In 2021, the National Census was held again. The Central Office published the results, and the detailed results also included the share of apartments and houses equipped with, i.e. water supply and toilet facilities. These data were presented on the map of Poland by the Kartografia Ekstremalna profile on Facebook. Thanks to this, the historical traces are clearly visible.
2.3 million Poles do not have access to a toilet. “The doubtful legacy of the invader”
According to data from the Central Statistical Office, 2.3 million Poles live in homes without access to. That’s about 6 percent. inhabitants of Poland. Of the 13.4 million apartments in Poland, just over 900 thousand there were no bathrooms. Where is the biggest problem? According to the map prepared by the Ekstremalna Kartografia profile, the worst situation is still in the areas of the former Russian partition. “The partitions are visible,” the authors emphasize.
More than 100 years after regaining independence, the dubious legacy of the eastern invader continues to cast a shadow over today’s Poland. The highest share of apartments without a bathroom is in the former Russian partition – in the communes of Rybczewice, Wysokie and Wojcieszków in the province. In the Lublin region, as many as 4 out of 10 inhabited houses do not have a bathroom.
Internet users in the comments do not believe it, but the data is clear. “Scary”
Importantly, at the opposite extreme, i.e. where the vast majority of apartments and houses are equipped with a bathroom, you can also find communes from the eastern part of Poland. According to Kartografia Ekstremalna, these are mainly cities such as Ostrołęka, Białystok, Puławy and Stalowa Wola, i.e. those where you can find housing estates built in the times of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish People’s Republic. Internet users in the comments do not believe it.
The terrifying thing is that there are apartments all over the country without a bathroom. Regardless of the partitions. And it doesn’t matter whether they are 1 or 5 percent. It’s still huge.
It’s hard to me to believe it.
As he notes, similar data was previously prepared by the National Bank of Poland. According to the National Bank of Poland, apartments and houses equipped with a water supply system and a “flush toilet”, i.e. a toilet, are more common “in areas of Poland with the so-called old stock, i.e. built before 1944”, which may be the result of historical conditions.
Source: Gazeta
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