HC Deb 22 June 1939 vol 348 cc2448-51
65. Viscountess Astor

asked the Minister of Health the number of parishes in each county which have a piped water-supply, and the number without such a piped supply?

Mr. Elliot

I will, with permission, circulate the statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Viscountess Astor

If there are many of these villages without running water, would not the Government consider taking £1,000,000 off the Wheat Subsidy for the purpose of supplying them? That would still leave it at £9,000,000.

Mr. De la B ère

Does not my right hon. Friend recall what I said last week, that the whole position is thoroughly unsatisfactory, including my Noble Friend's suggestion?

Following is the statement:

County. Number of parishes in the county. Number of parishes in the county with a "piped" water supply (including those in which the provision of a piped supply has been commenced). Number of parishes in the county without a "piped" water supply.
Bedford … … 116 109 7
Berks. … … 176 147 29
Bucks. … … 201 193 8
Cambridge … … 127 82 45
Cheshire … … 318 310 8
Cornwall … … 175 87 88
Cumberland … … 145 142 3
Derby … … 256 191 65
Devon … … 404 189 215
Dorset … … 257 180 77
Durham … … 168 148 20
Essex … … 290 242 48
Gloucester … … 297 236 61
Hereford … … 244 111 133
Herts. … … 116 111 5
Huntingdon … … 80 48 32
Isle of Ely … … 27 24 3
Isle of Wight … … 15 15 Nil
Kent … … 297 286 11
Lancs. … … 236 227 9
Leicester … … 216 110 106
Lincs. (Holland) … … 43 43 Nil
Lincs. (Kesteven … … 154 119 35
Lincs. (Lindsey) … … 408 199 209
Norfolk … … 523 133 390
Northampton … … 256 155 101
North Cumberland … … 449 305 144
Nottingham … … 229 176 53
Oxford … … 233 130 103
Peterboro … … 24 22 2
Rutland … … 57 23 34
Salop … … 226 127 99
Somerset … … 395 361 34
Southampton … … 238 150 88
Stafford … … 173 149 24
Suffolk East … … 306 113 193
Suffolk West … … 167 61 106
Surrey … … 67 67 Nil
Sussex East … … 128 97 31
Sussex West … … 128 112 16
Warwick … … 232 133 99
Westmorland … … 100 74 26
Wiltshire … … 264 170 94
Worcester … … 181 84 97
Yorks (East Riding) … 196 187 9
Yorks North Riding) … 505 374 131
Yorks (West Riding) … 451 381 70
Totals … 10,294 7,133 3,161
Wales.
Anglesey … … 55 21 34
Brecon … … 81 66 15
Cardigan … … 72 56 16
Caernarvon … … 40 33 7
Carmarthen … … 63 46 17
Denbigh … … 72 66 6
Flint … … 41 34 7
Glamorgan … … 115 104 11
Merioneth … … 34 29 5
Monouth … … 59 45 14
Montgomery … … 51 28 23
Pembroke … … 150 76 74
Radnor … … 59 17 42
Totals … 892 621 271