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The result was that at Merrylands the material to be
deposited was limited to certain kinds, and that a covering
of earth to a specified depth was to be spread over each
deposit as it took place. On these conditions the case was
adjourned for six months to allow time for the Govan
Authorities to complete the "destructor" for which they are
at present arranging.
At Merryflats, where the conditions were complicated by
the existence of a large pond of water, disinfectants were
freely used to abate the smell, and the deposit of refuse
stopped entirely.
Although a great improvement resulted as the action of
the District Committee, yet the inspector reports lately
that some degree of carelessness in carrying out the condi-
tions is being shown, and, as a consequence, indications of
heating are manifested.

Inspections. - Special visits and reports have been made
upon the following:-

(a) South Lenzie Drainage.
(b) New Tallow Works belonging to Messrs. Elliott &
Co.
(c) New Tallow Works belonging to Mr. Muir.
(d) The Stanley Chemical Works, Carntyne.
(e) Pigstyes belonging to Mr. Wm. Watson, Carntyne.
(f) Nuisance arising from unloading manure at Lenzie
Railway Station.
(g) New property at 89-91 Main Street, Tollcross, as to
fitness for occupancy.
(h) Nuisance at Garnkirk Railway Station.
(i) Nuisances at Merrylands & Gribben's farm, Govan.
(j) Nuisances at Merryflatts.
(k) Tallow Works of Martin Brothers, and Mr. Muir.
(l) Organisation of Sanitary Staff.
(m) Nuisances at Bishopbriggs.
(n) Complaints as to smells arising from Hyndland
Sewer.

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(o) Unhealthy Dwellings in Gray Street, Shettleston.
(p) Nuisances at Main Street, Tollcross.
(q) Monthly Report on Vital Statistics for December,
1891.

Seventeen (17) certificates of nuisance were granted in
terms of Section 18, Public Health (Scotland) Act.

PART II.
Population and Area. - According to the last Census
in April, 1891, there were in the Landward District of the
Lower Ward, not including the part annexed to Glasgow,
30,254 inhabitants. This figure includes the inmates of
the Govan Combination Poorhouse and of the Shieldhall
Fever Hospital, amounting to 960, both of which insti-
tutions draw so few people from the parishes of the Lower
Ward that the number living in them may, so far as
the vital statistics of the Lower Ward are concerned, be
altogether disregarded. The number therefore upon which
the following rates are calculated is 29,294.
The area of the district, after extension of the city
boundaries and exclusive of burghs, is 28,580 acres, or an
average of 1·05 persons per acre, estimated, of course, on
the larger figure of 30,254. The figures for the different
parishes are given in Table XVIII., page 111.

Births. - The number of births registered during the
year numbered 994, more than half of which were registered
in the Barony Parish. This figure gives a birth-rate per
1,000 of 33·93, which is somewhat below the average for
the county, but higher than the rate for Scotland, 31·29.
Among the parishes Carmunnock has the lowest birth-
rate, viz., 21·33, and Govan the highest, 38·97 per 1,000.
The excess of births over deaths in the whole district
was 455.