Industrial and agricultural workers / Ministry of Food.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Food
Date:
[1949?]
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Credit: Industrial and agricultural workers / Ministry of Food. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * Railway manual workers, including those who work a continuous turn of 7 hours 20 minutes or over at a depot where there are catering facilities and who, owing to there being no _ rostered meal break, are precluded from using such facilities. Rural building and civil engineering workers. Sand and gravel pit workers. Scale repairers included-under the description “‘ Service Adjusters engaged on repairs and/or contracts ”’ Sewage farms’ and works’ employees. Wagon repairers working on railway and colliery sidings. Waterworks undertakings employees. Surface workers at mines where there are no canteens. Civilian employees of Services Departments in eligible categories. Coal borers. Brick and tile workers in small units in isolated areas. Gas main layers working full-time in country areas. Workers employed within the confines of ironstone quarries. Surface workers at iron-ore mines. Applications for the special cheese ration are normally made to local Food Offices by the worker concerned. Except in the case of Agricultural Workers holding National Insurance’ Cards coded ZTA/ZTG and those who were insured under the Agricultural Insurance scheme prior to 5th July, 1948, the application must be accompanied. by a certificate that the worker is employed in one of the categories specified on the form. In the case of rural building workers, civil engineer employees, gas main layers, brick and. tile workers, civil employees of Service Departments, workers at iron stone quarries and surface workers at iron ore mines application is service, nor is it allowed for those who can use ordinary catering facilities near to the majority of the men working underground at a particular pit are taking advantage of canteen facilities. Each pit is treated as a unit for this purpose and the special ration is continued for, or withdrawn from, all men alike. In recognition of the efforts required to secure the maximum possible output of coal, underground coal miners are granted an extra allowance of one shilling and fourpence (retail value) of meat per week in addition to the ration obtainable on their ration book. This extra meat is obtainable against coupons on Form R.G.44, issued by Food Offices. V. SUPPLEMENTARY SOURCES OF SUPPLY DOMESTIC POULTRY KEEPING A scheme for the production of eggs by domestic poultry keepers with the efficient usage of household and garden food waste is operated by the Agricultural Departments consumers may give up their entitlement to shell eggs and obtain instead a ration of der their shell egg registration in favour of someone who is. Rations are made available to the person who actually keeps the poultry, but he may surrender shell egg registrations of persons other than members of his own house- hold who are willing to associate with him in the keeping of poultry in order to obtain eggs. The maximum number of shell egg registrations that ‘will be accepted from any eT head, the owner may not sell the eggs to anyone outside his household except to a licensed buyer or licensed packer.