§ Mr. Harry Howarthasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state the number of houses in the Borough of Higham Ferrers, the Urban Districts of Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Irthlingborough, and the Rural District of Wellingborough which do not have fixed baths and inside toilets.
§ Mr. MellishThe latest complete information is derived from the 1961 Census Returns. These showed the following numbers of dwellings were without fixed bath.
Area No. of dwellings without fixed baths Per cent Higham Ferrers M.B. … 203 15.7 Wellingborough U.D. … 1,952 19.68 Rushdon U.D. … 1,197 19.94 Raunds U.D. … 490 30.88 Irthlingborough U.D. … 466 26.78 Wellingborough R.D. … 1,215 25.89 Since then a number of houses have been demolished or closed, most of which will have lacked fixed baths, and baths have been installed in other houses with the aid of standard improvement grants. The latest figures available are shown in the following table. It is not known how many baths have been installed without grant.
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Area Unfit houses demolished or closed Baths installed with aid of grant Higham Ferrers M.B. … 42 29 Wellingborough U.D. … 101 304 Rushden U.D. … 77 260 Raunds U.D. … 24 44 Irthlingborough U.D. … 61 60 Wellingborough R.D. … 167 275 The Census Returns do not show how many houses are without an inside toilet and the figures are not otherwise available.