HH62/2/LANARK/82

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LOWER WARD.

PART 1.
In considering the best method of reporting upon the
sanitary condition and needs of the Lower Ward, I have
experienced some difficulty in deciding whether to take
the district as it stands at present, after the annexation by
Glasgow of a part of the district, or to include the whole
district as it was prior to annexation.
For the purposes of future comparison, it seems advis-
able to adopt the former course, and deal with the Lower
Ward District in its present condition.
The Lower Ward (landward) comprises part of the
Parish of Barony, and the Parishes of Cadder, Carmun-
nock, Govan, and Rutherglen, and forms the north-western
portion of the county. The whole district is influenced
and overshadowed by Glasgow, which is situated almost in
the centre of the Lower Ward, so that the landward por-
tion almost forms a fringe round the city for two-thirds of
its extent.
Leaving the various burghs out of account, the area of
the Lower Ward under the jurisdiction of the District
Committee is 28,580 acres, with a population at the last
Census (April, 1891) of 29,294.
Partly on account of annexation from time to time by
Glasgow, the district of the Lower Ward is now of most
irregular shape, a circumstance which adds not a little to
the difficulties of administration.
On the north side, the district is bounded by Stirlingshire
and Dumbartonshire; on the east, by the Middle Ward;
on the south, by the Middle Ward and by Renfrewshire;
and on the west, by Renfrewshire and Dumbartonshire.