Exclusive use of a bath

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Year Exclusive use of bath Shared access to bath No access to bath
1951 38,159 Show data context 7,716 Show data context 21,591 Show data context
1961 50,902 Show data context 3,730 Show data context 12,840 Show data context
1971 58,890 Show data context 3,956 Show data context 5,370 Show data context
1991 71,144 Show data context 1,005 Show data context 326 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".


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10168181/cube/HOUS_HAVE_BATH

Date accessed: 27th April 2024