[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Argyll County Council.

  • Argyllshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Argyll County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 - All five conveniences (i.e. for exclusive use) were possessed by U^078 households ($1,5% of households enumerated) in the mainland landward area; 322 households (14.1$) in the same area had none at all. Of the insular landward households, only 89O (37.If) had all five conveniences for their exclusive use; 277 households (11.5$) had none at all. (In this connection it should be noticed that the mainland landward population is about three times as large as the insular). Passing to detail, I take (a) piped water and (b) a W.C. as perhaps the most worthy of notice. It will be borne in mind that whereas (b) is not possible without (a), (a) may be installed without (b). (a) Piped water. In the burghs, the percentage of houses with an exclusive piped supply varies between 93.h% (in Inveraray) and 96.8$ (in Dunoon). A small percentage of burgh households share; houses without a supply at all constitute between 0,3$ (Dunoon) and 1.7$ (Tobermory). In the landward parts of the County, the Registrar-General again distinguishes between the mainland and the insular areas. In the mainland area 83% (6,£72) households had an exclusive supply 1,9% (lij.8) ” a shared supply 15.2$ (1,202) NO SUPPLY. In the insular area 60,6% (1,U5^) households had an exclusive supply 2.6$ (62) 11 a shared supply 36.8$ (883) NO SUPPLY The details of Registration Districts are given in a table at the end of the next section. (b) Waterborne sanitation. In the burghs, the percentage of houses with no W.C. varied between 0,k% (Oban) and 1.6$ (Lochgilphead); the percentage sharing ranges between 15.9$ in Tobermory, and 1*9.6$ in Inveraray. In the mainland landward area 70.2$ (£,£76) households 9.8$ (772) 20.0$ (1,587) had an exclusive W.C. a shared W.C. NONE. In the insular area 52.k% (1,252) households 3.7$ (88) k3-9% (1,053) had an exclusive W.C. a shared W.C. ,r NONE. A table (7) showing the detailed figures for the Registration Districts/