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The actual number of notifications received in 1926, was 642,
but of these many refer to the same patient. There were 306
total primary notifications, but of these 146 were duplicates, leaving
160 true cases ; of these 30 were from poor law sources, 86 from
hospitals and dispensaries, 39 from private doctors, and 5 from
sundry sources. In reference to the poor law cases there were also
received 135 notices of admission and discharge relating to patients
previously notified; 201 such notices were also received in respect
of tuberculous persons entering and leaving institutions other than
poor law.

The cases which may be definitely associated with the borough
are the first two groups, and amount to 120, that is 75 per cent. of
the whole number.
Distribution by Streets.—The largest numbers were notified
from the following places:—Old Street 11, Lever Street 10,
Farringdon Road 7, St. John Street 5, King's Cross Road 4, Affleck
Street 4, Roscoe Street 4, Northampton Road 4, Risinghill Street 3,
White Lion Street 3, Cumming Street 3, Wynford Road 3, Seward
Street 3, Granville Square 2, Winchester Street 2, Donegal Street 2,
Chapel Street 2, Pentonville Road 2, Galway Street 2, Central
Street 2, Norman Street 2, Dufferin Street 2, Ironmonger Street 2,
Bastwick Street 2, Cyrus Street 2, Little Sutton Street 2, Buxton
Street 2, Claremont Square 2, Gloucester Street 2, Great Bath
Street 2, Sekforde Street 2, Rosoman Street 2, Arlington Street 2.
The Homes and Tenements of the Patients.—Out of the whole
number, excluding lodging houses, 29 were one-roomed tenements,
that is to say, in these tenements the patient and family lived