Exclusive use of a bath

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Year Exclusive use of bath Shared access to bath No access to bath
1951 85,138 Show data context 10,359 Show data context 45,418 Show data context
1961 220,342 Show data context 10,389 Show data context 72,586 Show data context
1971 264,182 Show data context 8,202 Show data context 44,405 Show data context
1991 182,686 Show data context 653 Show data context 1,434 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 26 , 'Household Arrangements', for 'Counties, Cities, Wards of Cities, Burghs'
1961 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of S1961COU_25 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1971 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of S1971COU_25 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1991 Census of Population

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In 1951 and 1971, the census asked whether households had exclusive, shared or no use of a "fixed bath". In 1991, the question was slightly altered to include showers as well as baths; and by then there was no need to specify "fixed".


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh City through time | Housing Statistics | Exclusive use of a bath, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10211104/cube/HOUS_HAVE_BATH

Date accessed: 15th October 2024