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Refer to Text 4.2

TABLE 23

Number, of rooms heated (Refers to February and March Conditions)

No. of Households No. of Rooms Total No. of rooms Kitchen Kitchen Sit. Sitting Room Bed-Room
Kitchen only 321 1 321 321 - - -
K. Sit. only 3,007 1 3,007 - 3,007 - -
Sit. Room only 566 1 566 - - 566 -
Kit. and K. Sit. 59 2 118 59 59 - -
Kit. and Sit. Room 204 2 408 204 - 204 -
K.Sit. and Sit.Room 253 2 506 - 253 253 -
K.Kit.Sit. and S.R. 8 3 24 8 8 8 -
Bedroom only 3 1 3 - - - 3
B.R. and K.Sit. 485 2 970 - 485 - 485
B.R. and Kitchen 41 2 82 41 - - 41
B. R. , K. and K. S. 9 3 27 9 9 - 9
B.R. and S.R. 155 2 310 - - 155 155
B.R., K. and S.R. 42 3 126 42 - 42 42
B.R., K.S. and S.R 57 3 171 58 57 57 57
K., K.S., S.R. and B.R. 58 4 232 58 58 58 58
TOTAL 5,268 6,871 742 3,936 1,343 850
ABSTRACT Households heating one room 3,897 74%
Households Heating two rooms 1,197 22.7%
Households Heating three rooms 116 2.2%
Households heating four rooms 58 1.1%

Refers to Text 4.2 1

TABLE 24

Number of Rooms heated - analysed by House, Flat and Income(Refers to February-March conditions)

No. of rooms INCOME - £160 p.a. INCOME - £160-300 p.a. ALL INCOMES
House Flat Total House Flat Total House Flat Total
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1 1,444 80.2 346 72.1 1,790 78.5 1,559 72.8 347 59.5 1,886 70.0 2,983 76.2 693 65.0 3.676 73.9
2 315 17.5 122 25.4 437 19.2 484 22.9 215 36.8 699 25.9 799 20.4 337 31.7 1,136 22.8
3 28 1.6 5 1.0 33 1.4 65 3.1 16 2.7 81 3.0 93 2.4 21 2.0 114 2.3
4 and over 13 0.7 7 1.5 20 0.9 27 1.3 6 1.0 33 1.2 40 1.0 13 1.2 53 1.1
Total 1,800 100.0 480 100.0 2,280 100.0 2,115 100.0 584 100.0 2,699 100.0 3,915 100.0 1,064 100.0 4,979 100.0

Refers to text 4.31

9.36

TABLE 25

Length of time of heating Kitchen on weekdays in February and March

Analysed by Degree Day Region, Urban and Rural

URBAN RURAL
Degree Day Regions I
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,00 		Total I
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,00 		Total
NATIONAL URBAN AND RURAL
No. of Hours No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1 Hr. or less 2)
) 		4)
) 		2)
) 		7)
) 		15)
) 		- )
) 		-)
) 		-)
) 		-)
) 		15)
)
1 - 2 Hrs. 4)
) 		-)
) 		-)
) 		4)
) 		8)
) 		- -)
) 		1)
) 		1)
) 		2)
) 		10)
)
2 - 4 Hrs 1)
) 		2)
) 		8.3 7)
) 		18.1 7)
) 		17.2 17)
) 		15.9 - -)
) 		15.7 1)
) 		4) 20.4 5)
) 		19.6 22)
) 		17.0
4 - 8 Hrs. 2) 5) 8) 18) 33) 10) 5) 17) 32) 65)
8 - 10 Hrs. - - 12 9.0 4 4.3 20 9.6 36 7.8 - - 6 8.2 1 - 7 6.5 14 7.0 50 7.6
10-12 Hrs. 5 - 19 14.3 18 19.1 47 22.5 89 19.4 - - 12 16.5 4 - 18 16.6 34 17.1 123 18.7
12-14 Hrs. 1 - 52 39.1 22 23.4 66 31.6 141 30.6 - - 24 32.9 6 - 41 38.0 71 35.7 212 32.2
14-16 Hrs. 7 - 29 21.8 22 23.4 23 11.0 81 17.6 - - 13 17.8 - - 16 14.8 29 14.6 110 16.7
16 Hrs. 2 - 10 7.5 11 11.7 17 8.1 40 8.7 - - 8 11.0 - - 4 3.7 12 6.0 52 7.8
TOTAL 24 133 100.0 94 100.0 209 100.0 460 100.0 - - 73 100.1 18 108 100.0 199 100.0 659 100.0

Refers to Text 4.32

4.37

TABLE 26

Length of time Kitchen Sitting Room is heated on weekdays in February and March

Analysed into Degree Day Regions and by Urban and Rural

URBAN RURAL
Degree Day
No. of Hours 		1
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL 1
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL NATIONAL URBAN AND RURAL
No. of Hours No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1.1 Hr. or less - - 1)
) 		3)
) 		4)
) 		8)
) 		- - -)
) 		- -)
) 		- 1)
) 		1)
) 		9)
)
2. 1-2 Hrs. - - 1)
) 		0.6 3)
) 		1.1 3)
) 		2.5 7)
) 		1.4 - - )
) 		.4 -)
) 		1.3 -)
) 		2.2 -)
) 		1.0 7)
) 		1.3
3. 2-4 Hrs. - - 3) 8) 20) 31) - - 1) - 2) - 1) - 4) 35)
4. 4-8 Hrs. 2 2.2 19 2.5 27 2.0 69 6.3 117 3.5 - - 4 1.7 7 4.6 4 4.4 15 3.1 132 3.5
5. 8-10 Hrs. 2 2.2 30 4.0 82 6.0 110 10.1 224 6.8 - - 18 7.5 9 5.9 6 6.6 33 6.8 257 6.8
6. 10-12 Hrs. 15 16.1 116 15.4 232 17.0 267 24.4 630 19.1 - - 67 27.8 32 20.9 24 26.4 123 25.4 753 19.9
7. 12-14 Hrs. 34 36.6 297 39.5 429 31.4 457 41.8 1,217 36.8 - - 95 39.4 47 30.7 40 44.0 182 37.5 1,399 37.0
8. 14-16 Hrs. 24 25.8 221 29.4 373 27.3 131 12.0 749 22.6 - - 47 19.5 50 32.7 13 14.3 110 22.7 859 22.6
9. 16 Hrs. 16 17.2 65 8.6 207 15.2 32 2.9 320 9.7 - - 9 3.7 6 3.9 2 2.2 17 3.5 337 8.9
TOTAL 93 100.0 753 100.0 1,364 100.0 1,093 100.0 3,303 99.9 - - 241 100.0 153 100.0 91 100.0 485 100.0 3,788 100.0

Refers to text

4.33

4.38

TABLE 27

Length of time Sitting Room is heated on weekdays in February and March

Analysed into Degree Day Regions and by Urban and Rural

URBAN RURAL
Degree Day
No. of Hours 		1
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL 1
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL NATIONAL URBAN AND RURAL
No. of Hours No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1 Hr. or less 2)
) 		4)
) 		12)
) 		17)
) 		35)
) 		- - 2)
) 		3 2)
) 		7)
) 		42)
)
1-2 Hrs. -)
) 		6)
) 		7.0 7)
) 		12.6 7)
) 		12.1 20)
) 		10.8 - - 5 1 -)
) 		7.6 6)
) 		13.4 26)
) 		11.2
2-4 Hrs. 2) 6) 19 26) 53) - - 7 1 5) 13) 66)
4-8 Hrs. 3 23 10.1 26 8.6 65 15.8 117 11.7 - - 10 4 19 20.6 33 17.0 150 12.6
8-10Hrs. - 15 6.6 32 10.6 48 11.6 95 9.5 - - 12 5 11 12.0 28 14.4 123 10.3
10-12Hrs. 12 39 17.2 46 15.3 82 19.9 179 17.9 - - 14 3 27 29.4 44 22.7 223 18.8
12-14Hrs. 24 61 26.9 91 30.2 116 28.1 292 29.2 - - 15 11 24 26.1 50 25.8 342 28.6
14-16Hrs. 9 47 20.7 44 14.6 41 9.9 141 14.1 - - 4 2 4 4.3 10 5.2 151 12.6
16 Hrs. 6 26 11.4 24 8.0 11 2.6 67 6.7 - - 3 - - 3 1.5 70 5.9
TOTAL 58 227 99.9 301 99.9 413 100.0 999 99.9 - - 72 30 92 100.0 194 100.0 1193 100.0

Refers to text 4.34

4.39

TABLE 28

Length of time of heated of Bedroom on weekdays in February and March

Analysed into Degree Day Regions and into Urban and Rural

URBAN RURAL
Regions I
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL 1
5,000-5,500 		II
4,500-5,000 		III
4,000-4,500 		IV
Under 4,000 		TOTAL NATIONAL URBAN AND RURAL
Hours No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Unheated 113 74.9 862 85.1 1377 84.1 1399 90.2 3751 86.1 - - 291 87.1 153 90.5 206 89.6 650 88.6 4401 86.6
1.1 Hr. or less 13 8.6 72 7.1 94 5.8 59 3.8 238 5.5 - - 23 6.9 7 4.1 31 5.7 43 5.9 281 5.5
2.More than 1-2 Hrs. 8 5.3 19 1.9 48 2.9 38 2.5 113 2.6 - - 6 1.8 5 3.0 4 1.7 15 2.1 128 2.5
3. More than 2-4 Hrs. 12 7.9 27 2.7 46 2.8 15 1.0 100 2.3 - - 8 2.4 1 .6 1 .4 10 1.4 110 2.2
4. More than 4-8 Hrs. 4 2.6 15 1.5 29 1.8 10 .6 58 1.3 - - 5 1.5 - - 4 1.7 9 1.2 67 1.3
5. More than 8-10 Hrs. - - 7 .7 9 .6 4 .3 20 .5 - - - - - - - - - - 20 .4
6. More than 10-12 Hrs. - - 4 .4 6 .4 11 .7 21 .5 - - - - - - 1 .4 1 .1 22 .4
7. More than 12-14 Hrs. - - 2 .2 10 .6 8 .5 20 .5 - - 1 .3 - - - - 1 .1 21 .4
8. More than 14-16 Hrs. - - 1 .1 5 .3 2 .1 8 .2 - - - - 1 .6 1 .4 2 .3 10 .2
9. More than 16 Hrs. 1 .7 3 .3 12 .7 5 .3 21 .5 - - - - 2 1.2 - - 2 .3 23 .2
TOTAL 151 100.0 1012 100.0 1636 100.0 1551 100.0 4350 100.0 - - 334 100.0 169 100.0 230 99.9 733 100.0 5083 100.0

Refers to Text 4.5 1

TABLE 29

Length of time Sitting Room was heated and by what fuel on Weekdays and Sundays in February and March

WEEKDAYS SUNDAYS
No. of Hours COAL GAS ELEC. OIL ALL FUELS COAL GAS ELEC. OIL ALL FUELS
No. of Hours No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1 Hr. or less 22 1.9 5 13 2 42 3.5 13 1.0 6 10 2 30 2.1
1-2 Hrs. 17 1.5 5 3 1 26 2.2 17 1.2 5 5 - 27 1.9
2-4 Hrs. 58 5.1 2 6 1 67 5.6 38 2.8 - 5 2 45 3.2
4-8 Hrs. 142 12.5 2 3 3 150 12.6 213 15.6 4 2 2 221 15.5
8-10Hrs. 123 10.8 1 - 1 125 10.5 226 16.6 2 3 1 232 16.3
10-12Hrs. 222 19.5 - 2 - 224 18.8 393 28.8 1 3 - 397 27.9
12-14Hrs. 341 30.0 - 1 2 344 28.8 320 23.4 - 2 2 324 22.8
14-16Hrs. 150 13.2 - 1 - 151 12.7 89 6.5 - - - 89 6.3
16 Hrs. 62 5.5 1 - - 63 5.3 56 4.1 1 - - 57 4.0
TOTAL 1137 100.0 16 29 10 1192 100.0 1365 100.0 19 30 9 1422 100.0

Refers to Text 4.5 1

TABLE 30

Length of time Sitting Room was heated and by what fuel on Weekdays and Sundays in February and March

WEEKDAYS SUNDAYS
No. of Hours COAL GAS ELEC. OIL ALL FUELS COAL GAS ELEC. OIL ALL FUELS
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1 Hr. or less 73 22.6 65 62.5 123 60.0 20 40.0 281 41.2 71 21.1 62 61.5 122 60.7 19 38.8 274 39.9
1-2 Hrs. 48 14.9 24 23.1 43 21.0 12 24.0 127 18.6 47 14.0 24 23.8 43 21.4 12 24.5 126 18.3
2-4 Hrs. 65 20.2 8 7.7 31 15.1 7 14.0 111 16.3 63 18.7 8 7.9 28 13.9 6 12.2 105 15.3
4-8 Hrs. 52 16.1 4 3.8 3 1.6 8 16.0 67 9.8 57 17.0 4 3.9 2 1.0 9 18.4 72 10.5
8-10Hrs. 18) -) 2) -) 20) 21) -) 2) -) 23 3.4
10-12Hrs. 20) -)
) 		1)
) 		1)
) 		22)
) 		3.2 29)
) 		1)
) 		1)
) 		1)
) 		32 4.6
12-14Hrs. 14) 26.3 3)
) 		2.9 2)
) 		2.3 2)
) 		6.0 21)
) 		3.1 18)
) 		29.2 2)
) 		2.8 3)
) 		3.0 2)
) 		6.1 25 3.6
14-16Hrs. 10 - - 1 10 1.5 9 1 - - 9 1.3
16 Hrs. 23 - - - 23 3.4 21 - - - 21 3.1
TOTAL 323 100.1 104 100.0 205 100.0 50 100.0 683 100.0 336 99.9 101 99.9 201 100.0 49 100.0 687 100.0
Total over 8 Hrs. 85 88.6 3 2.1 5 5.3 3 3.1 96 100.0 98 89.1 3 2.7 6 5.5 3 2.7 110 100.0
Total less 8 Hrs. 238 40.6 101 17.2 200 34.2 47 8.0 586 100.0 238 41.2 98 17.0 195 33.8 46 8.0 577 100.0
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