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From the Division of Public Health Methods, National Institute of Health, in Coöperation with the Department of Biostatistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University (paper No. 214 in the numbered series of the Department of Biostatistics), and the Baltimore City Health Department. Assistance in the collection of the data was furnished by the personnel of Works Progress Administration Official Projects Numbers 400 and 7,024.