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:^deral)iy lefs in the town of Mancheller than in the ad- 
jacent cottntry. The number of inhabitants in the town, 
under 15 and above 50, is 13467; in the country, 
•7305. And the whole number is, in the town, 27246 ; 
in the country, 13786. In the town, therefore, the in- 
-habitants, in the firft and lad: ftages of life, do not make 
half the whole number; but in the country, they make 
conliderably more than half. At Ackworth, likewife, in 
Yorkfhire, the inhabitants under 15 and above 50 are 
moredhan half the whole number ; and the fame is true 
at Hale near Altringham, at Horwich, at Darwen near 
.Blackburn in Lancadiire, and at Cockey Moorr<; near 
Bolton, 
(i) lam much indebted to Dr. percival for the following account pf 
thefe places. The fociety belonging to the chapel at Hale is compofed of 140 
males, 136 females, 92 married perfons, 8 widowers, 12 widows, 105 under 15, 
and 41 above 50. The deaths, during feven years, have been 28, and the 
births 68. Mr. evans’s congregation at Horwich, confifts of 305 individuals; 
«;/%. 149 males, 156 females, 94 married perfons, 9 widowers, 8 widows, 127 
under 15 years of age, and 50 above 50. The births, for feven years, lOi ; the 
deaths 32. A 66th part, therefore, die annually in both thefe places. The rev. 
Mr. Smalley’s congregation atDarwent, conlifts of 1850 individuals; 900 
males, 950 females, 640 married perfons, 30 widowers, 48 widows, 737 perfons 
under the age of 15, and 2t8 above 50. During the laft feven years the births 
have amounted to 508, the deaths to 233. A 56th part, therefore, die annually. 
Mr. barnes’s congregation at Cockey Moor, conlifts of 154 families and 711 
individuals ; namely, 320 males, 391 females, 248 married perfons, lO widowers, 
27 widows, 252 perfons under the age of 15, and 99 above 50. Deaths in, feven, 
. years 1 14; in which period the deaths were conliderably increafed by an uncom- 
mon fatality of the fmall-pox. One perfon in 44 died, annually. The rev. . Mr. 
mercer’s congregation at Chowbent, in Lancalhire, conlifts of 1160 perfons; 
vi^. 554 males, 606 females, 173 males and 15O females under the age of ten, 83 
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