How to reduce space between tr? - html

Question

I am trying to replicate a page I have been given, and I have nearly finish, but I have a small problem with it.
The space between tr are too big. I have done it reducing the margin top and bottom but there is a point where rows overlap.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
e.g.
<style type="text/css">
.divContainer
{
margin:10px;
background-color:#C7D8EE;
border:2px solid #0076BF;
text-align:left;
}
.tableContainer
{
color:#0076BF;
margin: -10px 0px -10px 0px;
border-spacing: 10px;
empty-cells:show;
width:90%;
}
.tableContainer tr td{
white-space:nowrap;
}
.tableContainerRow2{
background-color:white;
border:2px solid #0076BF;
}
</style>
<div class="divContainer">
<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px">
<tr>
<td>NHS Number</td>
<td> </td>
<td>Date of Visit</td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="3">Care Time Started</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:middle;">Tick when<br/> care starts</td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td width="90" class="tableContainerRow2"> 0123456789</td>
<td > </td>
<td width="80" class="tableContainerRow2"> 12/12/09</td>
<td > </td>
<td width="40" class="tableContainerRow2"> 12</td>
<td width="5">:</td>
<td width="40" class="tableContainerRow2"> 10</td>
<td > </td>
<td style="text-align:right" > ☑</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px" >
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Initials</td>
<td>Surname</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="80" style="font-weight:bold;">Midwife</td>
<td width="50" class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Initials</td>
<td>Surname</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-weight:bold;">Doctor</td>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px" >
<tr>
<td width="250">Forename</td>
<td>Surname</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px" >
<tr>
<td width="90">Date of Birth</td>
<td width="150"></td>
<td width="100">Casenote No:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
<td></td>
<td class="tableContainerRow2"> </td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

Answer 1

Remove cellspacing="10px" from the <table> and use CSS only. You already have definied it with border-spacing: 10px;.