London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The magazines are transferred to the Lending Library at
the end of each month, and are bound as the volumes are
completed.
News
Room.
Twenty-eight copies of daily newspapers,
including the more important provincial dailies, and
89 weekly newspapers and periodicals are provided in this room.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, For the Years ended 30th April, 1888-1900, and 31st March, 1901-1903.
| Date. | Library Rate. | Donations. | Fines. | Vols. in Reference Library. | Vols. in Lending Library. | Issues from Lending Library. | Number of Borrowers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 1887—88 | 230 | 11 | 7 | 160 | 19 | 0 | .. | 790 | ... | ... | |||
| ½—ear | |||||||||||||
| 1888—89 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3.722 | ||||||
| 1889—90 | 552 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | *1,267 | 3,387 | 40,009 | 1,81 |
| 1890—91 | 558 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 1,178 | 4,038 | 51,654 | 1,682 |
| 1891—92 | 663 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1,222 | 4,464 | 55,520 | 1,796 |
| 1892—93 | 597 | 12 | 1 | .. | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1,309 | 4,848 | 56,556 | 1,881 | ||
| 1893—94 | 624 | 7 | 10 | .. | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1,360 | 4,943 | 58,987 | 2,043 | ||
| 1894—95 | 618 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 1,401 | 5,148 | 58,448 | 2,64 |
| 1895—96 | 622 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 1 1 | 10 | 1,425 | 5,512 | 56,631 | 2,095 |
| 1896—97 | 684 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 1,494 | 5,730 | 59,003 | 2,387 |
| 1897—98 | 656 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 1,514 | 5,934 | 60,738 | 2,288 |
| 1898—99 | 714 | 18 | 4 | 91 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 1 1 | 11 | 1,591 | 6,322 | 52,284 | 2,228 |
| 1899—1900 | 784 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1,661 | 6,976 | 48,249 | 2,381 |
| 1900—1901 | 788 | 1 | 4 | .. | 31 | 19 | 1 | 1,825 | 6,679 | 64,27 | 3,100 | ||
| 1901— 1902 | 831 | 3 | 8 | .. | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1,855 | 7,147 | 54,645 | 3,848 | ||
| 1902—1903 | 875 | 15 | 4 | .. | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1,921 | 7,727 | 53,032 | 4,577 | ||
The Public Libraries Acts were adopted in May, 1887. The Reference
and Reading Rooms were opened on April 7th, 1888.
* ote.—133 Vols. ere transferred to the Lending Library during
this year.
The Lending Library was not opened until June, 1889.