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The actual number of notifications received in 1927, was 551,
but of these many refer to the same patient. There were 269
total primary notifications, but of these 115 were duplicates, leaving
153 true cases ; of these 37 were from poor law sources, 82 from
hospitals and dispensaries, 30 from private doctors, and 4 from
sundry sources. In reference to the poor law cases there were also
received 112 notices of admission and discharge relating to patients
previously notified ; 172 such notices were also received in respect
of tuberculous persons entering and leaving institutions other than
poor law.
87 gave a Clerkenwell address, 65 lived in St. Luke's, and one
lived in St. Sepulchre.

The cases which may be definitely associated with the borough
are the first two groups, and amount to 118, that is 77 per cent. of
the whole number.
Distribution by Streets and Blocks of Dwellings.—The largest
numbers were notified from the following places:—Central Street
4, Pentonville Road 4, Gee Street 3, Ironmonger Street 3, Macclesfield
Street 3, Medcalf Place 3, Mitchell Street 3, Peerless Street 3,
Wharton Street 3, Affleck Street 2, Clerkenwell Road 2, Coldbath
Square 2, Granville Square 2, Myddelton Square 2, Northampton
Road 2, Old Street 2, Percy Circus 2, Pickard Street 2, President
Street 2, Radnor Street 2, Rahere Street 2, Risinghill Street 2,
Sekford Street, 2, Sidney Street 2, Southampton Street, 2, White
Lion Street 2.
The notifications from the various grouped buildings and
dwellings were :—St. Bartholomew Buildings 4, Compton Buildings
3, Victoria Buildings 3, Coldbath Buildings 2, Northampton
Buildings 2.
The Homes and Tenements of the Patients. —Out of the whole
number, excluding lodging houses, 33 were one-roomed tenements,
that is to say, in these tenements the patient and family lived
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