Exclusive use of a bath

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Year Exclusive use of bath Shared access to bath No access to bath
1951 14,720 Show data context 2,297 Show data context 5,843 Show data context
1961 20,430 Show data context 1,573 Show data context 3,594 Show data context
1971 27,714 Show data context 1,864 Show data context 1,453 Show data context
1991 39,427 Show data context 812 Show data context 105 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, Exeter District through time | Housing Statistics | Exclusive use of a bath, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10100203/cube/HOUS_HAVE_BATH

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024