Exclusive use of a bath

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Year Exclusive use of bath Shared access to bath No access to bath
1951 39,409 Show data context 21,047 Show data context 18,880 Show data context
1961 46,979 Show data context 23,694 Show data context 12,871 Show data context
1971 53,965 Show data context 18,751 Show data context 4,933 Show data context
1991 65,504 Show data context 2,490 Show data context 175 Show data context
Date: Source:
1951 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of EW1951COU2_M25 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1961 - 1991 Census of Population
1971 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of EW1971COU2_M25 does not appear in SRC_TAB]

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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".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kensington and Chelsea District through time | Housing Statistics | Exclusive use of a bath, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10085573/cube/HOUS_HAVE_BATH

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024