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“ Productive Co-operation/' and “ The Co-operative Scheme 
and the Function of the Wholesale Society therein.” In 1879, 
he read a paper before the Social Science Congress on 
“Economy in National Taxation,” and made a statement 
before the Committee for the Parliamentary enquiry into 
Co-operative Trading. In the same year appeared a 
pamphlet entitled “The loss of Wealth by the loss of 
Health,” being an examination of vital statistics in various 
districts, made with a view of showing how enormous is the 
pecuniary loss through sickness which is preventible by 
more careful living and paying greater regard to sanitation. 
During the later years of his life Dr. Watts wrote several 
papers on the Progress of Education in this city. He was 
associated with very many public institutions in Manchester, 
being Secretary to the Manchester Reform Club ; a mem- 
ber of the Manchester School Board; Secretary to the Cotton 
Districts’ Convalescent Fund; Chairman of the Council 
of the Botanical Society; Chairman of the Council of 
the Technical School; Chairman of the Union of Lanca- 
shire and Cheshire Institutes ; and a member of numerous 
Committees. He died on the 7th of February, 1887, in the 
69th year of his age, and was buried at Bowdon Parish 
Church. 
Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart., was one of the oldest 
members of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical 
Society, he and Sir John Hawkshaw having both been 
elected on 22nd January, 1889. 
He was born at Stockport, on 2 1st December 1803, and 
was the eldest son of Charles Whitworth, who had a private 
school in that town. His mother was Sarah, daughter of 
Joseph Hulse. He was educated at home until twelve 
years of age, when he was sent to school with a Mr. Vint, 
at Idle, near Leeds, where he remained for about 18 months. 
Then, being about fourteen years of age, he was sent to his 
