§ 66. Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of single-apartment houses in Glasgow at present occupied and the average number of persons residing in each house; and similar figures for two-apartment houses?
§ Mr. ColvilleAt 15th May, 1938, there were 34,996 occupied houses of one apartment, and 110,894 occupied houses of two apartments in Glasgow. No information is available as to the average number of persons occupying such houses at a current date, but the overcrowding survey in 1935 showed that at that time the average number of persons occupying one-apartment houses was 2.4 and the average number occupying two-apartment houses was 3.4.
§ 67. Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of dwelling houses in the city of Glasgow at the present time; and the estimated wastage each year?
§ Mr. ColvilleThere are at the present time approximately 280,000 houses in 1501 Glasgow. The average annual number of houses which have been closed and demolished during the last nine years is 1,438: but the total number of houses actually becoming unfit each year probably exceeds this figure by a number estimated at from 500 to 1,000.