HC Deb 12 May 1964 vol 695 cc53-4W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the figures for households without a bath, without an inside lavatory, and without a hot water system after correcting the understatements in the 1961 census revealed in the post-enumeration survey.

Mr. Noble

The numbers of households lacking these facilities at the 1961 census were:

Without a fixed bath 416,627
Without a water-closet 41,206
Without a hot water tap 324,135

I have no evidence that any of these figures is understated. They include households living in sublets and therefore exceed the totals in my Reply to the hon. Member's Question about dwellings.

Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many householders are without a bath, without an inside lavatory, and without a hot water system in each county in Scotland; and what are the figures after correcting the understatements in the 1961 census revealed in the post-enumeration survey.

Mr. Noble

The numbers of dwellings lacking these facilities at the 1961 census were:

Area (Cities and Counties) Without a Fixed Bath Without a Water Closet Without a Hot Water Tap
Cities
Edinburgh 36,009 392 24,282
Glasgow 123,916 407 104,870
Aberdeen 20,979 301 15,385
Dundee 23,508 129 19,496
Counties (excluding Cities)
Aberdeen 12,914 5,891 8,982
Angus 9,811 2,122 7,883
Argyll 4,648 1,487 3,800
Ayr 16,056 948 11,466
Banff 4,425 1,470 3,013
Berwick 1,245 304 961
Bute 1,916 118 1,382
Caithness 2,301 1,442 2,018
Clackmannan 1,869 196 1,346
Dumfries 4,887 1,555 3,491
Dunbarton 9,486 437 6,765
East Lothian 1,388 79 916
Fife 20,520 1,672 15,134
Inverness 7,067 3,986 6,300
Kincardine 2,156 906 1,541
Kinross 523 123 359
Kirkcudbright 1,439 494 1,044
Lanark 31,117 1,225 22,403
Midlothian 3,372 299 2,172
Moray 3,226 1,368 2,376
Nairn 562 241 465
Orkney 2,732 2,094 2,523
Peebles 751 55 443
Perth 9,264 1,507 6,759
Renfrew 23,111 256 17,348
Ross and Cromarty 5,856 4,268 5,522
Roxburgh 3,347 178 2,374
Selkirk 2,690 99 1,950
Stirling 8,875 615 6,592
Sutherland 1,371 1,037 1,195
West Lothian 5,275 368 4,193
Wigtown 1,657 814 1,259
Zetland 2,584 2,095 2,536
Scotland 412,853 40,978 320,544

I have no evidence that any of these figures is understated.

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