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: Table of death rates in Nottingham, 1840-43.

Main source:- Data from Table 1 in Thomas Hawksley Esq., 'Report on the Town of Nottingham...', in the First Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of Large Towns and Populous Districts. Appendix, p. 138; 1844 (572), XVII.1

Ward	Population (excluding inmates of public institutions)			Death Rate per 1,000	Average Age at Death			Birth Rate per 1,000	No. of children who died before reaching age of 4 years, expressed as % of births*
	Males	Females	Total		Males	Females	Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Park	2186	3047	5233	19.5	29.4	29.3	29.3	25.7	28.8%
Sherwood	2417	2813	5230	20.1	20.0	28.2	24.3	28.5	31.8%
Castle	3230	3887	7117	23.2	19.3	26.5	23.0	33.2	33.9%
Exchange	2725	3132	5857	25.3	20.6	24.1	22.4	31.9	39.7%
St. Mary	3172	3984	7156	26.5	18.7	24.0	21.3	39.9	35.3%
St. Ann	5051	5469	10520	27.9	16.3	21.8	19.2	35.86	42.3%
Byron	5117	5912	11029	30.9	17.3	18.7	18.1	37.65	44.5%

*These figures come from Table 3 in Hawksley's 1844 report [p. 142]

n.b. The Broadmarsh-Leenside area was in Exchange Ward

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