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History of the 



Dairy farming is the only class of agriculture which is profitable. 

 Butter and milk of average quality are produced ; and the 

 abundant population of the valleys supplies the farmer with a ready 

 market for the sale of these commodities. Epidemic diseases have 

 rarely prevailed to any great extent in Rossendale. 



The following table of Births and Deaths, though not embracing 

 the whole of Rossendale (r) yet comprises the greater portion of it, 

 and the conclusions deducible therefrom may be safely assumed to 

 apply to the entire district : — 



FOREST OF ROSSENDALE. 



Births and Deaths Registered in the Townships of Newchurch, 

 Deadwen Clough, Bacup, Tunstead with Wolfenden, Higher and 

 Lower Booths, Coupe, Lench, Newhallhey and Hall Carr, during the 

 two years 1891 and 1892. 



Names of Townships. 



Newchurch, Dedwen Clough, 

 Bacup, Tunstead with 

 Wolfenden 



Higher and Lower Booths,] 

 Coupe, Lench, Newhallhey !- 

 and Hall Carr ) 



Total 



3 <D I- 



a, Q 



26,217 



17.359 



75 7 



51s 



43,576! 1272 



68s 



520 



1205 



> 

 < 



721 



sss 



5i7'S 402 



1238-5 957 



48s 



436 



921 



520 



419 



939 



Increase in Births over Deaths in the two years. .299-5 



Births per cent, of the Population 2 842 



Births per 1000 of the Population 28-42 



Deaths per cent, of the Population 2-155 



Deaths per 1,000 of the Population 21-55 



(c) To give the returns for the whole of Rossendale would be a work of 

 difficulty, as a special search would have to be made to extract the informa- 

 tion relating to portions of the district comprised in several adjacent townships. 



