143

172

183

186

190

196

Cereals and farm crops

93

99

138

169

199

195

192

198

Livestock and livestock products(2)

104

106

143

161

177

178

184

192

Fruit, vegetables and glasshouse produce

111

94

153

239

198

215

215

204

Wheat(3)

100

104

128

149

164

182

195

202

Barley

90

113

194

270

381

293

254

242

Oats

99

99

189

198

204

213

221

220

Potatoes(4)

79

75

98

129

134

136

137

143

Sugar beet

109

118

154

161

204

201

192

211

Hops

100

104

133

169

198

205

227

241

Fruit:

Total

126

82

140

249

192

194

200

183

Dessert and cooking apples

128

83

162

229

222

229

228

188

Pears

111

87

166

623

300

344

314

302

Plums

153

63

90

253

138

152

150

168

Cherries

123

90

136

445

205

205

211

173

Blackcurrants

125

91

151

150

129

138

195

140

Gooseberries

129

89

156

92

207

185

220

198

Strawberries

109

98

135

210

159

165

156

170

Raspberries

123

96

149

86

111

121

130

130

Vegetables:

Total

100

101

150

208

207

239

235

229

Carrots

129

121

197

159

140

162

204

208

Onions

128

169

795

546

506

466

381

448

Cabbage

94

100

142

219

148

225

207

225

Cauliflower and broccoli

93

101

148

200

247

173

151

151

Brussels sprouts

92

93

149

195

265

170

183

172

Peas

96

102

133

218

182

375

340

337

Beans

122

92

107

197

227

368

444

274

Glasshouse produce(5)

101

104

194

303

190

195

187

182

Hay:

93

108

151

193

225

229

230

230

Meadow

99

134

184

241

283

286

287

289

Fat cattle

106

108

136

141

152

157

160

164

Fat cows

108

113

145

153

152

148

161

166

Fat sheep

86

95

128

138

150

155

161

171

Fat ewes

93

97

153

165

165

165

165

173

Fat lambs

87

95

120

129

141

143

149

160

Bacon pigs

102

106

153

162

187

189

188

195

Pork pigs

104

108

141

143

154

155

155

159

Sows

108

118

174

169

169

169

169

169

Fowls

105

107

138

170

185

185

173

185

Ducks

101

104

137

171

211

208

167

201

Eggs

104

106

162

194

212

207

207

212

Milk

107

107

141

166

184

187

197

202

Butter

106

108

122

122

122

127

125

127

Cheese

102

101

156

161

195

185

191

Wool

75

91

116

135

153

152

152

152

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

(1) Taking account of Exchequer payments but excluding subsidy on the 1938 crops of barley and oats under the Agriculture Act, 1937, and the Agricultural Development Act, 1939.

(2) Excluding dairy cows and store stock.

(3) Including acreage payments based on estimated quantities sold (1943 and subsequent crops).

(4) Including acreage payments based on estimated total production (1941 and subsequent crops).

(5) Tomatoes, cucumbers and grapes.

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Stock and fertilizer price indices

England and Wales

TABLE 192

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Stock(1)

Dairy cows

106

108

131

172

188

185

181

180

Store cattle

106

109

128

148

159

163

169

167

Store sheep

88

93

108

129

147

155

168

181

Store pigs

107

119

115

141

158

184

214

170

Fertilizers(2)(3)

Total

102

102

133

138

137

138

138

138

Sodium nitrate

101

103

132

137

137

137

137

137

"Nitro-chalk"

101

101

125

130

130

130

130

130

Ammonium sulphate

102

102

128

133

133

133

133

133

Superphosphate

101

102

145

153

149

150

151

151

Basic slag

100

99

105

110

117

117

117

117

Ground rock phosphate

106

104

146

150

143

143

143

143

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

(1) Base 1936-1938 = 100.

(2) Base 1937-1938 = 100.

(3) Taking into account Exchequer payments.

Wholesale prices

Annual averages

TABLE 193

Average 1938 = 100

Total

Food and tobacco

Industrial materials and manufactures

Building materials(2)

Total (including fuel)

Basic materials(1)

Intermediate products(1)

Manufactured articles(1)

1935

87.7

89.2

87.1

95.0

83.9

84.7

90.1

1936

93.0

94.2

92.4

106.5

89.3

87.6

92.9

1937

107.2

105.1

108.2

132.4

104.2

99.3

100.1

1938

10.00

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1939

101.4

100.0

101.9

107.4

101.9

99.3

100.7

1940

134.6

136.4

133.7

158.6

138.7

119.3

117.0

1941

150.5

150.2

150.6

179.5

158.0

132.3

133.9

1942

157.1

161.1

154.6

181.8

161.9

135.8

139.2

1943

160.

164.4

158.3

187.2

163.9

138.2

143.8

1944

163.7

162.4

164.5

198.3

167.5

141.5

147.3

1945

166.7

162.5

168.8

202.2

173.0

143.5

151.4

Source: Board of Trade

(1) The greater rise in the basic materials index is essentially due to its containing various items such as paper-making materials, which rose very greatly in price and for which there were no corresponding quotations available under intermediate products or manufactured articles; similarly the index for intermediate products is raised above that for manufactured articles mainly because it includes timber.

(2) Selected items included in the indices for industrial materials and manufactures.

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DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

The purpose of this section is to supplement the footnotes given in each table and to make it possible to interpret the statistics more fully. The notes and definitions in this section are arranged in the same order

as the tables. Certain definitions of general application throughout the Digest are also given in the Introductory Notes on page v.

I. POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

POPULATION

Table 1 to 3

 For 1939 all figures for the population of the United  Kingdom refer to the population actually in the country  (resident population): they exclude members of the armed forces serving overseas and merchant seamen at sea. The number so excluded is estimated at about a quarter of a million at June 1939.

The figures for total population include from 1940 all members of the armed forces and merchant navy whether at home or overseas.

VITAL STATISTICS

Table 4 

Births

Figures for England and Wales relate to births occurring during the year; those for Scotland and Northern Ireland relate to the number of births registered in each year.

Birth rates have been calculated as follows:— (a) For 1939 by relating birth registrations (occurrences in the case of England and Wales) to the resident population, that is excluding members of the armed forces overseas and merchant seamen at sea.

(6) From 1940 by relating birth registrations (occurrences in the case of England and Wales) to the total population, including members of the armed forces overseas and merchant seamen at sea.

Table 5 

Reproduction rates

Reproduction rates are an indication of the extent to which the female population of child-bearing age is being replaced by births. A rate of 1 represents exact replacement. In the "gross" rate no allowance is made for the losses due to death before completion of the child-bearing period. The "effective" and "net" rates both make provision for such losses but while the "effective" rate used for England and Wales assumes a continued improvement in mortality, the "net" rate used for Scotland is based on the mortality experienced in the year of calculation.

Table 6 

Infantile mortality

For England and Wales the rates of deaths of infants under one year of age are based on live births occurring in the several periods to which the deaths in the age groups comprising the first year of life relate. For Scotland and Northern Ireland the rates are based on live births registered in the year in which the deaths took place.

Table 7

Deaths

The figures relate to the number of deaths registered during the year, the normal time lag between occurrence and registration being a matter of days only.

The figures for male deaths refer to civilians only for England and Wales and Scotland from 3rd September 1939 and for Northern Ireland from 1941.

The figures for female deaths refer to civilians only for England and Wales and Scotland from 1st June 1941 and for Northern Ireland from January 1941.

H. MANPOWER

Table 9

Distribution of total manpower

The figures represent estimates of the total number of males aged 14-64 and females aged 14-59 gainfully employed, whether employers, employees or persons working on their own account, together with those who had not yet taken up employment since leaving H.M. Forces and insured persons registered as unemployed. Indoor private domestic servants are excluded. Women in part-time paid employment are included, two part-time workers being counted as equivalent to one full-time worker. The figures exclude prisoners-of-war but include such other foreign workers as had entered individually into civilian employment.

The heading "National Government Service" covers all employees of the Government except those employees in dockyards, royal ordnance factories, etc. who are included in their appropriate industry classifications. It also includes British employees of N.A.A.F.I.

ARMED FORCES

The figures in Tables 10 to 15 relate to men and women who served in the armed forces and auxiliary services of the United Kingdom, British subjects usually domiciled in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Certain of the tables, annotated accordingly, include British subjects and other persons domiciled elsewhere who individually enlisted and served in the armed forces and auxiliary services of the United Kingdom.

All tables exclude men and women who served in units and contingents of His Majesty's forces other than those of the United Kingdom or in Allied units and contingents under British or Allied command.

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Table 10

Strength

The term "strength" includes only those actually serving, that is, it excludes men whose service had been deferred, men on Reserve, men released to industry and, except where otherwise stated, men reported prisoners-of-war or missing. It excludes women whose service had been deferred and except in 1941, the A.T.S. Unemployed List.

Men on T.124 agreements were merchant seamen serving with the Royal Navy under special agreements.

The nursing services include Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, Territorial Army Nursing Service, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service and members of Voluntary Aid Detachments serving with the armed forces.

12 and 14 

Casualties

Casualties are given by date of notification and not by date of occurrence. The strength figures for the Army include a number of casualties which had not been reported at the dates to which the figures relate.

Casualties include the following categories:.

(a) Killed. Deaths from enemy action and injury are included, but not deaths from natural causes or (except in the case of the Royal Air Force) suicides. The figures for the Royal Navy, however, include deaths from diseases attributable to war service.

(b) Wounded. Non-battle injuries sustained on war service are included, but absence from duty due to sickness is excluded. The Army exclude all non-battle injuries and the Royal Air Force include injuries occurring during training.

(e) Missing.

(d) Prisoners-of-war and internees. The figures for prisoners in Europe were based on official notifications received from Germany and Italy. The figures for prisoners in Japanese hands were based partly on official notifications and partly on information received from the prisoners themselves.

In Table 12 the number of casualties represents those notified during the period less the missing who subsequently rejoined their units and repatriated prisoners. In Table 14 these two categories are included and the figures for prisoners-of-war also include internees. Men reported missing but subsequently reported killed, wounded or prisoners-of-war have been transferred from "missing" to the other category.

The figures relate to the gross number of casualties and not to the number of men who became casualties. A man who was reported missing, wounded or prisoner-of-war more than once has been counted as a casualty on each occasion so reported.

Table 13

Releases

Men and women released for a temporary period are excluded, but those released locally abroad or repatriated from the United Kingdom are included.

The scheme of release from the forces after the end of hostilities of men and women called up under the National Service Acts provided for release in the following classes:.

(a) Class A in which release was based on age and length of service.

(b) Class B in which out-of-turn release was offered to men and women for employment in certain occupations essential to the reconstruction programme.

(c) Class C in which release was granted for an indefinite period on compassionate grounds.

Releases are counted from the date of dispersal and not from the date of completion of the period of paid leave.

CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT

Table 18

Agriculture

The table shows the number of workers (excluding occupiers and their wives, domestic servants and children still at school) employed on the day of the census on agricultural holdings of more than one acre in Great Britain.

Regular workers absent through sickness or holidays and working partners of the occupier are included.

Casual labour includes contract work, that is, labour supplied by County War Agricultural Executive Committees, contractors, etc., and all regular part. time agricultural workers, including those temporarily away through sickness or holidays.

The figures for the Women's Land Army relate to those in full-time employment in agriculture, horticulture and timber work.

Tables 19 to 30

Manufacturing industries

The mid-year figures are based on the numbers of insured workers in each industry as estimated from the annual exchange of unemployment insurance books, less those registered as unemployed, together with one-half of the number of part-time female workers. The subsequent quarterly figures are obtained by application of the percentage changes in the numbers employed derived from the returns rendered by employers under various Orders made between 1940 and 1943, the last of the series being the Undertakings (Records and Information and Inspection of Premises) Order, 1943. The figures thus exclude employees over insurable age (65 for men and 60 for women), the relatively small number of non-manual workers whose earnings were above the salary limit for unemployment insurance, the employers themselves (proprietors, directors, partners, etc.) and persons working on their own account. Earlier figures have been adjusted to include an allowance for the extension of the salary limit for unemployment insurance from £250 to £420 per annum which came into force in September 1940 and to exclude women aged 60-64 who ceased to be insurable in July 1940.

The allocation between orders for Supply departments (Admiralty, Ministry of Supply and Ministry

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SOCIAL CONDITIONS

of Aircraft Production), home market and export has been made on the basis of figures supplied by employers in the employment returns referred to above. Employment on orders for Supply departments relates only to munitions and other equipment and stores for the use of the armed forces. Merchant shipbuilding and repairs is included in home market.

It should be noted that the figures shown for particular industries do not necessarily include the whole of the employment in the manufacture of the finished product; for example, part of the employment in the manufacture of aircraft parts and equipment is included in the general engineering, electrical engineering, scientific instruments, etc., industries.

31 Railway staff

The table shows all staff employed during the week of the census in March of each year by the railway companies of Great Britain (excluding the Manchester Ship Canal where staff fluctuated between 1,500 and 1,600 during the period), the London Passenger Transport Board and the Railway Clearing House. The figures represent the numbers receiving salaries or wages for the full week combined with the equivalent number of full-time workers where employees were paid for less than the complete week.

32 and 33

Civil Service

The tables include both established and unestablished staff irrespective of their industrial classification. Staff in Northern Ireland, other than reserved and agency services, is excluded. Two part-time workers are counted as one whole-time worker. The figures are taken from returns made quarterly to the Treasury by all Government departments.

The table of non-industrial civil servants relates to clerical, executive and administrative staffs, their professional and technical counterparts and Post Office manipulative grades (postmen, telephonists, etc.).

In the case of industrial staff, in so far as they are employed in establishments which carry on work similar to that performed by employees of private firms (for example, engineering, building, etc.), they are also included in the tables for the particular industries concerned.

Table 4 Government building programme

The table shows the labour employed on that part of the building programme subject to direct Government control. The figures cover male operatives aged 16 and over employed on the following types of work :—

(a) direct, authorised and assisted work of a Government department;

(b) licensed work;

(c) repair of houses made uninhabitable by war damage; salvage operations and war debris clearance; and first aid repairs carried out by the Special Repair Service.

"Direct" work is work on Government-owned property. "Assisted" work is work for which the Government granted financial assistance. "Authorised" work is work of construction or alteration for local authorities and public utility undertakings which required to be authorised by the appropriate Government department. Repair and maintenance work for such authorities and undertakings and items of new work under £100 in value were exempted from authorisation.

Work for private firms, private institutions and individuals required to be licensed with the exception of items of work of a value below £100 and, until the end of 1941, all works of demolition, repair, decoration and maintenance.

The exemption limit of £100 for authorised and licensed work was reduced to £10 in the London Civil Defence Region in October 1944 and in certain other districts of the Home Counties in February 1945.

Table 35

Government training centres and emergency training establishments

The table relates to the number of civilians trained or in training at Government training centres (excluding coal-mining training centres) and emergency training establishments. The latter utilised for training purposes all facilities available at technical colleges and industrial establishments not being used in operations essential to the war effort. The figures for completed training include all persons who completed the course in Government training centres together with terminations after passing the placing test in emergency training establishments. Trainees were required especially under schemes conducted by industrial establishments to undergo a placing test before completion of the course of training. These courses were of fixed duration, varying with the type of training required, but normally of eight weeks' duration.

III. SOCIAL CONDITIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH

37 and 38

Deaths by cause and age

The figures are tabulated according to the Fifth  Revision of the International List of Causes of Death from 1940 for England and Wales and Northern Ireland and from 1941 for Scotland. The figures for 1939 (and 1940 in the case of Scotland) are tabulated according to the Fourth Revision of the International List. The figures in brackets following each cause of

death are the reference numbers to that particular cause in the Fifth Revision of the International List.

Table 39

Notifications of infectious diseases

The figures for the years 1939 to 1943 for England and Wales incorporate such corrections as were reported on the weekly card returns and correspond with the numbers published in the quarterly and annual reports of the Registrar General. Those for 1944 and 1945 show the corrected number of notifications,

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incorporating revisions of diagnosis, either by the notifying medical practitioner or by the medical superintendent of the infectious diseases hospital.

The term "formal notifications" as applied to cases of tuberculosis in England and Wales and Scotland covers new cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. The figures exclude transfers between areas so far as they could be ascertained, duplicate notifications and a few cases brought to the notice of Medical Officers of Health otherwise than by formal notification under the regulations.

Table 40

The table shows the number of cases of venereal disease dealt with at civilian treatment centres in Great Britain and includes cases from the Services. The totals of all cases comprise cases under treatment or observation on 1st January of each year, cases removed from the register during any previous year which returned during the year in question for treatment of the same infection, new cases and cases dealt with for the first time during the year in question and known to have received treatment for the same infection or to have been under observation at other centres or Service hospitals.

In the number of new infections with syphilis are included cases of syphilis primary, secondary, latent in first year of infection, all later stages and congenital. New infections with gonorrhoea include cases at first year of infection and at later stages.

NATIONAL INSURANCE

Tables 41 and 43

National health insurance and pensions

The various enactments relating to national health insurance, widows', orphans' and old age contributory pensions and old age non-contributory pensions were consolidated in the National Health Insurance Act, 1936, the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 and the Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 respectively. Similar legislation applies to Northern Ireland.

Persons insured for health and pensions comprised broadly the following classes:.

(a) Persons employed under contract of service by way of manual labour or (if non-manually employed) remunerated at a rate not exceeding £250 per annum up to 4th January 1942 and £420 thereafter. Seamen on foreign-going British ships are included.

There are numerous exceptions in so far as national health insurance is concerned, the most numerous being civil servants, many employees of local authorities, railway companies and other statutory companies or undertakings, teachers covered by the Teachers Superannuation Acts, etc. Most of these excepted categories were, however, insured for pensions. (b) certain classes of persons not employed under contract of service, for example, outworkers, manual labour contractors, share fishermen and taxi drivers plying for hire with vehicles obtained under contract of bailment.

(c) soldiers, sailors and airmen.

(d) persons employed in certain classes of war occupation abroad.

(e) voluntary contributors.

42 Unemployment insurance

Persons insured against unemployment under the Unemployment Insurance Acts were broadly the categories indicated at (a) and (d) above for national health and pensions insurance with the following exclusions: (i) private domestic servants, (ii) female professional sick nurses and (iii) from 1942 persons engaged as a result of the war in employment for less than 30 hours a week.

JUSTICE AND CRIME

Tables 45  to 52

It is necessary to preface these tables with the warning that differences exist in varying degree between the legal and judicial systems of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland which make it impossible to collate the statistics on a completely comparable basis. The differences between the systems of England and Wales and Scotland are the most pronounced.

Classification of offences

In all the relevant tables in this section offences are analysed under three broad headings. For England and Wales and Northern Ireland these are: (a) indictable offences, (6) non-indictable offences, and (c) offences against Defence Regulations; for Scotland they are: (a) crimes, (6) miscellaneous offences, and (c) offences against war legislation. Generally speaking these groups are broadly comparable.

The first two groups represent a division of criminal offences according to the nature of the proceedings in which the accused persons are tried. Thus, the procedure at Courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions is by a "bill of indictment" as opposed to a summons, warrant or charge at summary courts; therefore all offences which in the ordinary course are tried at Assize or Quarter Sessions are called "indictable" offences. All common law offences and all offences created by statute are indictable unless there is some statutory provision which expressly provides for some other mode of disposal. Originally, indictable offences could be tried at Assize or Quarter Sessions only, but there are now many offences committed by adults which may be dealt with summarily with the consent of the person accused. Offences which are ordinarily within the jurisdiction of summary courts only are designated "non-indictable" offences; such offences are created by statutes which contain express provision for summary treatment.

The last mentioned group (offences against Defence Regulations or war legislation) is of course a temporary one which came into existence during the war years and which arose out of the emergency powers taken by the Government to prevent acts which might be

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prejudicial either to the country's security or to the prosecution of its war effort. The difference in nomenclature of this group as between England and Wales and Northern Ireland on the one hand and Scotland on the other, is that the Scottish figures, in addition to covering offences under the various regulations made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940 (Defence Regulations), include offences under the National Registration Act, 1939, War Charities Act, 1940 and Goods and Services (Price Control) Act, 1941 which are included under non-indictable offences in the case of England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

Finding of guilt and conviction In the statistics for England and Wales the term "persons found guilty" covers not only persons convicted but also those found guilty without conviction (mainly persons dealt with under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 by dismissal, binding over or placing on probation). In the statistics for Scotland, however, persons so dealt with are not included in the term "persons convicted or found guilty" since there is in Scotland neither finding of guilt nor conviction in such cases.

Tables 45 to 47

Offences known to the police; persons proceeded against and found guilty

Offences known (or made known) to the police include offences reported to the police or otherwise coming to their knowledge within each year whether committed by the same or different persons and whether any apprehension took place within the same year or not.

A person proceeded against and charged at the same time with several offences appears as one person only. In selecting the offence for tabulation the principle is followed that a charge resulting in conviction has preference over any others, and where there are convictions on more than one charge the most serious offence (that is, the offence for which the heaviest sentence is awarded) is selected. Only cases disposed of within each year are included. Cases pending at the end of a year are included in the figures for the following year.

Tables 48 to 50

Table 51

Juvenile delinquency

For England and Wales and Scotland "juveniles" are defined as children or young persons under the age of 17; for Northern Ireland, however, the age limit is under 16 years.

Prison population

The prison statistics for Scotland are not altogether comparable with those for England and Wales and Northern Ireland. The main difference is in respect of the inclusion of criminal lunatics and mental defectives in the statistics for Scotland. In England and Wales and Northern Ireland the institutions in which criminal lunatics and mental defectives are detained do not come under the control of the Prison Commission, though the prison statistics may include such persons if received as ordinary prisoners before removal to the appropriate institution either by order of a court or by certification.

Table 52

Divorce proceedings

During the years 1937 to 1939 new legislation relating to divorce was introduced which had a marked effect on the number of petitions filed. In England and Wales the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 came into effect on 1st January 1938 and gave additional grounds for divorce. The Divorce (Scotland) Act, 1938 gave additional grounds for divorce and also lowered the period of desertion necessary as a ground for divorce from four to three years.

The Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland), 1939 came into operation on 1st October 1939 and instituted a judicial for a legislative system of divorce. Before this Act the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland had power to grant a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro, but such a decree did not dissolve the marriage and amounted only to what is known elsewhere as a judicial separation.

HOUSING AND BUILDING

Table 54

Construction activity

This table shows the estimated value of work (both new work and repairs and maintenance) carried out by firms registered in the twelve main trades of the building and civil engineering industries; namely, general builders, building and civil engineering contractors, civil engineering contractors, plumbers, joiners and carpenters, painters, roofers, plasterers, glaziers, demolition contractors, scaffolding specialists and miscellaneous. Firms in these twelve trades consisting solely of working principals and therefore employing no operatives are excluded; a working principal is an owner, partner or director who also works as a craftsman or labourer.

The table also excludes building and civil engineering work carried out by the following:-

(a) firms in the seven specialist trades, namely:. constructional engineers, reinforced concrete specialists, heating and ventilating engineers, electrical contractors, asphalt and tar spraying contractors, flooring contractors and plant hire firms.

(b) building operatives employed directly by local authorities, Government departments, public utility and transport undertakings and by private firms outside the building and civil engineering industries.

(c) prisoner-of-war labour.

The work done by the agencies excluded was, in 1946, about 40 per cent. of the total output of building and civil engineering work. This percentage is not known for earlier years.

The figures for mining include the cost of raising opencast coal, since such work was undertaken by firms in the building and civil engineering industries. The item "all other work" includes all housing work other than new construction and war damage repairs and all work on shops, commercial premises, farm buildings, etc.

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IV. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

AGRICULTURE

Tables 55 and 56 

Area of crops and grass

The statistics of area are obtained from returns made

by all occupiers of more than one acre of agricultural land in Great Britain. In Northern Ireland returns are required from all occupiers of one-quarter of an acre or more of agricultural land. The areas shown exclude woodlands, buildings, roads, yards, ponds, etc.

The figures of specific crops relate to those which were actually in the ground on the date of the June census, or for which the land was being prepared at that date. Any catch crops grown for livestock feed or for ploughing-in in the period between the harvest and the sowing of the next season's main crop are not shown in the acreage returns. The case is similar for vegetable crops.

The number of acres under each crop was reported to the nearest quarter-acre. Any crops not specified in the return or grown in patches of less than one quarter of an acre are shown under the heading "Other crops".

The permanent grass acreage relates only to that grassland which was not under rotation.

Tables 57 and 58

Crops and grass harvested

The estimates of the quantity harvested were for

 the most part obtained by combining the areas returned in June with estimates of yields made by technical officers employed by the Departments of Agriculture.

Tables 61 and 62

Livestock

The tables show the number of cattle, sheep, pigs

 and poultry as returned by all occupiers of more than one acre of agricultural land in Great Britain and one quarter of an acre or more in Northern Ireland.

FOOD

Table 65

Movement off farms

Wheat, barley and oats

The series for wheat, barley and oats show as nearly as possible the sales of the home crops of these cereals as food. Thus no account is taken of farm sales specifically for animal feed, although small quantities were diverted for this purpose. The wheat figures show receipts by flour mills; the barley figures show receipts by brewers, maltsters, flakers, roasters, distillers, pot barley manufacturers, the Ministry of Food and (for a short period of 1943 and 1944 when flour was diluted) flour millers; the figures for oats are receipts by oatmeal millers (including a small quantity in 1943 for flour dilution), flakers and maltsters, and the Ministry of Food.

Potatoes

The series shows the quantity of ware potatoes (excluding chat and seed) sold directly for food (including exports) and also for processing. The figures include the quantity of surplus ware potatoes fed direct to livestock under the Ministry of Food scheme or under special licences. Allowance has been made for human consumption on farms but production on allotments and gardens is excluded.

Sugar

The production of refined and raw sugar (in terms of refined) from home-grown sugar beet. In 1939 the average relates to "the campaign year"-October, 1939 to January, 1940.

Table 66

Animals purchased for slaughter

The figures relate to the number of animals purchased by the Ministry of Food from farms in Great Britain including fat animals imported from Eire and Northern Ireland for slaughter in Great Britain. Pigs fattened by pig clubs or other domestic producers and killed under licence are excluded.

Table 67

Milk sales through the marketing scheme

The figures cover sales through the marketing schemes, for liquid consumption and for the manufacture of milk products including farm cheese. The quantity consumed by farm households and used on farms for butter production or calf rearing is excluded.

Table 68

Processed food: Production

Wheat and oat milling

The series under the heading "Flour milling" show the quantity of home-produced and imported wheat milled and the resulting output of flour and offals. The latter two series include also the small quantity of oats and barley used for the dilution of flour in 1943 and 1944. The figures for oats show the quantity used by oatmeal millers, flakers and maltsters.

Seed crushing and vegetable oil consumption

The five series show the quantity of oilseeds and nuts processed by crushing, expelling and extraction, the resulting production of crude oil and oilcake or meal and the consumption of the oil. The consumption figures include the crude oils used as such for soap and other industrial purposes, and the crude oil equivalent of the refined oils used for the manufacture of margarine and cooking fats and other food uses. Exports are included both in total disposals and in disposals for food. Castor meal, cocoa-cake and meal, which are unsuitable for animal feed, are excluded from the oilcake and meal figures.

Whale, herring and seal oil

Consumption is calculated on the same basis as that of vegetable oils.

Meat

Up to and including March 1940 the production of carcase meat and offal has been calculated from the estimated number of animals slaughtered. From April 1940 onwards the figures relate to sales by the wholesale meat supply associations and to meat and offal produced by pig clubs and other domestic producers. Meat from imported fat stock and fresh meat from Eire are included throughout.

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Bacon and ham

The figures relate to the output of curing factories from both home-killed and imported carcases. Bacon cured for pig clubs or other domestic producers is included.

Butter

The figures relate to the output of home creameries. The production of butter on farms is excluded.

Cheese

The series shows all graded cheese purchased by the Ministry of Food from creameries or farms. Processed cheese is excluded as being a remanufacture of graded cheese.

Table 69

Food and animal feeding-stuffs: Consumption

The consumption figures relate to deliveries from stocks held or controlled by the Ministry of Food taking into account changes in stocks of wholesalers and manufacturing users. They should not be confused with retail purchases. In addition to deliveries to home food distributors, for civilians and for the Services, the figures include deliveries to manufacturers of products other than food and to exporters. Whenever these items are quantitatively important deliveries "for food" are shown separately. Where foods are used in the manufacture of other goods (for example, sugar in the manufacture of jam, biscuits, sweets) the quantities used for this purpose are included in the food column. The following points should be noted.

Rice

The series gives total disposals which in addition to issues of whole rice, include issues of broken rice to manufacturers for brewing and for the production of ground rice, inedible starch, etc., and losses in re-cleaning as well as milling and drying losses.

Starch

The series includes the quantity issued to industrial users as well as that issued to glucose and other food manufacturers.

Fresh, frozen and cured fish (landed weight) Total disposals are the landed weight of fresh and frozen fish supplied to wholesalers, certain retailers and institutions, the Services, manufacturers of oil and fish meal and exporters, together with the quantity of cured fish issued to wholesalers, manufacturers and exporters. The condemned fish and offal which are included are taken by fishmeal manufacturers for the production of fertilizers and animal feed.

The figures for disposals for food in the United Kingdom give the landed weight of fresh and frozen fish and net weight of home-cured fish, but exclude quantities supplied to exporters and fish taken by fishmeal manufacturers.

Eggs in shell

The figures show the consumption of imported and commercially produced eggs plus an estimate of the number of eggs obtained by domestic poultry keepers.

Per cent.

At 3rd September 1939

70

From 26th October 1939

73

From 28th April 1941

75

From 23rd March 1942

85

From 1st October 1944

82 1/2

From 31st December 1944 to 23rd February 1946

80

Potatoes

Total disposals exclude seed and chat potatoes, stock-feed outside Ministry schemes and waste on farms. Disposals for food in the United Kingdom further exclude stock-feed under Ministry schemes and exports, and relate to the distribution of potatoes intended for human consumption. No allowance is made for waste in distribution or for feed to domestic animals.

Barley

The figures for brewing and food show the quantity used by brewers, maltsters, flakers, roasters, distillers and pot barley manufacturers.

Maize

Total disposals relate to the quantity used by manufacturers for production of edible starch, glucose and cereal breakfast foods, maize issued for pigeons and maize and maize meal used as feed.

Oilcake and meal

The series covers sales of high, medium, and low protein oilcake by oilseed crushers to dealers together with the quantity processed by provender millers and compounders. Low protein oilcake, such as coconut cake and palm kernel cake, was issued as part of the "cereal" feeding-stuffs ration.

Milling offals

The figures relate to sales by flour millers to dealers, together with the quantity processed by provender millers and compounders.

Conversion factors for items in the food tables

Flour

Changes in the rate of extraction of flour from wheat:—

Oilseeds

Crude oil equivalent:—

Cottonseed

17

Groundnuts decorticated

46

Groundnuts undecorticated

31

Copra

63

Palm kernels

47

Linseed

33

Rapeseed

38

Sunflower seed

26

Castor seed

44

Table 71

Arrival of lend-lease foodstuffs

The figures given in this table cover arrivals of lend-lease food supplies originating in the United States of America only. Arrivals from other countries are shown in the small table at the foot of page 72.

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V. FUEL AND POWER

COAL

Tables 73 to 75

Production, consumption and stocks

The series showing weekly averages for individual months are based on weekly or monthly returns. The weekly averages for each year are based on returns for the calendar year where available.

Saleable mined coal

Production figures show the tonnage of coal raised and weighed at the pithead at coal mines in Great Britain, after deducting the weight lost in the elimination of stones and dirt by screening and washing. Miners' free and concessionary coal and all coal (of whatever quality) used for colliery purposes is included.

Opencast coal

Coal obtained by opencast working of deposits near the surface.

Table 74

Inland consumption

Public utility undertakings

Gasworks include both statutory and non-statutory undertakings as well as gasworks of railway and transport undertakings.

Electricity undertakings comprise public supply and transport power stations.

Consumption of coal by railways is the amount used by the main line railways and the London Passenger Transport Board for locomotives, in workshops and stations; and for marine purposes. It should be noted that coal consumed by the railways for the generation of electricity is included under "Electricity" and that for the production of gas under "Gasworks."

Coke ovens

The series relates to coal carbonised by coke oven plants.

Industrial consumers

The figures include only coal consumption of undertakings with an annual consumption of 100 tons or more of coal and coke.

Miners' coal

Coal supplied by the collieries free of charge or at specially reduced prices to miners and their dependents, officials, clerks, etc., employed at the mines, miners' welfare bodies and other authorised persons and institutions.

Merchants' disposals

The figures relate to the distribution of house coal, anthracite and boiler fuel by merchants to premises not separately programmed for their supplies and to other merchants for resale. In addition to private residences these premises include shops, offices, hotels, cinemas, institutions and the like and the smaller industrial consumers of solid fuel. House coal sold landsale by colliery undertakings acting as merchants is included. Collieries

The amount of coal, irrespective of quality, consumed at collieries for all purposes, including engine fuel.

Miscellaneous

Water works, Service departments, shipments to Northern Ireland, industrial undertakings with an annual consumption of less than 100 tons, coastwise bunkers and non-industrial undertakings (that is, hospitals, schools, hotels, offices, shops, local authorities, Government buildings, etc., whose supplies are programmed and are not included in "merchants' disposals").

Table 75

Distributed stocks

Distributed stocks relate to the amount of coal held by industrial consumers with an annual consumption of more than 100 tons of coal and coke, public utilities, railways, coke ovens, Government dumps (that is, coal held in Government stocking sites) and miscellaneous consumers and by merchants for domestic consumption. Stocks held in Northern Ireland are excluded.

Table 76

Mined coal: Productivity

The figures before 1943 for the average number of shifts worked and possible and for the absenteeism percentage are based on returns collected by the Joint Accountants to the industry, in which the number of wage-earners differed from those obtained from the Ministry's own returns shown in the first column of the table. Average output per manshift before 1943 has not been calculated from these figures but from the annual statutory returns of the Ministry. Wage-earners on colliery books This series includes all wage-earners, male and female, engaged in raising or handling coal or other minerals obtained with coal. Clerical and administrative staff are excluded. Shifts worked

The average number of shifts worked per wage. earner per week is the total number of manshifts worked in the period divided by the number of wage. earners on colliery books at the end of each week in the period. Shifts possible

Shifts possible are the sum of shifts worked and shifts lost through absenteeism of the workers. Shifts lost owing to recognised holidays, disputes, accidents, repairs, breakdown of machinery, etc., at the mines are not included. Absenteeism percentage

The absenteeism percentage is the total number of shifts lost through absenteeism multiplied by 100 and divided by the total number of shifts possible. Output per manshift

The average output in tons per manshift worked is the output of saleable coal divided by the total number of manshifts worked, at the coal face and overall.

COKE

Table 77 

Coke produced at coke ovens consists of furnace coke and foundry coke. Production at gasworks includes coke used at these undertakings in the manufacture of water gas, in some cases that used for heating retorts and all other purposes.

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Total inland consumption includes coke consumed at gasworks, blast furnaces and other industrial undertakings, by railways, non.industrial establishments and Service departments, disposals by merchants to domestic premises and shipments to Northern Ireland.

Total stocks relate to the amount held at producers' works, blast furnaces and other industrial undertakings, by railways, non-industrial establishments and Service departments and at merchants' yards. Stocks held in Northern Ireland are excluded.

GAS AND ELECTRICITY Table 79

Gas

Total gas available is the sum of gas produced at all authorised and non-statutory gas undertakings in Great Britain (excluding from the year 1943 that produced at works of railway and transport authorities) together with the amount bought from coke oven plants by gasworks for resale. Gas produced by coke ovens for the iron and steel industry and sold direct to other industries for consumption for other purposes is not included.

Table 81

Electricity

The figures relate to authorised undertakings and railway and transport power stations only. Electricity generated by industrial establishments for their own use is not included.

PETROLEUM

The annual totals given in this series of tables and the weekly averages derived from them include certain revisions which have not been made to the monthly figures. The monthly figures in Tables 83 to 86 are for four or five week periods; in Tables 87 to 89 they are for calendar months.

The figures given for deliveries into consumption represent deliveries by the bulk petroleum distributors and not actual consumption.

Tables 83 to 87

Petroleum products Motor spirit

Motor spirit includes distillation benzines used for industrial processes.

Lubricating oils

Lubricating oils include medicinal paraffin and mineral jelly.

Bitumen

Bitumen refers only to asphaltic bitumen refined by the distillation of asphaltic base crudes.

Process oils

Products intended for use as raw materials in refineries.

Approximate conversion factors

Imperial gallons

per long ton

Aviation spirit

310

Motor spirit

300

White spirit

284

Kerosine (paraffin)

276

Gas oil (including fuel for diesel engined road vehicles)

264

Diesel oil

250

Fuel oils (imports)

235

Lubricating oils: White oils

255

Other

245

Crude and process oils

250

Table 83

Arrivals of tanker-borne petroleum products and crude and process oils

The term "arrivals of tanker-borne petroleum products" covers liquid petroleum products carried in bulk in tankers; surplus bunkers removed from vessels of all descriptions; packed lubricants, whether carried as deck cargo or forehold cargo in tankers or in other vessels. It excludes paraffin wax, grease and natural bitumen. The figures for "refined petroleum products" refer to the quantities loaded at the port of shipment and are subject to a deduction of one-half per cent. for ocean leakage. Owing to differences in definition these figures which were provided by the Petroleum Board may differ, particularly in short-term periods, from the figures given in the Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom.

Table 85

Production from indigenous materials of petroleum products and substitutes

Indigenous production covers products obtained from refining shale oil and indigenous crude petroleum. It includes receipts by the bulk petroleum distributors from hydrogenation, low temperature carbonisation, tar distillation and benzole recovery plants. The figures under bitumen refer to the quantity of creosote used as a fluxing agent. The series quoted refer only to the output distributed by the Petroleum Board.

The figures for aviation and motor spirit include production of white spirit and kerosine.

Home production of fuel oil comprises mainly tar oils.

Table 87

Deliveries into civilian consumption of motor spirit

This analysis of deliveries into consumption is based on coupon issues and does not take into account the use of coupons for purposes for which they were not intended. Consumption includes quantities delivered against coupons exchanged for Service department requisitions (private cars) and indents (public service and goods vehicles). Consumption by the armed Forces is excluded.

Private cars and motor cycles

Deliveries for cars taxed on horse-power and for motor cycles, including private hire cars and invalid carriages, but excluding cars and cycles operated by Government departments, local authorities and the police services.

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Commercial vehicles

This heading includes deliveries for consumption by goods vehicles, buses, coaches, taxis, Government departments, local authorities, the police services, vehicles distributing petroleum products, etc. Industrial uses

Deliveries for unlicensed vehicles, ambulances (other than those owned by local authorities), vehicles operating on trade plates, plant, machinery and water-craft used for industrial purposes, lighting plants and motor spirit used for industrial processes. Agricultural uses

Deliveries for farmers' vans, lorries and tractors not operating under carriers' licences or permits, agricultural engines (5s. class) and agricultural stationary engines.

Table 88

Deliveries into consumption of fuel for diesel-engined road vehicles

This table is based on the total deliveries into consumption of gas oil on which duty is paid for use in diesel-engined road vehicles and on figures of coupon issues to consumer groups. The figures include quantities delivered against coupons exchanged for Service department indents.

Table 89

Deliveries into consumption of gas, diesel and fuel oil Bunkers

Including deliveries to certain coastal vessels which are linked with concerns operating ocean-going vessels.

Burning

Deliveries of oil for central-heating, steam raising and industrial furnaces.

Power

Deliveries of oil for stationary and mobile engines and for bunkers for fishing and coastal vessels excluding those linked with concerns operating oceangoing vessels.

Manufacture

Deliveries mainly for gas works and grease blending plants.

VI. RAW MATERIALS

Table 90

Iron ore and manganese ore

Iron ore

The ferrous content of home iron ore is about 30 per cent., compared with 55-60 per cent. for imported iron ore.

Production figures for 1940-45 include small quantities of manganese ore.

Consumption figures relate to the consumption of raw and calcined ore as charged, except in the case of the figures for home iron ore in 1937 and 1938 which relate to raw ore and the raw equivalent of calcined ore. The 1937 and 1938 consumption figures for both home and imported ore include manganese ore, but exclude consumption in steel works. Consumption of imported ore in blast furnaces includes consumption in sinter plant.

Stocks of imported iron ore include ore in ships discharging and in transit to works.

Manganese ore

Stocks are the quantities held at works and in transit in the United Kingdom.

Table 91

Pig iron

This comprises hematite, basic, foundry and forge pig iron, direct iron castings and blast furnace ferro-alloys.

Consumption includes refined and cylinder pig iron consumed in refined iron works.

Total stocks include stocks at wrought iron and refined iron works and in Ministry of Supply stockyards.

Where cumulative adjustments have had to be made to annual figures for production and consumption, these may not correspond exactly with the monthly figures.

Table 92

Iron and steel scrap and steel ingots and castings

Iron and steel scrap

Consumption figures relate to the quantity of steel and cast iron scrap (including scrap arising in own works) consumed in the production of steel ingots and castings, excluding the scrap consumed in blast furnaces.

Stocks are the quantities held at steel works and steel foundries.

Receipts of "bought" scrap are receipts of scrap bought in the home market. Figures before 1940 are estimated.

Steel ingots and castings

From July 1943 alloy steel figures relate to steel, other than high speed steel, containing a minimum of 0.4 per cent, of chrome or nickel, 0.1 per cent. of molybdenum, tungsten or vanadium, or 100 per cent, of manganese. Before July 1943 the minimum proportions of these elements in alloy steel were 0.5 per cent., 0.25 per cent. or 12.0 per cent. respectively.

Where cumulative adjustments have had to be made to annual figures for production and consumption, these may not correspond exactly with the monthly figures.

Table 93

Semi-finished and finished iron and steel

Billets, blooms and slabs

Figures relate only to material for the production of heavy and light rolled products. From 1941 alloy steel is excluded.

Heavy rails and sleepers

Rails over 36 lb. per yard (perfects and defectives) and sleepers, fishplates and soleplates for use with them.

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Heavy and medium plates

Boiler plate 3/16 inch thick and over; other plates 3/16 inch thick and over; medium plates and sheets under 3/167 inch thick, down to and including 3 mm. thick.

Other heavy steel products

Angles, tees and sections over 4 united inches; channels over 3-inch web; girders, joists and beams 3-inch web and over; rounds, squares and hexagons 3-inch and over, and flats over 5-inch wide; shell steel (ingots, billets and bars for shells, shot and bombs).

Light rolled products

Rails under 36 lb. per yard, and accessories; steel arches and accessories; angles, tees and sections 4 united inches and under; channels 3-inch web and under; joists and "H" bars under 3-inch web; wire rods; ferro-concrete bars and other bars, rounds, squares, hexagons, etc., under 3-inch and flats 5-inch wide and under; hot rolled hoop and strip.

Cold rolled strip

Under 18-inch wide.

Sheets

Under 3 mm. thick, coated and uncoated, but excluding tin, terne and blackplate.

Tin, terne and blackplate

Includes tinned sheets and uncoated tinplate base. Steel castings

Net weight of fettled castings produced, machined as necessary to ensure soundness.

Steel forgings

Net forged weight of drop forgings and other type forgings.

Tyres, wheels and axles

Tyres, rolled rings, straight axles, solid wheels, disc wheel centres and assembled wheels and axles.

Stocks of steel

Ingots, semi-finished and finished steel held at producers' works, in British Iron and Steel Corporation stockyards and in transit in the United Kingdom. Consumers' stocks are excluded.

Table 94

Chrome ore and ferro-alloys Chrome ore

Stocks are the quantities held by consumers, importers and the Ministry of Supply. Stocks in transit are excluded except in 1940.

Tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium

Production and consumption figures relate to the non-ferrous metal content of ferro-alloy and other finished products. Stock figures relate to the non-ferrous metal content of stocks of the ferro-alloys and of the ore (allowing for losses in refining) held by producers, consumers, merchants and the Ministry of Supply.

Ferro-chrome, silico-manganese, ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, calcium silicide

Stocks are the quantities held at consumers' works, in British Iron and Steel Corporation stockyards and in transit in the United Kingdom. Figures for stocks and consumption of ferro-silicon exclude special grade used for aeronautical purposes.

Table 95

Non-ferrous metals

Stocks

Except where otherwise stated, figures for stocks of copper, zinc, lead, nickel, tin, bauxite, cryolite, alumina and magnesite relate to quantities held by the Government and by consumers and include stocks in transit in the United Kingdom. Stocks of magnesium and magnesium alloys are Government stocks only and include stocks not taken on charge.

Refined copper

Production figures relate to production on toll contracts from imported blister, including scrap refined on private account from 1943.

Virgin copper

Unwrought copper (electrolytic, fire refined and blister). Zinc concentrates

Consumption figures from 1942 include consumption other than for zinc production.

Virgin zinc

Unwrought zinc, excluding re-melted zinc. Some secondary material is included in the production figures for the years 1935 to 1939.

Refined nickel

Includes ferro-nickel.

Refined lead

English refined lead is included from 1942. Reexports on toll transactions are included in total disposals and also in home consumption where fabrication had taken place before re-export.

Production figures for 1935 to 1942 relate to production from imported and domestic ores and concentrates; for 1943 to 1945 they relate to lead reclaimed from secondary and scrap material, and lead refined from domestic ores.

Virgin tin

Figures for production from 1942, and for total disposals throughout, include residues refined on toll and re-exported.

Bauxite

Expressed in terms of high grade bauxite.

Magnesium and magnesium alloys

Production includes scrap recovery. Consumption figures relate to despatches to consumers.

Magnesite (calcined and dead burnt)

Production figures refer to metal extracted from sea

water.

Table 96

Aluminium

Virgin aluminium

Consumption figures include the aluminium content of virgin alloys. Stocks are total stocks, including consumers' stocks and stocks in transit, and they include the virgin aluminium content of all alloys.

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Secondary aluminium

Production includes production from crashed aircraft. Consumption figures relate to releases by the Light Metals Control. Stocks are total stocks, including consumers' stocks and stocks in transit.

Table 97

Softwood and hardwood

Sleepers and crossings of all kinds are excluded, except in figures for production before 1942. Softwood excludes pitwood, boxboards, pulpwood and poles. Hardwood excludes pitwood, logs for veneer production and staves.

Production of softwood and hardwood is the estimated output, based on deliveries from sawmills, of timber sawn from home-grown logs. In the figures for production after 1941 and in all figures for consumption of home-grown timber an allowance of 10 per cent. (softwood) and 5 per cent. (hardwood) has been made for conversion to square. edged material.

Consumption of home-grown softwood and hardwood is calculated from production and changes in stocks; that of imported from the Timber Control's records of arrivals at ports to their account and changes in stocks.

Stocks of home-grown softwood and hardwood are the quantities held by the Home Timber Production Department, by merchants, by consumers (including railways) and in National stock. Ineffective stocks, estimated from July 1941 at 12,000 standards (softwood) and 1.25 million cubic feet (hardwood), are excluded.

Stocks of imported softwood and hardwood are National stocks (including stocks awaiting discharge), importers', merchants' and consumers' (including railways') stocks and stocks of recovered timber. Imported hardwood stocks exclude ineffective stocks of hardwood, which until August 1941 amounted to 4 million cubic feet and from September 1941 to 2 million cubic feet.

Stocks in the hands of firms whose normal stocks are less than 20 standards (softwood) or 1,000 cubic feet (hardwood) are excluded.

Table 98

Pitwood and plywood

Pitwood

All mining timber specially prepared for use underground in mines for propping or shoring or as pit sleepers. It is shown in Gothenburg standards (equivalent to 180 piled cubic feet) calculated in the case of round pitwood in accordance with the Gothenburg scale, and in the case of other mining timber on an equivalent basis.

Round pitwood comprises pitprops, including sawn and quartered props, round bars and long pitwood. Sawn pitwood comprises other sawn mining timber.

The figures for production show the quantities despatched by the trade and by the Home Timber Production Department.

Consumption is calculated from deliveries to mines adjusted for changes in stocks at mines.

Stocks are National stocks (including stocks in transit and piling) and colliery stocks (including, from 1943, stocks held underground).

Constructional plywood

All rectangular boards, including block board, etc., of standard construction, excluding plywood of special shape or construction or of technical specification.

Production figures show the quantity of home. produced plywood taken into National stock.

Consumption is calculated from deliveries from National stock adjusted by changes in private stocks.

Stocks are National stocks, including stocks awaiting discharge. Merchants' and certain consumers' stocks are included up to June 1943.

Technical plywood

Plywood produced for special requirements of the Service departments.

Table 99

Hides, skins and finished leather

Cattle hides

Production figures show deliveries to tanners of native raw hides. Stocks consist of native hides and imported wet, wet salted, dry and dry salted cattle and buffalo hides held by tanners and dressers. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom are included.

Kips and calfskins

Production figures show deliveries to tanners of native raw kips and calf skins.

Stocks consist of native and imported kips and calfskins held by tanners and dressers.

Goatskins

Stock figures relate to imported goatskins held by tanners and dressers.

Sheepskins

Production figures show the quantity of native sheep and lamb pelts fellmongered, including deliveries of woolled skins to dressers for dressing with the wool on.

Stocks consist of native and imported sheep and lamb pelts and woolled skins for dressing with the wool on, held by tanners and dressers and in Government reserve.

Rough tanned hides and kips

East Indian kips, calfskins and buffalo hides, including quantities in transit in the United Kingdom, held by tanners and dressers, factors and merchants.

Rough tanned goat and sheepskins

Imported rough tanned goat and sheepskins, including quantities in transit in the United Kingdom, held by tanners and dressers, factors and merchants.

Heavy leathers (leathers sold by weight)

Sole leather bends and offal, hide mechanical and textile leathers.

Consumption figures for heavy leathers represent deliveries by producers; for sole leather they also

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include imports and are adjusted for changes in certain stocks.

Stocks of heavy leathers comprise sole leather bends, offal and cut stock held by tanners, boot manufacturers, factors, merchants, sole cutters and heel builders and hide mechanical and textile leathers held by tanners, factors and merchants. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom and any stocks in Government reserve are included.

Light leathers (leathers sold by area) Upper and lining leather, gloving leather, chamois, upholstery, case, clothing, hat, bookbinding and other light leathers.

The consumption figures represent deliveries by producers; for upper and lining leather they also include imports and are adjusted for changes in certain stocks.

Stocks are the quantities held by producers, boot manufacturers, factors and merchants. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom are included.

Table 100

Rubber

Waste rubber

Crumb rubber is included in 1942.

Production is the collection of waste rubber from all sources including manufacturing scrap and domestic collections and the arrival of battlefield scrap at authorized dumps in the United Kingdom. From July 1944 the figures relate to collections at Ministry of Supply dumps only.

Consumption is the processing of waste into reclaimed rubber. From July 1944 the figures relate to issues from Ministry of Supply dumps only.

Stocks are the quantities held at Ministry of Supply dumps and, before July 1944, by cable strippers, licensed merchants, reclaimers, rubber manufacturers, and at Service dumps.

Reclaimed rubber

Natural, synthetic and, in the monthly figures for 1943, crumb rubber.

Production figures give production by reclaimers and, up to July 1944, by rubber manufacturers.

Consumption includes direct usage of waste rubber until July 1944. From that date figures are estimated and cover reclaimed rubber only.

Stocks are the quantities held by reclaimers, rubber manufacturers and the Ministry of Supply. Government lend-lease stocks are excluded in the figure for the end of 1941.

Natural rubber

Includes latex (except in the monthly figures for 1942) but excludes balata and gutta percha.

Consumption includes exports except in the monthly figures for 1942.

Stocks are the quantities held by H.M. Government, by manufacturers and, before January 1942, by importers and dealers in London and Liverpool. Stocks in transit are included from January 1942.

Synthetic rubber

G.R.S type, neoprene, butyl, N-type, and miscellaneous synthetic rubbers. "Thiokol" and "Novoplas" are excluded from July 1944.

Consumption figures include exports.

Stocks are the quantities held by H.M. Government and by rubber manufacturers.

Table 101

Chemicals

Industrial alcohol

Ethyl alcohol expressed as 68 O.P. spirit.

Consumption shows deliveries to consumers including methylators.

Stocks are quantities held on behalf of the Government and by producers.

Industrial methylated spirit

Consumption shows deliveries to consumers.

Methanol

Consumption shows deliveries to consumers.

Stocks are quantities held on behalf of the Government and by producers and consumers.

Urea

Consumption shows deliveries to consumers. Nitric acid

Production in acid works, including Government acid plants.

Stocks are the quantities at acid works and Government plants.

Pyrites

Imported and home-produced pyrites for the manufacture of sulphuric acid.

Production figures relate to arrivals of home. produced material at acid works.

Stocks comprise the Government reserve and material at acid works, including Government acid plants. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom are included from June 1943.

Sulphur (for acid)

Production figures relate to arrivals of home-produced material at acid works.

Stocks comprise the Government reserve and material at acid works, including Government acid plants. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom are included from June 1943.

Sulphur (regular)

Production figures relate to recovered sulphur.

Stocks comprise the Government reserve and material at consumers' works and include manufactured forms. Stocks in transit in the United Kingdom are excluded.

Spent oxide and anhydrite

The figures relate only to material for use and consumed in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.

Production figures show arrivals of home-produced material at acid works.

Stocks are the quantities at acid works.

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Sulphuric acid

As 100 per cent. acid. From 1941 acid made at Government factories is included.

Stocks are the quantities at acid works and Government plants.

Calcium carbide

Consumption figures relate to despatches from works.

Table 102

Fertilizers, ammonia and molasses

Nitrogenous fertilizers (nitrogen content)

Production figures relate to ammonium sulphate, "Nitro-chalk" and concentrated compound fertilizers.

Consumption and stock figures relate to ammonium sulphate, "Nitro-chalk," concentrated compound fertilizers, Chile nitrates of soda and potash, Trail ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, nitrate of lime and cyanamide.

Non-agricultural uses are excluded except in the series for total disposals which includes exports of ammonium sulphate for all purposes.

Superphosphate (P2O5 content) Consumption figures relate to deliveries by manufacturers and from Government stores to merchants and farmers for direct application, and quantities used in ordinary compound fertilizers.

Stocks are the quantities held by manufacturers and by dry mixers. From February 1945 imported material is included.

Ground basic slag (P2O5 content)

Production figures relate to slag ground in the United

Kingdom from home-produced raw slag.

Consumption relates to deliveries of home ground material to merchants and farmers for direct application.

Stocks are the quantities held by manufacturers.

Ground phosphate (P2O5 content)

Production relates to phosphate ground in the United

Kingdom from imported phosphate rock.

Consumption relates to phosphate ground in the United Kingdom delivered by grinders for direct application or for mixing in compound fertilizers.

Stocks are home-produced material held by manufacturers and compounders.

All other phosphatic fertilizers (P2O5 content) Production figures relate to organic fertilizers, treated phosphate rock and concentrated compound fertilizers.

Consumption figures include in addition ammonium phosphate, triple superphosphate and, in 1943 and 1944 only, calcium metaphos. They relate to quantities delivered to merchants and farmers for direct application or used by compounders.

Stocks comprise treated phosphate rock, concentrated compound fertilizers and, in the figures for 1942 to 1945, triple superphosphate. The figures relate to home-produced and imported material held by superphosphate manufacturers and dry mixers.

Potash (K2O content)

Agricultural potash only.

Consumption figures relate to quantities delivered in ordinary or concentrated compound fertilizers or for direct application.

Stocks are the quantities held by merchants and compounders.

Compound fertilizers (excluding concentrated compound fertilizers)

Total weight of product.

Consumption relates to deliveries by all compounders to merchants and farmers.

Stocks are the quantities held by compounders. Phosphate rock

Consumption figures show the quantity used in the manufacture of fertilizers or for other industrial purposes.

Stocks are the quantities held for use in fertilizers by the Government, superphosphate makers and grinders, and quantities held by manufacturers for other industrial purposes.

Ammonia

The figures exclude ammonia produced in by-product factories and converted directly into sulphate of ammonia.

Consumption figures show deliveries by producers to consumers and for export.

Stocks are the producers' stocks at works, including stocks in Government factories. Consumers' stocks are included in the figure for 1942.

Molasses

The figures are expressed in terms of blackstrap containing 52 per cent. sugars.

Production is the production from sugar cane and sugar beet of molasses handled by the Government.

Consumption figures give deliveries for distilling; for cattle feed including silage, sweetened pulp and straw ration; and for tanning, solvents, yeast, core. making, citric and lactic acid, and Ministry of Food requirements.

Stocks are those held in depots and refineries and by consumers. The figure for 1945 includes the molasses equivalent of sugar awaiting conversion to high test molasses.

Table 103

Plastics and materials for plastics

Home consumption covers consumption in producers' own factories and deliveries to consumers (including Government consumers).

104 Paper and papermaking materials

"Paper" means paper or board; "mills means paper mills or board mills.

Papermaking materials other than woodpulp

Consumption figures relate to consumption by mills.

Stock figures of pulpwood, straw for papermaking, and esparto show the quantities held at mills. The stock figures for rags, waste ropes, etc., and waste paper are prepared from returns made by mills and merchants; they cover all mills and the principal merchants.

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Paper equivalent

The paper equivalent figures show the approximate amount of paper which it is estimated can be produced from the papermaking materials other than woodpulp shown as consumed or in stock. The approximate paper equivalents are: pulpwood 37 1/2 per cent., straw 43 per cent., rags, etc., 66 2/3 per cent., waste paper 80 per cent., esparto 42 per cent.

Pulpwood

Imported pulpwood and home-grown timber, including wood waste and chippings.

Woodpulp for papermaking

This comprises chemical sulphite pulp (bleached, partly bleached, bleachable, easy bleaching, strong and bamboo); chemical sulphate pulp (bleached, partly bleached, bleachable, easy bleaching, knotter and screenings, and kraft); and mechanical pulp (wet and dry mechanical pulp) in terms of air dry weight used or held by papermakers and manufacturers of cellulose wadding.

Industrial woodpulp

The woodpulp held or used by manufacturers of rayon and transparent cellulose film.

Newsprint

Consumption figures for 1939 give the quantities of newsprint used by publishers of newspapers and periodicals; subsequent figures also include quantities licensed for other purposes, exports and re-exports.

Stock figures show the quantity of newsprint held at mills and by publishers of newspapers and periodicals.

Building boards and other paper and board

Building boards comprise insulation board, laminated wallboard and hardboard.

Consumption is derived by adding together the paper imported and the home-produced paper invoiced out by mills, and adjusting at the end of every four months for any reduction or increase in the stocks of paper held by manufacturers, merchants and large consumers.

Stocks are the quantities held by papermakers, paper merchants, bag makers, box makers, wallboard merchants, converters, manufacturing stationers and consumers. The returns made by bag makers, box makers, paper makers and wallboard merchants are believed to cover all engaged in the trade. The principal converters who are omitted are periodical publishers and printers, although certain printers are included in the other categories where, for example, they operate also as merchants. The returns obtained from manufacturing stationers cover all those who are likely to hold considerable stocks, but the returns obtained from consumers relate only to a miscellaneous selection of large firms. National stocks of building boards are included in the figures for 1945.

Table 105

Raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton linters

Raw cotton

The home consumption figures show the quantities used by (a) cotton spinning mills for cotton spinning,

and (b) other consumers for spinning in mixture with cotton waste, wool, and asbestos and for the manufacture of surgical dressings, upholstery, rayon and, until March 1943, explosives.

Stocks are the quantities held by merchants until 1st April 1941 when such stocks were requisitioned by the Cotton Control. The estimated weight of raw cotton unloading at ports and in transit in the United Kingdom is included.

Cotton waste

Cleaning waste is included from January 1941.

Production figures relate to merchants' receipts of cotton waste from spinning, doubling, weaving and hosiery mills in the United Kingdom.

Home consumption figures show the amount of cotton waste used mainly in waste, woollen and cotton spinning and in the manufacture of surgical dressings, upholstery, cleaning waste and, until August 1943, explosives. Consumption in purification factories, for which the figures are Control deliveries to such factories up to the end of June 1941 and thereafter actual consumption, is included.

Stocks are the quantities held by the Cotton Control, merchants and commercial users (including stocks at purification factories.)

Cotton linters

Home consumption figures show the use of imported first and second cut linters, United Kingdom and salvage linters, mainly in the manufacture of rayon, plastics, paper, bedding, surgical dressings, insulation material and explosives.

Stocks are those held by the Cotton Control, merchants, oilcake manufacturers and consumers.

Table 106 Cotton yarn

Cotton yarn

Production figures give the total conditioned weight of single cotton yarn, whether sold or used in single or doubled form. They include yarn spun for sale, yarn used for further manufacturing processes in the same firm, and yarn spun on commission. They exclude yarn spun from waste, and spun rayon and mixture yarns.

Deliveries are the total weight of yarn delivered by cotton spinners or used by them for further processing against orders approved by the Cotton Control under the Cotton Allocation Scheme. Cotton waste yarn and cotton and spun rayon mixture yarn are included. Yarn for industrial uses is that used in certain manufactures (for example surgical dressings, hosiery, tyres and narrow fabrics), whether for home consumption or export, and for certain essential home services. Yarn for the export trade is yarn exported as yarn, thread, piece goods or made-up goods.

Consumption by weavers of cotton yarn is the amount of cotton and cotton waste yarns used in the manufacture of cotton fabrics and cotton and rayon mixture fabrics.

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Cotton waste yarns

Production figures relate to yarns wholly of cotton waste.

Spindles running

Average of the number of single yarn spindles running during each week of the period on cotton only up to October 1941, and thereafter on cotton, spun rayon and mixture yarns. Figures are given as mule equivalents. Spindles running on waste yarns are excluded.

Table 107

Rayon, rayon yarn and woven fabrics

Rayon

Production figures from 1941 give the quantity of rayon and other synthetic fibres produced in the United Kingdom on a delivered weight basis. Before 1941 the figures are excise figures less an estimated allowance for waste.

Spun rayon and mixture yarns

Production figures cover yarns of spun rayon, cotton and rayon mixtures, cotton and wool mixtures, and waste yarns other than those of cotton waste and raw cotton.

Woven cotton fabrics

Production is the output of grey and coloured-woven cotton cloth made for sale or on commission on looms of not less than 23-inch reed space. The figures cover jacquard cloths and cloth for made-up cotton goods, including towels, quilts, bed-coverings, surgical bandages and dressings and tyre cord and fabric. They exclude hosiery, lace net and machinery belting and other cotton smallwares. The figures represent the linear yardage of cloth in the grey state before undergoing finishing processes.

Woven rayon and mixture fabrics

Production is the output of fabrics made wholly from continuous filament or spun rayon, from nylon (after August 1944) and from mixtures of rayon, nylon and cotton yarn. Weaving is on looms of not less than 23-inch reed space. The fabrics included are those containing not less than 85 per cent. by weight of cotton, rayon or nylon yarn. The figures represent the linear yardage of cloth in the grey state before undergoing finishing processes.

Rayon yarn

Consumption figures give the consumption by weavers of yarn made of continuous filament, spun rayon (long or short staple) and other synthetic fibres (such as nylon) in the manufacture of rayon and mixture fabrics.

Looms running

Until December 1943 the average of the number of looms (of not less than 23-inch reed space) running on cotton, rayon, nylon and mixture fabrics during each week of the period. From January 1944 the figure given is the number of looms running on the last full working day of the month. The annual figures for 1944 and 1945 are monthly averages.

Table 108

Wool and silk

Raw wool

Production figures show the intake of United Kingdom fleece and skin wool. From 1937 to 1940 the figures are estimated. From 1941 they give the actual weight of wool taken up by the Ministry of Supply, the Board of Trade or the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Home consumption is the estimated clean weight consumed in combing, woollen spinning and felt making.

Stock figures show the estimated clean weight of raw wool in Government ownership or held by the U.K./Dominion Wool Disposals, Ltd. (Joint Organisation), merchants, top-makers, spinners and manufacturers. Stocks held by farmers are excluded.

Worsted yarn

From 1942 the figures show the wool content of manufacturers' deliveries. The figure for 1937 relates to the production (total weight) of yarn wholly or mainly of wool, including admixtures amounting to about 5 per cent.

Woven wool fabrics (excluding blankets)

Production figures relate to deliveries except in 1937. All lengths are expressed as the equivalent length of cloth 54 inches wide.

Blankets

Production figures relate to deliveries computed on the basis of 1 blanket = 2 1/2 linear yards and 4 cot blankets = 1 full size blanket.

Raw silk

Consumption figures from 1941 give the total amount of raw silk, undischarged weight, put into process. Figures for 1937 and 1938 show deliveries to mills.

Stocks are those held in the United Kingdom by consumers and by the Control, including stocks in transit but excluding material in process.

Silk noils

Production is by waste silk spinners. From March 1942 production from cartridge bag cuttings is also included.

Consumption shows quantity put into process.

Stocks are held by waste silk spinners, by noil spinners, and by the Government. From February 1942 garnetted material is included in Government stocks.

Table 109

Jute, flax and hemps

Raw jute

The home consumption figures show the quantity of raw jute used in jute yarn spinning.

Stocks are those held by the Control, spinners and dealers.

Imported jute goods

The home consumption figures relate to deliveries by merchants against disposal licences issued by the Control; consumption by large consumers who buy direct from the Control; quantities sold by the Control to departments; and imported rove and other

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yarn sold by the Control to weavers, carpet manufacturers and other users. Home-produced goods from Control stocks are included from March 1942 to March 1945.

Stocks cover imported jute goods held by the Control, merchant distributors and consumers purchasing direct from the Control, and, from March 1942 to March 1945, home-produced goods taken into Control stock.

Flax

From April 1944, production includes imports from Eire.

Home consumption figures show the amount of flax spread for spinning by flax spinners and sales to the paper and other trades. Hemp and hemp tow used by flax spinners are included in the figures for 1940 and 1941.

Stocks are the quantities held by the Flax Control and by spinners. Hemp and hemp tow used by

flax spinners are included in the figures for 1940 and 1941.

Soft hemps

True hemp comprises Italian, Central European (including Turkish) and Chilean hemp. The figures for consumption and stocks in 1940 and 1941 exclude some portion of true hemp taken over by the Flax Control and used by flax spinners.

Stocks of soft hemps are the quantities held by the Control and by spinners and papermakers, excluding stocks in transit in the United Kingdom.

Hard hemps

Sisal, manila, phormium tenax and other varieties.

Home consumption is the amount of hemp used by spinners, papermakers and bedding manufacturers.

Stocks are the quantities held by the Control and by spinners, papermakers and bedding manufacturers, excluding stocks in transit in the United Kingdom.

VII. PRODUCTION

SHIPBUILDING

Table 111

Figures of completions refer to vessels which have to completed their trials and been handed over to their 116 owners.

Standard displacement

The standard displacement of a surface vessel is the displacement of the vessel complete, fully manned, engined and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions and fresh water for crew, miscellaneous stores and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or reserve feed water on board.

The standard displacement of a submarine is the surface displacement of the vessel complete (exclusive of the water in non-watertight structure) fully manned, engined and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions for crew, miscellaneous stores and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel, lubricating oil, fresh water or ballast water of any kind on board.

Deep displacement

Deep displacement of surface vessels is the same as standard displacement except that it includes fuel and reserve feed water.

Light displacement

Light displacement is the displacement of the ship complete with ammunition, but excluding oil, water, petrol, provisions, canteen stores, naval stores, officers' slops, navigation stores and paymasters' slops.

War load displacement

For landing craft, war load is the light displacement plus the full weight of armoured fighting vehicles, mechanical transport, troops, permissible ammunition, stores, fuel and crew.

Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage is the total volume of all the enclosed spaces of a vessel above the inner bottom. The unit of measurement is a ton of 100 cubic feet.

Table 112

Naval vessels: Ocean and coastal convoy etc.

Minelayers

This series comprises fast minelayers, controlled minelayers, minelaying lighters and coastal minelayers.

Minesweepers, trawlers and boom defence vessels These include fleet minesweepers; minesweeping, anti-submarine, and minesweeping anti-submarine trawlers; boom, gate and net vessels.

Mosquito craft

This series comprises steam gun boats, motor torpedo boats, motor anti-submarine boats, motor launches and motor minesweepers.

Landing craft

Types included are tank, flak, gun, mechanized, assault, support, personnel and infantry landing craft.

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MUNITIONS

Tables 117 to 129

This section gives a summary of United Kingdom  production of the more important munitions and warlike stores during the rearmament period immediately preceding the outbreak of war and during the war itself. The munitions section and the separate sections giving the production of military aircraft and naval vessels taken together cover the major groups of war production for the armed forces. There are important connections between this and the other two sections, for example, this section includes the production of guns for aircraft and naval vessels. A large part of the munitions tables relate to production administered by the Ministry of Supply, which was responsible not only for Army requirements but also for some production for the requirements of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. The most important items of production of this type included in these tables are small arms ammunition, explosives and the filling of shells and bombs. Except for this production the other two Supply departments remained responsible for their major munitions requirements. Of the production shown in the munitions tables, the Admiralty was responsible for the production of all naval guns (Table 119), the Oerlikon gun (Table 120), naval propellant production (included in Table 125) and for most types of empty components for naval ammunition (Table 124); the Ministry of Aircraft Production was responsible for the production of aircraft guns including the Hispano-Suiza (Table 120) and to a varying extent for the supply of empty bomb components (Table 124).

The choice of items shown in the tables has necessarily been limited, although for certain groups the coverage of the figures is more complete than for others. For example, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery, light guns and small arms ammunition are comprehensively covered since these items lend themselves more readily to generic grouping than do certain others such as engineer stores, signal equipment and artillery instruments. The difficulty of dealing with groups of this latter type where only a limited selection of items has been included is overcome to some extent for Ministry of Supply production by prefacing the munitions tables with an index of munitions production (Table 117) from which the general trend of production in each main group can be readily seen. Some important groups are omitted entirely, both from these tables and from the index of production. for example, medical stores, clothing and general equipment and stores.

The statistics given in these tables come from two main sources. Those covering the period of the war and a small number of pre-war figures are extracted from the departmental records of the Admiralty and the Ministry of Supply (including the records of aircraft munitions production now in the possession of the Ministry of Supply). Most of the pre-war figures on the other hand come from Deficiency

Progress Reports submitted to the Committee on Imperial Defence by Service departments during the rearmament period.

With one exception the tables cover new production only in the United Kingdom. The figures therefore exclude repairs, reconditioning, conversions and supplies from overseas. An exception is made for armoured fighting vehicles; overseas supplies of these vehicles were of exceptional importance and such supplies are shown alongside United Kingdom production in Table 126. Production of spare parts is excluded from all the tables.

The basis of enumeration in these tables is generally "deliveries passed inspection" and, for naval guns after January 1942 "acceptances after proof". For the few items where the basis is "deliveries ex factory" this is shown in the footnotes to the tables. The production figures relate to periods of three months (not necessarily ending on the last day of a calendar quarter) or to periods of 13 weeks ending near the end of the calendar quarter. The effect of these small variations in the time series is slight.

A double line drawn horizontally across a column indicates that the production of the particular item of equipment ceased in the preceding quarter.

The various abbreviations used in the column headings are listed and explained at the beginning of the Digest.

Table 117

Index of Ministry of Supply munitions production

The index relates to Ministry of Supply production, that is, predominantly but not entirely to Army equipment. The major items in each of the groups shown in this table were included but the coverage varied with the different groups of stores. Owing to the very large number of spares produced and the lack of information regarding them, it was not found possible to make any allowance for spares in the index. From various estimates which were made, however, it is evident that the omission of spares from the index brings it appreciably lower towards the end of the war than it would otherwise have been.

The basis of the weighting system employed was fixed value. This was first calculated with prices ruling at October 1939, but a revision was made in mid-1942 as price changes had by that time appreciably affected the weighting. The revision was carried back to March 1941, the index being adjusted to produce a smooth join with the earlier figures.

As the index is based on fixed prices it relates to changes in deliveries and not to changes in expenditure. Any distortion due to differences in time between payments and deliveries is thus excluded.

The index is not adjusted for holidays.

Table 118

Artillery equipments, instruments and tank and anti-tank

guns

Deliveries of experimental or pilot models are not in general included in the figures.

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The figures for light anti-aircraft equipments relate to the 40 mm. Bofors only. Up to the outbreak of war all supplies of this equipment were imported.

Only new production is included in this table and the figures therefore exclude the extensive programme of conversion which was in force immediately preceding and during the early stages of the war. The scale of this programme can be seen from the following figures :—

Equipment

Number

Duration

of programme

Pre-war

War

Field 18 pdr. to 25 pdr.

611

829

1937 to June 1941

A.A. 3-in. 20 cwt. (guns only)

431

30

1937 to January

1940

60 pdr. to 4.5-in.

1

64

1939 to December

1940

Table 119

Naval guns

The distinction between "short" and "long" range guns under anti-aircraft is broadly the same as that between "light" and "heavy" in Table 118. Short range guns comprise the 2 pdr. and 40 mm. Bofors. Long range covers all larger calibres.

Table 126

Armoured fighting vehicles

This is the only table in the section to include supplies from sources other than the United Kingdom. The term "overseas" covers the United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Supplies of tanks were from the United States of America and Canada only. The term "supplies" includes deliveries not only to the United Kingdom, but also to United Kingdom, Dominion and Colonial forces in any theatre of war irrespective of whether the forces were under War Office control or not. The figures include 2,375 Canadian tanks retained in Canada and about 15,500 armoured carriers and cars retained in Canada and Australia for home defence.

The weight shown for tanks is the weight "in action", that is, including armament and allowance for ammunition, wireless and other equipment and crew.

Table 127

Wheeled vehicles

The figures in this table cover production for the Service departments only. Total production of motor vehicles in the United Kingdom is given in Table 139.

The vehicles in this analysis, which are broadly designated as mechanical transport, include all mechanical wheeled vehicles except vehicles classified as fighting vehicles, that is, except armoured cars, scout cars and armoured command vehicles.

The classification used is based on broad general groupings. The various lorries and trucks are not all conventional load-carriers; a considerable number are vehicles with special bodies and fittings for special loads as well as for numerous technical purposes. It may, however, be useful to aggregate production in terms of load-carrying capacity and for this purpose heavy tractors should be regarded as equivalent to 6-ton lorries and light tractors and ambulances to 1-3-ton lorries; heavy cars are vehicles of 16 h.p. and upwards, while light cars and vans are below 16 h.p. It should be noted, however, that the load classification of Service vehicles in the main is not the same as for civil vehicles—for example, a Service 3-ton vehicle is the equivalent of a commercial 5-ton vehicle.

Table 128

Signal equipment

This table gives a limited but representative selection of signal equipment. Radar equipment is excluded.

Table 129

Engineer stores

Production of engineer stores covered a wide range of field, bridging and civil engineering equipment and amenity items, for example, refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment.

The items included in this table are confined mainly to bridging equipment and are not a representative selection of engineer stores.

AIRCRAFT

Table 131

Production of aircraft by structure weight

The structure weight of an aircraft is the empty weight of the fuselage, wings, undercarriage, engine nacelles and flying controls. Engines, propellers, turrets, guns, electrical equipment and radio sets are excluded.

Table 132

Index of aircraft production

Neither structure weight nor unadjusted manhours taken separately were found to be a satisfactory basis for an index of aircraft production. Accordingly, this index is based on manhours standardised by reference to structure weight for the three main groups of aircraft produced, namely, heavy, medium and fighter bombers; other operational aircraft; and trainers.

Table 133

Aircraft awaiting repair and repaired

The aircraft repair figures relate to repairs carried out by the Civilian Repair Organisation only and exclude repairs by squadrons.

Table 134

Engines: Production, imports and repairs

The figures for imports relate to engines imported for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. They exclude engines returned to the United Kingdom for repair and re-export.

Repairs are those carried out by the Civilian Repair Organisation and exclude repairs by squadrons.

Tables 135 and 136

Arrivals of aircraft from North America

The term "arrivals" covers aircraft despatched both by air and by sea and imported for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.

MANUFACTURED GOODS

Table 137 Deliveries of machine tools, small tools, welding sets and electric motors

Machine tools

For definition see the Control of Machine Tools (No. 12) Order 1942. The table excludes, except from the 1935 figures, metal-working and wood-working tools of value less than £50. The value figures exclude replacement parts.

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Metal-working machine tools

The following types are included: automatics, borers, broaches, drills, gear-cutters, grinders, lappers and honers, capstans and turrets, lathes, millers, planers, presses, saws, shapers, shears, sheet metal working, slotters, screw, thread and miscellaneous metal. working machine tools.

Wood-working machine tools

The following types are included: saws of all types (except hand saws), drills, grinders and sharpeners, gluers, lathes, morticing and tenoning machines, dovetailing machines, planers and moulders, routers, sanders, veneering machines and miscellaneous woodworking machine tools.

Engineers' small tools

These include cutting tools, chucks, jigs and fixtures, press tools and gauges.

Welding sets

The value figures exclude replacement parts.

Table 139

Locomotives and motor vehicles

Locomotives

The figures show the number of steam locomotives produced by railway workshops and by private makers and include production for the Services.

Main line types comprise passenger tender, passenger tank, freight tender (including mixed traffic), freight tank, Garratts and other steam types.

Industrial locomotives include shunters for docks.

Table 140

Woven cloth, household textiles, hosiery and footwear

Supplies for home civilian use include retained imports where these are distinguished in the Trade and Navigation Accounts, supplies for N.A.A.F.I. and for local authorities, hospitals, etc., but exclude supplies for Government orders and for export. For 1935 the figures are based on the Census of Production, adjusted for retained imports and exports.

Woven wool cloth

Supplies are the deliveries by manufacturers of tissues containing 15 per cent. and over of wool fibre, excluding hair fabric used for interlining and similar purposes. Cloth for uniforms for Civil Defence, transport purposes or hospitals, etc. is not included if specially issued by the Wool Control.

Woven non-wool cloth

Supplies are the deliveries by manufacturers and merchant converters registered under the Apparel and Textiles Order. Cloth for handkerchiefs and babies' napkins is included.

Wool hand-knitting yarn

All hand-knitting yarn, including yarn of Service shades and mending yarn, produced on wool machinery.

Blankets

The figures relate to supplies of full-size and cot blankets, and are based on manufacturers' deliveries.

Towels

"Other" towels include roller towels, tea towels, glass cloths, etc.

Hosiery

Garments made up from warp knitted fabric are excluded. The figures for children's garments cover all children under fourteen and thus include infants' wear. The pre-war figures quoted are estimates for 1937.

Footwear

Total production for all uses is the output by manufacturers during the period. Production for home civilian use is the quantity of footwear transferred to warehouse stock by all manufacturers of leather footwear, excluding production for export or for which leather is procured under permit from the Director of Service Footwear; thus footwear for the Home Guard, Civil Defence and Women's Land Army is excluded. All rubber boots and shoes and canvas shoes with rubber soles are excluded, but other rubber-soled footwear is included under the appropriate heading. Children's footwear includes that for infants.

Table 141

Pottery, hollow-ware and brushes

Production figures relate to manufacturers' sales. Supplies for home civilian use include retained imports where these are distinguished in the Trade and Navigation Accounts, supplies for N.A.A.F.I. and for local authorities, hospitals, etc., but exclude supplies for Government orders and for export.

Pottery

Small plates are those of 8-inch diameter or less, large plates are over 8-inch diameter.

Coffee-pots are included from March 1943 only.

Until February 1943 the figures for cooking-ware relate to pie and baking dishes only.

VIII. EXTERNAL TRADE

Table 142 to 150

The tables covering external trade have been compiled from information published in the Annual Statements of Trade of the United Kingdom and from the monthly Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom.

Quantities and values

Both quantities and values are based on the declarations of importers and exporters, or their agents, which may be verified by Customs officials. The value of the imports represents the open market value as defined by Section 10 of the Finance Act, 1935. Briefly stated, this value is the price which the goods would fetch on sale in the open market at the time of import if the goods were delivered to the buyers at the port or place of importation, freight, insurance, commission and all other costs, charges and expenses incidental to the making of the contract of sale and

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the delivery of the goods at that port or place (except any duties of Customs and purchase tax) having been paid by the seller. The value of the exports represents the cost of the goods to the purchaser abroad, including packing, inland and coastal transport in the United Kingdom, dock dues, loading charges and all other costs, profits, charges and expenses (for example, insurance and commission) accruing up to the point where the goods are deposited on board the exporting vessel or aircraft or at the land boundary of Northern Ireland, and is known as the "free on board" value.

Imports and exports

Military stores

Stores owned by the Government of this country shipped for the use of United Kingdom forces abroad are excluded from the export figures. Similarly, military stores carried in Government vessels and captured enemy equipment imported by Government departments are excluded.

Stores and equipment imported direct by Commonwealth and allied forces and auxiliary bodies based in the United Kingdom are excluded. Imports by a United Kingdom Government department (unless carried in Government vessels) even though transferred subsequently to such forces within the United Kingdom are however included in the figures.

Stores for N.A.A.F.I., the Y.M.C.A. and other similar organisations are included.

Munitions

The figures for 1942 to 1945 exclude imports, exports and re-exports of "munitions", that is, aircraft and other vehicles and parts (except rubber tyres and tubes), arms, ammunition and military and naval stores. From 1938 to 1941 such goods are included under the appropriate headings of the Trade Accounts except that certain warlike stores imported for Government use are included under a comprehensive heading for Government stores (Class III, Group U (Miscellaneous articles wholly or mainly manufactured)).

Relief and rehabilitation, lend-lease and mutual aid

Exports of goods for relief and rehabilitation of liberated countries in Europe are included in the figures whether exported by U.N.R.R.A., by a United Kingdom Government department or on behalf of the country concerned.

Goods imported under lend-lease and mutual aid arrangements are included throughout under the appropriate headings; those imported by U.N.R.R.A. for its official use are excluded.

Parcels for prisoners of war and the armed forces Parcels despatched to prisoners of war are excluded from the export figures.

Parcels despatched to United Kingdom or allied forces abroad are included as exports under the heading of "parcel post" except where they contain tobacco or other goods exported on drawback when they are included under the appropriate export heading.

Parcels from North America to United States and Canadian forces in this country are excluded. All other parcels are included as imports, those containing goods liable to import duty being recorded under the appropriate headings and not under parcel post.

Miscellaneous exclusions

Bullion and specie, ships stores and bunkers and ballast of no commercial value are excluded from both exports and imports. In addition, exports exclude personal and household effects taken by passengers for private use and articles exported solely for temporary exhibition in galleries and museums abroad. Imports exclude fresh fish and shell fish of British taking landed from British ships, gifts for members of the forces and for approved war charities, etc.

IX. TRANSPORT

MERCHANT SHIPPING

Gross tonnage

The total volume of all the enclosed spaces of a vessel above the inner bottom. The unit of measurement is a ton of 100 cubic feet.

Deadweight tonnage

The number of tons (2,240 lb.) of cargo, stores, bunkers, equipment, etc., that a vessel carries when floating at her summerload draught.

Net tonnage

Net tonnage is the gross tonnage less certain deductions on account of crew space, engine room, water ballast and other spaces not used for passengers or cargo.

Tables 151 to 153

Merchant shipping under British control Foreign vessels

Bareboat charter transfers to the charterer the responsibility for manning, upkeep and other functions normally assumed by the owner.

Table 159

Shipping movement at United Kingdom ports: Entrances and clearances in the foreign trade

Foreign trade

Trading vessels engaged in voyages direct from any port abroad (including the Channel Islands and Eire) to a port in the United Kingdom (including the Isle of Man) or vice versa. Vessels calling at more than one United Kingdom port in the course of a single voyage are recorded as entered or cleared at one port only.

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The figures exclude naval vessels or vessels with naval crews requisitioned or chartered for naval or military transport services, but vessels on Government service with mercantile crews are included. Other exclusions are pleasure yachts sailed privately, tugs engaged on the coasts of the United Kingdom, vessels entering ports for shelter through stress of weather and British fishing vessels.

Vessels with cargo

Vessels loading or unloading cargo, even though principally engaged in carrying passengers. Cargo consists of merchandise (other than Government stores, ships stores or bunkers), bullion, specie or mail.

Vessels in ballast

Vessels other than those defined above under vessels "with cargo". The figures include vessels unloading or loading only Government stores, that is, goods consigned direct to Allied or Commonwealth forces in this country or reshipment of such goods; goods shipped by a United Kingdom Government department for the use of United Kingdom forces abroad or re-imports of such goods and imports of captured enemy military equipment.

160 Arrivals of shipping at United Kingdom ports

Vessels calling during the course of a single voyage at more than one port are recorded as arrived and departed at each port. The extent of the duplication, so far as inward movement is affected, can be seen by comparing the figures for foreign trade arrivals in this table with those for entrances in Table 159.

The terms "cargo" and "ballast" are defined as for Table 159.

RAIL TRANSPORT

Table 164

Repair and availability of rolling stock

Locomotives

Steam, electric, petrol, oil and oil electric locomotives but excluding rail-motors. Figures do not necessarily show the number owned by the railway companies as account has been taken of loans made to and by the railway companies, the Service departments, the Ministry of Supply, etc.

Passenger-carrying vehicles

Rail motor vehicles and steam and electric coaches. Account has been taken of loans made to and by the railway companies, the Service departments, the Ministry of Supply, etc.

Trucks and wagons

Most of the privately owned wagons in Great Britain were requisitioned in September 1939, with the exception of tank wagons, certain specially constructed wagons and wagons set aside for special traffic such as tarred road materials, cement, salt, etc.

Table 165

Passenger and goods traffic

Passenger journeys

The figures of passenger journeys show the number of journeys originating on the railway system of Great Britain, including through booked passenger journeys commenced by road and completed by rail.

Children for whom tickets are issued are treated as adults, but infants in arms are excluded. Return tickets are counted as two journeys and the number of journeys by season ticket holders are on the basis of 600 journeys per annum. Government department traffic (for example, naval, military, etc.), tickets under bulk travel arrangements and other reduced fare traffic are included.

Estimated passenger miles

Figures relate to main line companies only and are estimated.

Goods, mineral and livestock traffic

The figures show the tonnage of revenue-earning traffic conveyed by trains on the railway system. Cross-channel traffic invoiced to interior stations is treated as originating at the port of entry.

Free-hauled traffic, which includes servicing materials for the railways conveyed without charge on revenue-earning trains, and traffic conveyed on ballast trains or departmental trains is excluded.

Estimated net ton-miles

The product of the load conveyed and the miles travelled including free-hauled traffic.

Table 166

Operating statistics

Loaded train-miles

The distance run by all types of revenue-earning trains calculated on the actual distance worked to the nearest mile. Coaching trains are trains made up entirely of coaching vehicles for the conveyance of passengers and other traffic scheduled as passenger train traffic, such as parcels, mails, etc. Freight trains are those composed of wagons, trucks, etc., used for the conveyance of goods traffic at freight train charges. The mileage of trains consisting of both coaching and freight vehicles and scheduled as "mixed" have been divided equally between coaching and freight.

Loaded wagon-miles

The mileage of loaded wagons including those loaded with free-hauled traffic worked on revenue-earning trains. Each vehicle is counted irrespective of its capacity or its load. The distances correspond to those for train miles but no mileage is included for the distances covered by wagons when being shunted.

Table 167

Traffic receipts

From 1st September 1939, under the Railway Control Agreement, the receipts of the controlled undertakings (the four main line railway companies, London Passenger Transport Board, their joint lines and certain minor railways) were pooled and clearances between undertakings were not made. These figures represent, therefore, the originating receipts of the major portion of the Pool.

On 11th June 1939 railway passenger fares in the London area, including those on the London Passenger

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Transport Board, were increased by 5 per cent. to the level of fares outside London; on 1st May 1940 railway passenger fares (except season tickets and workmen's fares) and freight rates were increased by 10 per cent.; on 1st December 1940 this percentage was raised to 16 2/3. On the London Passenger Transport Board increases in railway passenger fares above 5d. became effective from 1st May 1940 and increases in certain other railway and road transport fares became effective from 3rd July 1940 and 1st December 1940.

Passenger receipts

Passenger receipts are the receipts from passenger fares of all kinds. Charges for platform tickets, seat reservations, left luggage, etc., which are classed as miscellaneous receipts are excluded.

Parcels, mails, etc.

Include receipts from the conveyance of small parcels and other merchandise by passenger train as well as mail and parcel post.

Merchandise

This class includes all freight train traffic except coal and coke and minerals and other commodities carried in bulk.

Minerals

This class covers traffic in Classes 1 to 6 of the general railway classification, that is, minerals and other heavy freight carried in bulk, for example, bricks, iron ore, lime, limestone, pig-iron, road stone and stone in the rough.

Coal and coke

Includes coal, coke, patent fuels, slack, smudge, cannel and coal cinders for fuel.

ROAD TRANSPORT

Table 168 and 169

Vehicles with licences current and new registrations These figures are compiled from information received  by the Ministry of Transport from all licensing authorities in Great Britain which administer the relevant sections of the Roads Act, 1920. The statistics are thus a by-product of administration and the classes shown correspond in the main to taxation classes. The figures include all vehicles which pay tax and certain vehicles which are exempt from the payment of tax. Most of the latter carry a form of licence known as a "nil" licence.

Exempt vehicles are of three kinds: (a) vehicles which are designed and used for certain particular purposes; (b) those which make little or no use of public roads; and (c) vehicles owned by Government authorities.

Vehicles in the first class (such as ambulances, invalid vehicles, road construction vehicles and fire service vehicles) are registered when they are first brought into use and pay no tax but they do carry a "nil" licence. They therefore appear in the statistics of licences current. During the war, fire service vehicles were temporarily transferred to the National Fire Service and operated under O.H.M.S. certificates instead of "nil" licences, and during this period they disappeared from the statistics.

Of vehicles in the second class, those which are never used on the public roads (for example farm or works tractors used solely on the farm or site) are not required to bear a licence or to be registered, and are therefore outside the statistics altogether. Vehicles which make no use of roads repairable at the public expense, or make little use, that is, they travel not more than six miles per week while passing between different parts of the owners' lands, are registered but carry no licence. Therefore, they are not included in the statistics of licences current.

Vehicles belonging to the armed forces are not registered and carry O.H.M.S. certificates. Hence they are not included in either table.

Agricultural tractors may fall into the 5s. or £12 class according to the uses to which they are put by the owner. The 5s. agricultural tractor class includes locomotive ploughing engines and other agricultural engines and covers those which are used on roads only for hauling their own equipment, farming implements and the like, or for hauling agricultural produce or requisites provided that the owner is engaged in agriculture and the vehicle is used primarily for work on the land. It also includes some trench-diggers, excavators and mobile cranes which are used on roads only for proceeding to and from working sites. Mowing machines are also included. The £12 and over class includes tractors, agricultural tractors and engines (other than vehicles subject to a duty of 5s.) which are registered in the name of a person engaged in agriculture and which are used on the roads solely for the haulage of the produce of and requisites for his own agricultural land.

Agricultural vans and lorries are goods vehicles registered in the name of a person engaged in agriculture and used on roads solely for the conveyance of the produce of and requisites for his agricultural land.

X. PUBLIC FINANCE

Table 174

Floating debt

Advances from the Bank of England

Ways and Means advances.

Advances from Government departments

Certain loans made to the Treasury by Public Departments, principally by the Paymaster-General and the National Debt Commissioners, out of accruing receipts.

Treasury bills

The total value of bills held by the market, by Public

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Departments and the Issue Department of the Bank of England.

Treasury deposits by banks

Loans to the Treasury by the banks for periods of six months.

Table 175

Currency circulation and bank clearings Currency circulation

The series showing the estimated circulation of notes and coin with the public relates to the total note issues of the Bank of England, the Scottish banks and the Northern Irish Banks, plus the estimated total of imperial silver, cupro-nickel, bronze and nickel. brass coin in circulation, less notes and coin held by the Bank of England (Banking Department), by the Scottish and Northern Irish Banks (as published in the London and Belfast Gazettes) and by the London Clearing Banks.

Bank clearings

The clearings reported by the London Bankers' Clearing House represent the total of bankers' effects (cheques, drafts, bills, interest warrants, etc.) passed through the clearing houses for collection from the banks.

Before the war the clearing house in London published its figures under three regions-Town, Metropolitan and Country-which covered broadly the City of London, the London suburbs and the rest of England and Wales (apart from the purely local provincial clearings) respectively. This classification ceased when the clearing banks' emergency operations came into force in September 1939.

During the war years the figures include the large volume of transactions settled between the head offices, and branches of the same banks but not cheques cashed over the counter. A partial return to pre-war methods, which excluded these transactions, began in October 1945.

Provincial clearings represent similar collections at the twelve clearing houses operating in the provinces.

Table 177

External disinvestment

This summary table estimates, over the period from the outbreak of war in Europe to 30th June 1945, the effect of the war upon the United Kingdom in terms of capital loss in the overseas financial position. This loss took the form of the realisation of investments, the incurring of debts in the form of sterling liabilities, etc., and the running down of gold and dollar reserves. The sum of these represents the loss of overseas wealth which the United Kingdom suffered in order to meet overseas military expenditure and the cost of essential services and supplies from abroad.

Table 178 and 179

Lend-lease and reciprocal aid

The material contained in the two tables dealing with lend-lease and reciprocal aid has been extracted from a paper "Mutual Aid between the U.S. and the British Empire, 1941-45" read before the Royal Statistical Society by Professor R. G. D. Allen on 29th May 1946. A brief description of the nature of the material used and of its source is given below. Fuller information can, however, be obtained from Professor Allen's paper (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Vol. CLX, Part III, 1946, pp. 243.277).

United States lend-lease aid to the British Empire

The figures relate to goods transferred and services rendered under lend-lease as recorded by the Foreign Economic Administration (F.E.A.) and published in the Reports to Congress on lend-lease operations made quarterly by the President. Certain major revisions were made on the cumulative returns after June 1945. Aid to the British Empire shown in this table agrees with the revised F.E.A. figures cumulatively to 30th June 1945 and to 31st August 1945. The analysis by periods to mid-1945 is obtained from differences in F.E.A. cumulative figures on the un-revised basis, except for adjustments in services and in industrial products (metals and machinery) arising from the revision. The analysis by periods must therefore be accepted with caution.

The classification adopted is as follows: (a) Munitions: aircraft, ordnance, combat and motor vehicles and related equipment; small water-craft and naval equipment; signal engineer, quartermaster, medical, chemical warfare and other military stores.

(6) Ships (sail-away): naval and merchant vessels delivered under their own power.

(c) Other goods: agricultural products, raw materials, petroleum and manufactures.

(d) Services: ship repair, freights, ships' stores and other shipping services; ferrying of aircraft; training of personnel; storage and transportation; materials and charges for construction of bases; miscellaneous expenses.

Since Canada did not receive lend-lease aid, goods exported by the United States to Canada for the eventual use of the United Kingdom are included in the United Kingdom figures. Lend-lease aid has been shown as valued by the United States in dollars and reciprocal aid (in Table 179) as valued by the United Kingdom in £ sterling. Any direct comparison raises the difficult problem of the appropriate relation between the dollar and the £ sterling. The official rate of exchange has no relevance to the problem. What is required is either an evaluation of what lend. lease aid to the British Empire would have cost if the goods had been produced and the services rendered in British countries, or an evaluation of what reciprocal aid to the United States would have cost at the United States prices used in the accounting of United States lend-lease aid. For munitions and military stores (excluding food) an item by item comparison of unit costs in the United States and United Kingdom indicates that an appropriate average of conversion is around $7 to £1. For other goods and for services only a fragmentary comparison of the United States and United Kingdom prices used in mutual aid valuations is possible. The appropriate

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conversion rate, however, would seem to be not far from the official rate of exchange, that is about $4.03 to £1.

United Kingdom reciprocal aid

The figures have been derived from the White Papers on Mutual Aid (Cmd. 6483, 1943 and Cmd. 6570, 1944) and cumulative data subsequently compiled by the Treasury. Figures of petroleum provided in India are from United States Army records supplied to the F.E.A.

The classification follows closely that for United States lend-lease in the previous table. Military stores include all munitions and other stores for direct use by foreign forces with the exception of petroleum and food. Services are mainly transportation but also include building maintenance. The construction figure represents the cost to the Service departments of the construction of military installations and includes the whole cost of the Mulberry Harbour.

Aid to the United States in the United Kingdom comprises all transfers of goods and services to United States forces in the United Kingdom, but shipping services and petroleum tankers are on a world-wide basis. Aid in the United States includes both goods transferred in the United States as food and materials exported from the United Kingdom and the colonies to United States. Aid in overseas theatres includes transfers and construction in the colonies as well as in various theatres of war.

XI. NATIONAL INCOME

Tables 180 to 186

Tables 180.186 have been prepared as far as possible on the same basis as those contained in "National Income and Expenditure of the United Kingdom 1946 to 1949" (Cmd. 7933, 1950). The correspondence, nevertheless, is not exact. While continuity has been preserved for the war years 1939.1945 there remains in certain points of detail an unavoidable break between the figures for this period and the figures for 1938 and for the post-war period. This applies chiefly to the accounts of public authorities.

It must be strongly emphasised, moreover, that the estimates given here are not based on exact knowledge, but are derived from information collected by government departments and private organisations for needs other than the estimation of national income. In some cases the information is very incomplete. No direct estimates of personal saving or of capital formation have been possible. Personal saving has been obtained by subtracting personal expenditure from personal income, and gross capital formation by subtracting all other components of national expenditure from the total of national income and depreciation.

For detailed definitions of terms reference should be made to Cmd. 7933. For items where the title is not self-explanatory, or to which special qualifications apply, brief notes are added below.

180 National income, depreciation and expenditure

The first part of this table presents estimates of the incomes received, in cash and in kind, by factors of production in producing the current output of goods and services of all kinds. The incomes are reckoned before tax, but after the amounts allowed for maintenance and depreciation in the calculation, for tax purposes, of net rent and profit. The total of these amounts together with the provision for maintenance by public authorities is given separately in this table.

Wages cover only the earnings of manual workers while salaries cover the earnings of administrative, professional, technical, clerical and office staff, including the earnings of shop assistants, commercial

INCOME

travellers, nurses and members of the police force and National Fire Service. In principle untaxed allowances of salary-earners and company directors' fees are also included in salaries. Income from farming

This item represents the reward of the manual and managerial labour of farmers and their wives and the return on their capital. The estimates, still subject to revision, were originally calculated for crop years June to May. The figure given in the table for the calendar year 1938 includes five-twelfths of the income gained in the crop year 1937.38 and seven-twelfths of that for 1938-39; and similarly for other years. For example, the increase shown between 1938 and 1939 reflects in fact the higher profits reaped in the beginning of 1940.

Professional earnings

This item includes the earnings of doctors, dentists, lawyers, artists, journalists and other professional persons. It excludes the profits of brokers, auctioneers, estate agents and of other businesses where the profits made depend on the making of contracts on behalf of others or in the giving of commercial advice relating to contracts.

Profits of other sole traders and partnerships

This item includes the profits of all unincorporated enterprises other than those shown separately in income from farming and professional earnings.

Trading profits of companies

This item covers the trading profits of companies and mutual societies other than the profits included in "net income from abroad", together with the surpluses, before deduction of interest or dividends on sales, of co-operative societies and public boards.

Operating profits of public enterprises

The trading profits of local authorities before charging interest on, or amortisation of, debt plus the profit under the Railway Agreement less the loss incurred by the Exchequer in 1945 as a result of illicit trading operations abroad by members of the armed forces

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and other government employees. The definition of this item differs from that in Cmd. 7933 by the exclusion of the trading profits of the Board of Trade and Ministry of Supply and of the interest carried as a national charge in the commercial accounts of government trading branches.

Rent of land and buildings

This item represents the net rental value on a Schedule A basis of lands and personal and business property, together with excess rents assessed under Schedule D.

Net income from abroad

This item is made up of the profits remitted home by British companies operating abroad (other than oil, shipping and insurance companies, all of whose profits are included above) plus interest and dividends received from abroad less profits remitted abroad and interest and dividends paid (after deduction of tax) to non-residents.

National expenditure

The second part of Table 180 presents estimates of expenditure by residents of the United Kingdom on goods and services. The expenditure is recorded at market prices. From this expenditure is derived not only the incomes of the factors of production that produced the current output of goods and services, but also (i) the amounts to be provided for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the capital equipment used by the factors of production as part of the process of current output and (ii) the indirect taxes on outlay collected from producers by public authorities less subsidies paid to producers.

Gross national expenditure at market prices includes the amounts in both (i) and (ii). Gross national expenditure at factor cost excludes the amount in (ii) and is equal to national income plus depreciation.

Personal expenditure on consumers' goods and services This item is described in the notes to Table 186.

Public authorities' current expenditure on goods and services

The term "public authorities" covers the central government, together with all extra-budgetary funds (in particular the Unemployment Fund and various national health insurance and pensions funds), and local authorities.

Only direct expenditure on goods and services is included, except that the provision made for maintenance is treated as a current cost and therefore as part of gross national expenditure. This provision is measured, in the case of the central government, by the amount actually spent on the maintenance of roads and buildings and, in the case of local authorities, by the amounts spent on maintenance of highways and bridges plus loan repayments and payments to sinking funds on rate-fund account, these being treated as the equivalent of depreciation allowances. Loan repayments or payments to sinking funds by the central government are excluded. Transfer payments (e.g., social security payments or subsidies) are also excluded, together with any transfers between one

public authority and another. Expenditure refunded to the government or recovered by direct sales has also been excluded.

Capital expenditure by public authorities is included in the total of gross capital formation given separately below when it has been possible to distinguish it. But the separation is by no means complete. For example, it has not been possible to take full account of changes in government-owned stocks. All defence expenditure has been treated as current.

This item thus attempts to measure the value of the work currently performed on government account and the Exchequer's cash issues have been adjusted as far as possible for changes in department's cash balances and in the Government's liabilities to industry.

It is not, however, a consistent measure of the value of resources at the disposal of public authorities since lend-lease assistance has been excluded throughout with the one exception that the 1945 figure includes an amount of £161 million ($650 million) to cover the final settlement with the Government of the United States.

Gross domestic capital formation

This item is composed of gross expenditure, both public and private, on fixed capital and its upkeep (i.e., new additions, replacements and repairs) plus the increase in value of stocks and work in progress. It has been impossible to estimate this item directly for the war years and the figures given here have been obtained as a residual. They are therefore dependent on the accuracy of the estimates of each of the other items of national income and expenditure. Moreover, as explained above, part of capital formation may be included in public authorities' expenditure. The figures given here should therefore be treated with great reserve.

Net lending abroad and purchase of assets and financial

claims from overseas This item is an estimate of the net change in the external assets of the United Kingdom. It is equal to the surplus (or deficit) of the balance of payments on current account, i.e., to the difference between the country's current receipts from abroad and its current payments to foreigners. Lend-lease has entered into this item in only one year: the 1945 figure includes the liability of £161 million to the Government of the United States mentioned above.

181 Revenue account of persons

Personal income is made up of (i) incomes from employment for pay or gain (i.e., the first six items of Table 180); (ii) receipts by persons (treating charities, life insurance funds and other non-profit-making bodies, as persons) of net rent, dividends and interest paid by companies and public enterprises, debt interest paid by public authorities and income from abroad; and (iii) transfer incomes-social security benefits, war gratuities, etc. In all cases the income is reckoned before deduction of tax or insurance contributions.

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Net saving is the amount left out of personal income after deducting current expenditure on consumers' goods and services, the tax liable on current income (whether paid currently or in the future) and taxes paid on capital (e.g., death duties).

Table 182

Revenue account of public authorities

This table summarises the income and expenditure of public authorities after eliminating transfers between one public authority and another, such as Exchequer grants to local authorities and Exchequer contributions to insurance funds.

Miscellaneous income from property

This is made up of the profits of public enterprises and receipts of dividends, interest and rent (including national debt interest paid to the Unemployment Fund and national health insurance funds and debt interest paid by local authorities to the central government). Total national debt interest plus the total interest on local authorities' debt is treated as negative income from property.

Table 183 Combined capital account

This table shows the sources from which gross capital formation was financed. Transfers from public authorities (the same as transfers to capital accounts shown in Table 182) consist of payments in respect of war damage claims and capital grants to local authorities.

Table 184

Central government revenue

Tax revenue represents the net receipts by the Board of Inland Revenue and H.M. Customs and Excise as distinct from payments into the Exchequer.

Table 185

The finance of the central government deficit on current

account

Small savings

The increase in investments from the net deposits in the Post Office and Trustee Savings Banks together with receipts less repayments of National Saving Certificates and Defence Bonds.

Other public issues (net)

Receipts less redemptions, but excluding purchase of government securities by public departments.

Floating debt

Treasury bills, treasury deposit receipts and Ways and Means advances.

Lending and net capital formation

Includes loans to local authorities, Post Office loan expenditure, and Road Fund expenditure on improvement and new construction of roads.

186 Personal expenditure on consumers' goods and services

The totals shown in the table relate to expenditure out of personal income, i.e., the income of individuals and of charities and other non-profit-making bodies. The estimates for the different groups of expenditure

include purchases by visitors to the United Kingdom and exclude purchases abroad by British troops and tourists. Rough adjustments for these factors are made at the end of the table.

Expenditure on consumers' goods and services by business firms and public authorities is as far as possible excluded except in certain cases where the object purchased is resold to persons as part of a composite product or service. Thus personal expenditure on meals in restaurants and hotels is spread over several categories. The cost to the establishment of the food used appears in the item "Food"; the rent of the building in the item "Rent, rates and water charges"; the chinaware and cooking utensils in the item "Durable household goods", and the allowance for the purely service and managerial element of expenditure in the item "Other services".

The figures represent the expenditure of consumers in the above sense on goods and services of all kinds whether these are provided out of new production or from stock. Secondhand goods are not included but an allowance is made for the costs, including profit, of handling and reconditioning them. For private motor vehicles this allowance is made in the item "Private motoring": for other goods it is included in "Other services".

The figures in the second part of the table have been obtained by re-valuing at the appropriate 1938 prices the quantities bought in any year of as many individual items as possible within each group of goods and services. The resulting products have then been added to arrive at a total for each group.

As it has been impossible either to allow for restrictions on consumers' choice due to rationing or to take full account of changes in quality, the resulting series must not be regarded as giving a reliable measure of changes in the standard of living.

Definitions of the miscellaneous categories of expenditure are given below.

Durable household goods

Furniture, soft furnishings, floor coverings, musical instruments, radio sets, pottery, glassware, electrical goods and all hardware.

Other household goods

Matches, soap, candles and miscellaneous cleaning materials.

Other services

Medical services not provided under national health insurance, domestic service, undertaking, laundry, hairdressing, hotel and restaurant services, repairs and other miscellaneous services not included elsewhere.

Other goods

Stationery, fancy goods, bicycles, sports and travel goods, chemists' wares and other miscellaneous goods not included elsewhere.

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XII. WAGES AND PRICES

Tables 187 to 189

Average weekly earnings and hours worked in manufacturing and certain other industries

The figures relate to all wage earners other than office staffs, shop assistants and outworkers; managers, commercial travellers, clerks, typists and salaried persons generally are excluded.

The industries covered are those for which separate figures are given together with mining and quarrying (excluding coal mining), treatment of non-metalliferous mine and quarry products, leather, fur, etc., woodworking, paper, printing, stationery, etc., miscellaneous manufacturing industries, Government industrial establishments, local authorities' non-trading services, gas, electricity and water supply services. The figures are based on returns from employers showing for a particular week in the month indicated, the number of wage earners actually at work, their aggregate earnings and the total number of man. hours worked. The returns received at each enquiry covered five to six million workers, but in calculating the general averages and those for each of the groups of industries shown separately the averages for the individual industries have been "weighted" on the basis of the total number of wage-earners employed in each industry. In the case of women two part-time workers were, from July 1942 counted as one full-time worker.

The percentage increases in average earnings since October 1938 represent the combined effect of a number of factors, including (a) increases in rates of wages; (6) increases or decreases in the number of hours worked and in the proportion of hours paid for at overtime, weekend and night shift, etc., rates; (c) extensions of systems of payment by results in some industries, and increased output by the workers affected; (d) changes in the proportions of men, boys, women and girls employed in different occupations and (e) changes in the proportions of workers employed in different industries.

Table 190

Wage rates and cost of living

Weekly wage rates

The figures are based on wage records in 69 industries, which include most of the principal industries and a proportion of the smaller industries. The principal industries or services which are not covered are the distributive trades, domestic service, the catering trades, National Government service and entertainment, sports, etc.

The series shows the estimated percentage increase in all industries since the beginning of September 1939. Estimates are made monthly by the Ministry of Labour and National Service of the average percentage increase in rates of wages, for a full week's work, in industries, occupations and localities in which changes in the general levels of wage rates are regulated by collective agreements between organisations of employers and workpeople, arbitration awards or statutory orders. The percentages of increase since September 1939 vary considerably in different

cases and in combining these percentages into a general average the Ministry of Labour has taken account of the approximate total pre-war wages bill in the various industries. The figures do not, however, take account of the effects on the general level of wages of the changes which have occurred since 1939 in the proportions of workpeople employed in different industries, nor of increases in wage rates granted by employers to individual workers. In the absence of comprehensive information as to the rates of wages actually paid by employers generally to their workpeople, the average percentages shown should not be regarded as more than rough approximations.

Working-class cost-of-living index

The figures are derived from the changes since 1st September 1939 shown by the Ministry of Labour cost-of-living index. This index measured the average percentage increase in the cost of maintaining unchanged the standard of living prevailing in working. class families before August 1914. The percentage changes since July 1914 in the prices of the various commodities and services included in the index were combined by means of weights representing the estimated relative expenditure on these commodities and services by working-class families at that date. The 1914 weights for each of the main expenditure groups were: Food 7 1/2, rent (including rates) 2, clothing 1 1/2, fuel and light 1, other items included in the index 1/2.

Table

191 Agricultural price indices

The prices used were the controlled prices or, where the product was uncontrolled, quotations made weekly by the Ministry's market reporters; Government payments such as acreage payments are taken into account. Thus so far as is possible the prices used are those relating to the point of first sale by the producer. In the case of fruit, vegetables and glasshouse produce, however, the prices are, for the most part, based not on prices realised by growers but on the prices realised by primary and secondary wholesalers at certain representative urban markets. Exceptional prices at the beginning and end of the season are excluded.

The index number for all products is the weighted arithmetic mean of the percentage price changes of 24 main items compared with prices in the base years.

The weight assigned to each commodity is proportional to the average value of the output of the five most recent crop years, re-valued at the prices of the base period 1927.29. Thus for the year 1945 the weights will be derived from the average quantities of output during the crop years 1939/40 to 1943/44 re-valued at the prices for 1927.29. As the system of moving weights involves a change in the weights used from year to year the following table allows a comparison to be made between weights in 1938 and 1945.

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Moving weights used in the index of agricultural prices

1938

1945

Total

200

200

Wheat

6

12

Barley

4

7

Oats

2

1

Potatoes

10

14

Hay

4

2

Fat cattle

18

16

Fat cows

7

6

Fat sheep

7

6

Fat ewes

3

3

Pork pigs

8

5

Bacon pigs

11

7

Fat sows

3

2

Milk

46

53

Butter

3

1

Cheese

1

Poultry (fowls and ducks, and, in annual index, geese)

5

4

Eggs

18

12

Sugar

7

8

Hops

2

2

Fat lambs

6

5

Wool

4

4

Fruit

10

12

Vegetables

12

14

Glasshouse produce

3

4

Both the wheat and potato indices include an allowance for acreage payments; for wheat the addition is based on the estimated quantity sold, for potatoes on the estimated total production. The indices for potatoes include only prices for January to June and September to December, and are based on the average of these months in the base years.

Index numbers calculated on the base 1927-29 = 100 have been multiplied by appropriate factors to convert them to the base 1936-38 = 100.

Table 192

Stock and fertilizer prices indices

Prices for certain breeds quoted by the Ministry's market reporters are used in calculating the price indices for dairy cows, store cattle, store sheep and store pigs.

The index of fertilizer prices is calculated from quotations for basic slag, sulphate of ammonia, ground rock phosphate, nitrate of soda, nitro chalk and superphosphate.

Weights used in the calculation for this index are as follows :—

Total

100

Ground rock phosphate

5

Nitrate of soda

6

"Nitro-chalk"

8

Sulphate of ammonia

33

Superphosphate

36

Basic slag

12

The method used is similar to that for agricultural prices but the weights applied to the different commodities are fixed and are proportional to the estimated average annual consumption of these materials in the calendar years 1937 and 1938.

Table 193

Wholesale prices

The index is computed as a geometric average of 200 price changes. The number of varieties of each commodity chosen is as nearly as possible the same proportion of 200 as the value of the imports and production of the commodity (including any further stages of manufacture not separately represented in the index) is of the total for all articles in 1930. In a few cases (for example, other chemicals) in order to improve the representation, prices of several items are averaged to form a single series with a weight of one.

Thus while the index is computed as a simple average, a system of weighting is in reality achieved. As far as possible, duplication between the various trades comprised within a group has been eliminated as has also the duplication between groups resulting from the inclusion in one group of a commodity which clearly forms a dominant material in another group. In this way the overweighting of certain commodities has been avoided. Thus coal, which is largely used in industry as a fuel or a raw material is to that extent already embodied in industrial output, and accordingly only receives representation in the index number in relation to its importance for other purposes including the production of gas and electricity for non-industrial uses.

The index is divided into two major groups, food and tobacco (68 items) and industrial materials and manufactures including fuel (132 items). Excluding fuel, the items in the latter are regrouped to form index numbers of basic materials (33 items), intermediate products (38 items) and manufactured articles (48 items). The latter relates to goods which are mainly manufactured rather than goods which are complete and ready for consumption for which it is difficult to get satisfactory price quotations. A further index number for building materials is also compiled; in this, the weight assigned to each commodity is based on its importance as a building material.

The price quotations used are for the most part weekly. For dutiable goods they include the appropriate amount of duty and for subsidised goods, the lower price (after deduction of the subsidy) is used. The weekly quotations are combined into monthly averages so that the index numbers relate to the average for the month. Annual indices are obtained by taking the geometric mean of the monthly indices.

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INDEX

Figures indicate Table numbers

Abrasives:

exports, 144

retained imports, 143

Absenteeism:

in coal mines, 76

Acrylic sheet:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Ages, of population, 2, 3

Agriculture:

employment, 9, 18 crops:

acreage, 55, 56

harvested, 57, 58

yield, 59, 60

grassland, acreage, 55, 56

machinery:

exports, 150

imports, 149

in use, 64

production, 138

prices, 191, 192

Aircraft:

arrivals overseas, 136

arrivals in United Kingdom, 135

index of production, 132

production, 130, 131

repairs, 133

Aircraft carriers:

production, 111

Aircraft engines:

imports, 134

production, 134

repairs, 134

Aircraft production:

employment, 23

Airfields:

construction, 54

Airfield track:

production, 120

Air raid damage:

repairs, 54

Air Raid Precautions services:

numbers employed, 16

Alcohol, industrial:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Alcoholic beverages:

expenditure on, 186

Alumina:

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Aluminium:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 96

Ambulances:

production, 127

America:

trade with, 145, 146

Ammonia:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Ammonium sulphate:

exports, 150

prices, 192

Ammunition:

index of production, 117

production, 123.125

Anhydrite:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Animal feeding stuffs:

consumption, 69

imports, 147, 162

losses at sea, 72

retained imports, 143

Anthracene:

production, 78

Anthracite:

consumption, 74

stocks, 75

Anti-aircraft:

ammunition, 123

guns and equipment, 118, 119, 121

Apparel:

exports, 144

imports, 149

retained imports, 143

Approved societies, 41

Argentine Republic:

trade with, 145, 146

Armed forces:

age distribution, 11

casualties, 12, 14

ex-members unemployed, 9

intake and outflow, 12

pay and allowances, 180, 181

releases, 12, 13

strength, 9, 10

Armoured cars:

production and arrivals, 126

Armoured fighting vehicles:

index of production, 117

production and arrivals, 126

Army:

casualties, 14

prisoners of war, 14

strength, 10

Artillery and artillery equipment:

production, 118, 123

Australia:

trade with, 145, 146

Auxiliary Territorial Service:

casualties, 14

prisoners of war, 14

strength, 10

Aviation spirit:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

Bacon:

consumption, 69

lend-lease arrivals, 71

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Bailey bridge panels:

production, 129

Bank advances, 174

Bank clearings, 175

Banking, 175, 176

Barley:

acreage, 55, 56

consumption, 69

harvested, 57, 58

imports, 147

movement off farms, 65

prices, 191

yield per acre, 59, 60

Basic slag:

prices, 192

Basic slag, ground:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Battleships:

production, 111

Bauxite:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Beer:

exports, 150

Belgium:

trade with, 145, 146

Betting offences, 45.48, 50

Beverages:

exports, 144

retained imports, 143

Birth rates, 4

Births:

illegitimate, 4

legitimate, 4

live, 4

still, 4

Biscuits:

consumption, 69

production, 68

Bitumen:

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

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Blankets:

home supplies, 140

Boats:

assault, reconnaissance and storm:

production, 129

Bomber aircraft:

arrivals overseas, 136

arrivals in United Kingdom, 135

production, 130, 131

Bombs, aircraft:

production, 124

Bomb throwers:

production, 121

Books:

expenditure on, 186

imports, 149

Borstal institutions, 51

Brazil:

trade with, 145, 146

Bridging equipment, military:

production, 129

Bronchitis:

deaths from, 37, 38

Brushes:

production and home supplies, 141

Building industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

construction activity, 54 employment, 9

houses built, 53

Building programme, Government:

numbers employed, 34

Bullion:

advances, 172, 173

Burma:

trade with, 145, 146

Butter:

consumption, 69

imports, 147

prices, 191

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Calcium carbide:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Calcium silicide:

consumption and stocks, 94

Camps, military:

construction, 54

Canada:

trade with, 145, 146

Canal traffic, 170

Capital account, combined, 183

Capital formation, 180, 183

Cargo liners:

production, 114

Casein plastic materials:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Casualties:

civilian, 37, 38

military, 12, 14

Cattle:

exports, 144

imports, 147, 149

population, 61, 62

prices, 191, 192

purchased for slaughter, 66

retained imports, 143

Celluloid:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Cellulose acetate:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Cement:

exports, 150

Central government:

deficit, 185

revenue, 184

Cereals:

acreage, 55, 56

consumption, 69

exports, 144, 150

harvested, 57, 58

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

movement off farms, 65

prices, 191

production, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

yield per acre, 59, 60

Ceylon:

trade with, 145, 146

Cheese:

consumption, 69

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

prices, 191

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Chemical industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 19, 20

Chemicals:

exports, 144

production, consumption and stocks, 101

retained imports, 143 Chocolate and sugar confectionery:

consumption, 69

production, 68

Chrome ore:

consumption and stocks, 94

Civil Defence:

construction activity, 54

Civil Defence Services:

numbers employed, 9, 16

Civil engineering:

construction activity, 54

Civil Service:

industrial staff, 32

non-industrial staff, 33

Clearing banks, 175

Clothing (see also "Apparel"):

expenditure on, 186

Clothing industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 26

Coal:

coasting trade, 171

consumption, 73, 74

exports, 144, 150

mined production, 73

opencast production, 73

stocks, 73, 75

Coal-mining:

absenteeism, 76

employment, 9, 76

productivity, 76

shifts worked, 76

wage earners, 76

Coal tar products:

production, 78

Coasting trade:

shipping movement, 160, 171

vessels employed, 154

Cocoa:

consumption, 69

exports, 144

imports, 147

production, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Coke:

exports, 144

production, consumption and stocks, 77

Coke ovens:

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

production and stocks of coke, 77

Confectionery:

consumption, 69

production, 68

Consolidated Fund Services, 173

Consols, price and yield, 176

Construction activity, 54

Consumers' goods and services:

personal expenditure on, 180, 181, 186

Contributory pensions, 43

Convictions, criminal, 45.51

Copper:

exports, 150

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Corvettes:

production, 112

Cost of living index, 190

Cotton:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 105

retained imports, 143

spinning and weaving:

employment, 25

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Cotton goods:

exports, 150

retained imports, 149

Cotton yarn:

exports, 144, 150

production, deliveries and consumption, 106

retained imports, 143, 149

spindles running, 106

Creosote:

production, 78

Creosote oil:

production, 78

Cresylic acid:

production, 78

Cresylic powders and resins:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Criminal offences:

juvenile offenders, 48.50

persons guilty of, 45.50

Crops:

acreage, 55, 56

harvested, 57, 58

prices, 191

yield per acre, 59, 60

Crude oil:

arrivals, 83

production of petroleum products, 84

Cruisers:

production, 111

Cryolite:

consumption and stocks, 95

imports, 148

Currency circulation, 175

Customs and Excise:

Central government revenue, 184

Exchequer issues, 173

Exchequer receipts, 172

Cutlery:

exports, 144

retained imports, 143

Dairy produce:

consumption, 69

exports, 144

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

prices, 191

production, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Death duties:

Central government revenue, 184

Exchequer receipts, 172

Deaths:

by age and sex, 7

by cause, 37, 38

Debt:

floating, 174, 185

money raised by creation of, 172

Defence Regulations:

offences against, 45.48, 50

Defence services:

armed forces, 10.14

expenditure on, 173

Defence works:

construction, 54

Denmark:

trade with, 145, 146

Depth charges:

production, 124

Derv fuel:

deliveries into consumption, 88, 89

Destroyers:

production, 111

Diesel oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

imports, 149

production, 84, 85

Diphtheria:

deaths from, 37, 38

notifications, 39

Disablement benefit, 41

Diseases:

infectious, 39

venereal, 40

Disinvestment, external, 177

Dissolution of marriage, 52

Distributive trades:

employment, 9

Divorce proceedings, 52

Drugs:

exports, 144

imports, 149

retained imports, 143

Drunkenness, 45.47

Dutch Indies, East and West:

trade with, 145, 146

Dyes:

exports, 144, 150

imports, 149

retained imports, 143

Dysentery, notifications, 39

Earnings, average weekly, 187, 189

Education:

Government expenditure on, 173

Eggs:

consumption, 69

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

prices, 191

supplies per head of population, 70

Egypt:

trade with, 145, 146

Eire:

trade with, 145, 146, 161

Electrical goods:

employment, 23

exports, 144

imports, 149

retained imports, 143

Electricity:

production, 81

sales, 82

Employment:

agriculture, 9, 18

aircraft manufacture, 23

armed forces, 9

building, 9, 34

chemicals, 9, 19, 20

Civil Defence, 9, 16

Civil Service, 32, 33

clothing, 9, 26

coal-mining, 9, 76

distributive trades, 9

engineering, 9, 19, 22, 23

explosives, 9, 19, 20

Fire Service, 9, 16

food, drink, and tobacco, 9

furniture, 27

glass, 9, 30

leather, 9, 29

metals, 9, 19, 23, 24

mining and quarrying, 9

National and Local Government, 9

paints and oils, 9, 20

paper and printing, 28

police service, 9, 17

pottery, 9, 30

public utilities, 9

rubber, 29

scientific instruments, 23

shipbuilding, 19, 21

textiles, 9, 25

transport, 9, 31

vehicles, 9, 23

woodworking, 9, 27

Engineering industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

employment, 9, 19, 22, 23

Engineer stores, military:

production, 129

Engines, aircraft:

imports, 134

production, 134

repairs, 134

Entertainment:

expenditure on, 186

Esparto:

consumption and stocks, 104

Excess profits tax, 172, 184

Exchequer:

issues, 173

receipts, 172

Excise:

Exchequer receipts, 172

Expenditure:

national, 180

personal, 181, 186

Expenditure on goods and services:

personal, 180, 181, 186

public authorities, 180, 182

Explosives:

production, 124, 125

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Explosives industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 19, 20

Exports:

food, drink and tobacco, 144, 150

raw materials, 144, 150

manufactured goods, 144, 150

destination, 146

quantity, 150

value, 142, 144

volume, 142

External disinvestment, 177

External trade, 142.150

Factories:

construction, 54

Fats:

consumption, 69

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Feeding-stuffs:

consumption, 69

imports, 147, 162

losses at sea, 72

retained imports, 143

Ferro-alloys:

exports, 150

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Ferro-chrome:

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Ferro-manganese:

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Ferro-silicon:

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Fertilizers:

imports, 163

losses at sea, 110

prices, 192

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Fighter aircraft:

arrivals overseas, 136

arrivals in United Kingdom, 135

production, 130, 131

Finland:

trade with, 145, 146

Fire Service, National:

employment, 9, 16

Fish:

canned:

consumption, 69

exports, 150

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

fresh:

consumption, 69

exports, 150

imports, 147

supplies per head of population, 70

Flame throwers:

production, 121

Flax:

acreage, 56

harvested, 58

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 109

yield per acre, 60

Flax for fibre:

acreage, 55

harvested, 57

yield per acre, 59

Floating debt, 174, 185

Flour:

consumption, 69

exports, 144, 150

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

production, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Fodder crops:

acreage, 55

harvested, 57, 58 yield per acre, 59, 60

Food:

average weekly earnings, 189

consumption, 69

expenditure on, 186

exports, 144, 150

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

production of processed, 68

retained imports, 142, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Food Ministry:

import programmes, 161, 162

Footwear:

exports, 144, 150

home supplies, 140

imports, 149

Foreign trade:

exports and imports, 142.150

shipping movement, 159, 160

France:

trade with, 145, 146

Frigates:

production, 112

Fruit:

acreage, 55, 56

consumption, 69

harvested, 57, 58

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

prices, 191

production, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Fuel and light:

expenditure on, 186

Fuel and power, 73.89

Fuel oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

imports, 149

production, 84, 85

Furniture industry:

employment, 27

Gas:

materials used, 79

production, 79

sales, 80

Gas oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

imports, 149

production, 84, 85

Germany:

trade with, 145, 146

Glass:

exports, 144

retained imports, 143

Glass manufacture:

employment, 30

Gonorrhoea, 40

Goods receipts, railway, 167

Goods traffic, railway, 165

Government:

expenditure, 173

revenue, 172, 184

securities, 176

Government service:

employment:

National and Local Government, 9

Civil Service, 32, 33

Grain:

exports, 144

imports, 162

losses at sea, 72

retained imports, 143

Grassland, acreage, 55, 56

Grenades:

production, 123

Ground basic slag:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Ground rock phosphate:

prices, 192

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Guns:

index of production, 117

production:

aircraft, 120

anti-aircraft, 119

anti-tank, 118, 121

light, 120

machine, 119, 120, 122

naval, 119

tank, 118, 122

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Hardwood:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 97

Harvester-threshers:

in use, 64

production, 138

Hay:

acreage, 55, 56

harvested, 57, 58

prices, 191

yield per acre, 59, 60

Health:

Government expenditure on, 173

public health, 37.40

Hematite:

production, 91

Hemp industry:

employment, 25

Hemps:

disposals, consumption and stocks, 109

imports, 148

Hides:

exports, 144

imports, 148

losses at sea, 110

production and stocks, 99

retained imports, 143

High explosives:

production, 124, 125

Hollow-ware:

production and home supplies, 141

Home Guard:

strength, 15

Homicide, 46

Hops:

acreage, 55

harvested, 57

prices, 191

yield per acre, 59

Horses:

grazed on agricultural land, 63

Hosiery:

home supplies, 140

imports, 149

Hosiery industry:

employment, 25

Hours of work:

average in industry, 188

Housebreaking offences, 46

Household textiles:

home supplies, 140

Houses:

built by:

Government Departments, 53

local authorities, 53

private enterprise, 53

permanent, 53

temporary, 53

war-destroyed rebuilt, 53

Housing:

Government expenditure on, 173

Government programme, numbers employed, 34

Imports:

food, drink and tobacco, 143, 147

raw materials, 143, 148

manufactured goods, 143, 149

source, 145

quantity, 147.149

retained, 143

value, 142, 143, 145

volume, 142

tanker imports, 161

under Departmental programmes, 161.163

Income:

national, 180

personal, 181

Income tax:

Central government revenue, 184

Exchequer receipts, 172

Index of:

agricultural prices, 191, 192

aircraft production, 132

cost of living, 190

external trade, 142

fertilizer prices, 192

munitions production, 117

weekly wages, 190

wholesale prices, 193

India:

trade with, 145, 146

Indictable offences, 45, 47, 48, 50

Industrial alcohol:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Industrial methylated spirit:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Industrial stoppages, 36

Infantile mortality, 6

Infectious diseases:

deaths from, 37, 38

notifications, 39

Influenza:

deaths from, 37, 38

Inglis bridges:

production, 129

Inland Revenue:

Exchequer issues, 173

Exchequer receipts, 172

Insurance:

national, 41.43

national health, 41

unemployment, 42

Iron and steel:

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

employment, 24

exports, 144, 150

imports, 148, 149, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, 92, 93

retained imports, 143

stocks, 92

Iron castings:

production, 93

Iron founding:

employment, 23

Iron ore:

arrivals, 90

imports, 148, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 90

retained imports, 143

Jam:

consumption, 69

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Jute:

disposals, consumption and stocks, 109

retained imports, 148

Jute industry:

employment, 25

Juvenile delinquency, 48.50

Kerosene:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

imports, 149

production, 84

Kettles:

production and home supplies, 141

Knitting yarn:

home supplies, 140

Landing craft:

production, 112

Larceny, 45, 47, 48, 50

Latex:

consumption and stocks, 100

Lead:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Leather:

exports, 144

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 99

retained imports, 143

Leather manufacture:

employment, 9, 29

Lend-lease:

aid to the British Empire, 178

arrivals of foodstuffs, 71

Lighting (blackout) offences, 45.48, 50

Livestock:

exports, 144

imports, 147, 149

population, 61, 62

prices, 191, 192

purchased for slaughter, 66

retained imports, 143

Locomotives:

availability, 164

production, 139

repair, 164

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London Bankers' clearing houses, 175

Looting, 45, 47, 48, 50

Losses at sea:

feeding stuffs, 72

food, 72

merchant vessels, 158

raw materials, 110

Lubricating oils:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

Machinery, agricultural:

in use, 64

production, 138

exports, 144, 150

imports, 149

retained imports, 143

Machine carbines and guns:

production, 122

Machine tools:

deliveries, 137

exports, 150

imports, 149

Magnesite:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Magnesium:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Maize:

consumption, 69

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

Malaya:

trade with, 145, 146

Manganese ore:

consumption and stocks, 90

imports, 148

Manila:

consumption and stocks, 109

Manslaughter, 45, 47

Manufactured goods:

exports, 142, 144, 150

imports, 149

production, 137.141

retained imports, 142, 143

Manufacturing industries:

employment, 9

weekly earnings, 187, 189

Margarine:

consumption, 69

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Marriages, 8

Maternity benefit, 41

Measles:

deaths from, 37, 38

Meat:

canned:

consumption, 69

lend-lease arrivals, 71

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

exports, 144

fresh:

consumption, 69

lend-lease arrivals, 71

supplies per head of population, 70

imports, 147, 162

losses at sea, 72

production of home killed, 68

retained imports, 143

Mechanical transport, military:

production, 127

Merchant Navy:

casualties, 14

Merchant vessels:

production, 113, 114

under British control, 151.154

under British flag:

employment, 154

gains and losses, 155.157

losses from enemy action, 158

number of vessels, 151

tonnage, 152, 153

Metal industries:

average weekly earnings, 189

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

employment, 9, 19, 23

Methanol:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Methylated spirit, industrial:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Military aircraft:

production, 130.132

Military pensions, 44

Milk:

consumption, 67

prices, 191

products:

consumption, 69

lend-lease arrivals, 71

production, 68

supplies per head of population, 70

Milking machines:

in use, 64

production, 138

Mine detectors:

production, 128

Minelayers:

production, 112

Mines:

production:

army, 123

naval, 124

Mines and quarries:

construction activity, 54

employment, 9

Minesweeping vessels:

production, 112

Mining machinery: exports, 150

Molasses:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Molybdenum:

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Monitors:

production, 111

Mortars:

production, 121

Motor cycles:

exports, 150

production, 127, 139

Motors, electric:

deliveries, 137

Motor spirit:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 87

imports, 149

production, 84, 85

Motor vehicles:

duties, 172, 184

exports, 150

imports, 149

licences, current, 168

new registrations, 169

production, 139

Moulding powders:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

"Mulberry" harbour, 129

Munitions:

imports, 161

production, 117.129

Murder, 45.47

Napthalene: production, 78

National defence contribution, 172, 184

National Fire Service:

employment, 9, 16

National health insurance:

accumulated funds, 41

benefits, 41

contributions, 41

receipts and expenditure, 41

National income, 180.186

National insurance, 41.43

Naval aircraft:

arrivals overseas, 136

arrivals in United Kingdom, 135

production, 130, 131

repairs, 133

Naval guns:

production, 119

Naval vessels:

production, 111, 112

Netherlands:

trade with, 145, 146

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Newsprint:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 104

New Zealand:

trade with, 145, 146

Nickel:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Nigeria:

trade with, 145, 146

Nitric acid:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

"Nitro-chalk":

prices, 192

Nitrogenous fertilizers:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Non-ferrous metals:

employment, 23

exports, 144

imports, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 95

retained imports, 143

Northern Rhodesia:

trade with, 145, 146

Notes in circulation, 175

Notification of infectious diseases, 39

Nursing services (military):

releases, 13

strength, 10

Oat milling, 68

Oats:

acreage, 55, 56

harvested, 57, 58

movement off farms, 65

prices, 191

yield per acre, 59, 60

Offences, criminal, 45.50

Oil:

Crude oil:

arrivals, 83

production of petroleum products from, 84

Diesel oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

production, 84, 85

Fuel oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

production, 84, 85

Gas oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 89

production, 84, 85

Lubricating oil:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

Process oil:

arrivals, 83

Oils and fats:

exports, 144

imports, 147, 148, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Oilseeds:

imports, 162

Old Age pensions, 43

Opencast coal:

production and stocks, 73

Paints and oils:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 20

Paper and paper-making materials:

exports, 144, 150

imports, 149, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 104

retained imports, 143

Paper and printing industries:

employment, 28

Passenger receipts, railway, 165, 167

Passenger traffic, railway, 165

Penal servitude, 51

Pensions:

old age, 43

war, 44

widows and orphans, 43

Personal income and expenditure, 181, 186

Petroleum:

arrivals, 83

exports, 150

imports, 148, 149

products:

arrivals of tanker-borne, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

substitutes:

production, 85

Phenol:

production, 78

Phenolic powders and resins:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Phosphate, ground rock:

prices, 192

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Phosphatic fertilizers:

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Pig iron:

employment, 24

exports, 150

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks, 91

Pigs:

on agricultural holdings, 61, 62

prices, 191, 192

Pistols, revolver:

production, 122

Pitch:

production, 78

Pitwood:

production, consumption and stocks, 98

Plastics:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Ploughs:

in use, 64

production, 138

Plywood:

production, consumption and stocks, 98

Pneumonia:

deaths from, 37, 38

notifications, 39

Police force:

auxiliary, 17

regular, 17

strength, 9, 17

Polyvinyl chloride:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Pontoons:

production, 129

Population (see also "Vital statistics"):

age distribution, 2, 3

mid-year estimates, 1

sex distribution, 1.3

working, 9

Post Office:

Exchequer issues, 173

Exchequer receipts, 172

Potash:

consumption and stocks, 102

Potatoes:

acreage, 55, 56

consumption, 69

harvested, 57, 58

movement off farms, 65

prices, 191

supplies per head of population, 70

yield per acre, 59, 60

Pottery:

exports, 144

retained imports, 143

Pottery, domestic:

production and home supplies, 141

Pottery manufacture:

employment, 30

Poultry:

on agricultural holdings, 61, 62

prices, 191

Predictors:

production, 118

Prices:

agricultural, 191, 192

fertilizer, 192

wholesale, 193

Prisoners of war, 14

Prisons:

population, 51

reception, 51

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Projectors:

production, 121, 123

Propellants:

production:

anti-tank, 121

rocket, 121

searchlight, 118

Public authorities:

revenue account, 182

Public finance, 172.179

Public health, 37.40

Public utilities:

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

construction activity, 54

employment, 9

Pulpwood:

consumption and stocks, 104

Pulses:

imports, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

Pyridine bases:

production, 78

Pyrites:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Radar:

index of production, 117

Rail transport, 164.167

Railways:

coal consumption, 74

coal stocks, 75

goods traffic, 165

numbers employed, 31

operating statistics, 166

passenger traffic, 165

rolling stock:

availability, 164

exports, 150

repair, 164

traffic receipts, 165, 167

Rates:

expenditure on, 186

Raw materials:

export, 144, 150

imports, 148, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 90.109

retained imports, 142, 143

Rayon:

employment, 25

looms running, 107

production and consumption, 107

Reciprocal aid, 179

Refrigerated cargo liners:

production, 114

Registration of motor vehicles, 168, 169

Rent:

expenditure on, 186

Reproduction rates, 5

Resins, synthetic:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Retained imports:

food, drink and tobacco, 143

raw materials, 143

manufactured goods, 143

quantity, 147.149

value, 142, 143

volume, 142

Revenue:

Central government, 184

personal, 181

public authorities, 182

Rhodesia:

trade with, 145, 146

Rice:

consumption, 69

imports, 147

lend-lease arrivals, 71

supplies per head of population, 70

Rifles:

production, 122

Roads:

construction and maintenance, 54

Road tar:

production, 78

Road transport, 168, 169

Rocket ammunition:

production, 125

Rockets:

production, 121

Royal Air Force:

casualties, 14

prisoners of war, 14

strength, 10

Royal Navy:

casualties, 14

prisoners of war, 14

strength, 10

Royal Observer Corps:

strength, 15

Rubber:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 100

retained imports, 143

Rubber manufacture:

employment, 29

Saucepans:

production and home supplies, 141

Saving:

personal, 181, 183

public authorities, 182, 183

Scarlet fever:

deaths from, 37, 38

notifications, 39

Scientific instruments:

employment, 23

Scrap, iron and steel:

receipts, consumption and stocks, 92

Searchlight equipment:

production, 118

Seed crushing, 68

Sheep:

on agricultural holdings, 61, 62

prices, 191, 192

purchased for slaughter, 66

Sheets:

home supplies, 140

Shells:

production, 124

Shelters, public:

construction activity, 54

Shipbuilding:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 19, 21

production:

merchant vessels, 113, 114

naval vessels, 111, 112

repairs, 115, 116

Shipping, movement in United Kingdom:

coasting trade, 160, 171

foreign trade, 159, 160

Ship repairing:

employment, 21

vessels repaired, 116

vessels undergoing or awaiting repair, 115

Sickness benefit, 41

Signal equipment, military:

production, 128

Silico-manganese:

consumption and stocks, 94

Silk industry:

employment, 25

Silk noils:

production, consumption and stocks, 108

Silk, raw:

consumption and stocks, 108

imports, 148

retained imports, 143

Sinking Fund:

Exchequer issues, 173

Sisal fibre:

consumption and stocks, 109

Sloops:

production, 112

Small arms:

index of production, 117

production, 122

Small arms ammunition:

index of production, 117

production, 125

Smallpox, notifications, 39

Small tools:

deliveries, 137

Sodium nitrate:

prices, 192

Softwood:

imports 148

production, consumption and stocks, 97

South Africa, Union of:

trade with, 145, 146

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Soviet Union:

trade with, 145, 146

Soya beans:

lend-lease arrivals, 71

Spent oxide:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Spirit, aviation:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84, 85

Spirit, motor:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86, 87

production, 84, 85

Spirit, white:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84

Stamp duties, 172, 184

Steel:

deliveries and production, 93

employment, 24

exports, 144, 150

finished, 93

imports, 149, 163

ingots and castings, 92

losses at sea, 110

retained imports, 143

scrap, 92

semi-finished, 93

stocks, 93

Straw:

for paper-making:

consumption and stocks, 104

harvested, 57, 58

yield per acre, 59, 60

Submarines:

production, 111

Subsidies, 180, 182

Sugar:

consumption, 69

exports, 150

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals, 71

losses at sea, 72

movement off farms, 65

supplies per head of population, 70

Sugar beet:

acreage, 55

harvested, 57

movement off farms, 65

prices, 188

yield per acre, 59

Sulphur:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Sulphuric acid:

imports, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 101

Superphosphates:

imports, 149

prices, 192

production, consumption and stocks, 102

Supply Ministry:

import programmes, 161, 163

Supply services:

central government expenditure on, 173

Surtax, 172, 184

Sweden:

trade with, 145, 146

Syphilis, 40

Tankers:

production, 113

repairs, 116

under British flag:

gains and losses, 155, 157

undergoing or awaiting repair, 115

Tanks:

production and arrivals, 126

Taxation:

direct, 181, 182, 184

indirect, 182, 184

Tea:

consumption, 69

losses at sea, 72

retained imports, 147

supplies per head of population, 70

Telephones:

military production, 128

Teleprinters:

military production, 128

Textile industry:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 25

Textiles:

exports, 142, 144, 150

household supplies, 140

imports, 148, 149, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 105.108

raw materials, 108

retained imports, 143

Timber:

imports, 148, 163

losses at sea, 110

production, consumption and stocks, 97, 98

retained imports, 143

Tin:

production, consumption and stocks, 95

Tobacco:

expenditure on, 186

exports, 144, 150

imports, 147

retained imports, 142, 143

Tools:

deliveries, 137

exports, 150

imports, 149

Torpedoes:

production, 124

Towels:

home supplies, 140

Tracked vehicles, military:

production and arrivals, 126

Tractors:

agricultural:

in use, 64

licences current, 168

new registrations, 169

production, 138

military:

production, 127

Trade:

external:

principal exports and imports, 147.150

value, 142, 143

volume, 142

with other countries, 145, 146

Traffic receipts:

London Passenger Transport Board, 167

railway, 165, 167

Training centres, Government:

numbers training, 35

Training establishments, Emergency:

numbers training, 35

Transport ferries (L.S.T.):

production, 112

Transport services:

average weekly earnings, 189

employment, 9, 31

Travel:

expenditure on, 186

Treasury:

bills, 174

deposits, 172, 174

Tuberculosis:

deaths from, 37, 38

notifications, 39

Tugs, military:

production, 129

Tungsten:

imports, 148

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Typhoid fever:

notifications, 39

Unemployment:

numbers insured against, 42

numbers registered as unemployed, 9

Unemployment Arrears Fund, 43

Unemployment insurance, 42

Union of South Africa:

trade with, 145, 146

United States of America:

trade with, 145, 146

Urea:

production, consumption and stocks, 101

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Ureal powders and resins:

production, consumption and stocks, 103

Vanadium:

production, consumption and stocks, 94

Vegetables:

acreage, 55

consumption, 69

harvested, 57, 58

imports, 147, 162

lend-lease arrivals of canned, 71

prices, 191

production of canned, 68

retained imports, 143

supplies per head of population, 70

Vehicle manufacture:

employment, 9, 23

Vehicles, armoured fighting:

index of production, 117

production, 126

Vehicles, motor:

duties, 172, 184

exports, 150

imports, 149

licences current, 168

new registrations, 169

production, 139

Vehicles, wheeled (military):

index of production, 117

production, 127

Venereal diseases, 40

Violence:

deaths by, 37, 38

Vital statistics:

birth rates, 4

births:

illegitimate, 4

legitimate, 4

live, 4

still, 4

death rates, infant, 6

deaths:

by age and sex, 7

by cause, 37, 38

divorces, 52

infantile mortality, 6

marriages, 8

reproduction rates, 5

Wages:

average weekly earnings, 187, 189

weekly index, 190

Wagons, railway:

availability, 164

repair, 164

War damage premiums, 184

War legislation:

offences against, 46, 49

War Loan, prices and yields, 176

War pensions, 44

War risks insurance premiums, 184

Waste paper:

consumption and stocks, 104

Ways and Means advances, 172, 173

Welding sets:

deliveries, 137

Wheat:

acreage, 55, 56

exports, 150

harvested, 57, 58

imports, 147

losses at sea, 72

movement off farms, 65

prices, 188

yield per acre, 59, 60

Wheeled vehicles (military):

index of production, 117

production, 127

White spirit:

arrivals, 83

deliveries into consumption, 86

production, 84

Wholesale prices, 193

Whooping cough:

deaths from, 37, 38

Widows' and orphans' pensions:

beneficiaries, 43

numbers insured, 43

Wire and wire netting manufacture:

employment, 24

Wireless sets:

military production, 128

Women's Auxiliary Air Force:

casualties, 14

strength, 10

Women's Auxiliary Services:

age distribution, 11

casualties, 14

intake and outflow, 12

prisoners of war, 14

releases, 12, 13

strength, 10

Women's Royal Naval Service:

casualties, 14

strength, 10

Woodpulp:

consumption and stocks, 104

Woodworking industry:

employment, 9, 27

Woollen and worsted industry:

employment, 25

Wool, raw:

exports, 144, 150

imports, 148

prices, 191

production, consumption and stocks, 108

retained imports, 143

Wool tops:

exports, 150

production, 108

Worsted yarn:

exports, 144, 150

production, 108

Woven cotton and rayon fabrics:

home supplies, 140

production, 107

Woven wool fabrics:

home supplies, 140

production, 108

Wrought iron: production, 93

Yarn, cotton:

exports, 144, 150

production, allocation and consumption, 106

retained imports, 143, 149

spindles running, 106

Yarn, knitting:

home supplies, 140

Yarn, rayon:

looms running, 107

production and consumption, 107

Yarn, worsted:

exports, 144, 150

production, 108

Zinc:

imports, 149

production, consumption and stocks. 95