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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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COMPARAT1VE STATEMENT.
For the Years ended 30TH April. 1888.1900. and 31ST March. 1901.1905.
| Date. | Library Rate. | Donations. | Fines. &c. | Vols. in Reference Library. | Vols. in Lending Library. | 1ssues from Lending Library. | Number of Borrowers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | 790 | |||||||
| 1887—88 | 230 | 11 | 7 | 160 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
| ½ Year | 3.722 | ||||||||||||
| 1888—89 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 1889—90 | 552 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 9 | i | *1.267 | 3.387 | 40.009 | 1.581 |
| 1890—91 | 558 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 1.178 | 4.038 | 5i.654 | 1.682 |
| 1891—92 | 663 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1.222 | 4.464 | 55.520 | 1.796 |
| 1892—93 | 507 | 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 | 2.264 |
| 1895—96 | 622 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 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 | 2.337 |
| 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 | 91 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 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 | 64.627 | 3.100 | |||
| 1901—1902 | 831 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1.855 | 7.147 | 54.645 | 3.848 | |||
| 1902—1903 | 8/5 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1.921 | 7.727 | 53.032 | 4.577 | |||
| 1903—1904 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1.942 | 7.924 | 49.420 | 1.869 | |||
| 1904—1905 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 2.002 | 8.018 | 57.776 | 1.934 | ||||||
The Public Libraries Acts were adopted in May. 1887. The
Reference and Reading Rooms were opened on April 7th. 1888.
The Lending Library was not opened until June. 1889.
*Note.—133 Vols. were transferred to the Lending Library during this
year.