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ration book records.???
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Aidan
master brummie
It is a good question Lyn.
I know the 1939 "census" https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=31246 kicked off the process for the initial ID number & Ration Card distribution which became the NHS number. But as for later people I don't know and would doubt if it would be publicly available (there was enough struggle to get access to the 1939 listings) but I do hope someone knows better...
I know the 1939 "census" https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=31246 kicked off the process for the initial ID number & Ration Card distribution which became the NHS number. But as for later people I don't know and would doubt if it would be publicly available (there was enough struggle to get access to the 1939 listings) but I do hope someone knows better...
Aidan
master brummie
Again, I am no expert, but I think rationing didn't end until into the 1950s. https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A533918 gives a useful overview:
Pregnant women were allowed more food tokens.
Nursing mothers were allowed more milk.
Infants up to one year were included in their mother's green book.
Children aged one year to five years - mothers of these children sometimes had 'extras', a few extra vegetables or a cracked egg, slipped into their shopping baskets by kindly shopkeepers.
Children aged over 5 years had their own books of tokens.
So I think it unlikely they had their own ration card but think they would have had an ID/NHS number
Pregnant women were allowed more food tokens.
Nursing mothers were allowed more milk.
Infants up to one year were included in their mother's green book.
Children aged one year to five years - mothers of these children sometimes had 'extras', a few extra vegetables or a cracked egg, slipped into their shopping baskets by kindly shopkeepers.
Children aged over 5 years had their own books of tokens.
So I think it unlikely they had their own ration card but think they would have had an ID/NHS number
Aidan
master brummie
It doesn't appear in the FAQ as far as I can see, you could try emailing them https://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/nhsnumber/patients/faqs