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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: This is the highest aggregate issue for one year since the establishment of the libraries :—

This is the highest aggregate issue for one year since the establishment of the libraries :—

The Tate Library, Streatham183,675
Balham Public Library156,004
* Tooting Public Library76,6S4
Total416,333

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It is also gratifying to record the increasing use which is made
of the more educative and technical sections of the libraries.
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This is particularly noticeable at the Tate Library where the issue
of books for home reading in the classes of literature other than Fiction
and Juvenile Literature numbered 43,853 volumes.
The number of books issued in the several classes of literature at
each library is given in the following table :—

Table: CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS ISSUED.

CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS ISSUED.

Class.The Tate Library, Streatham.Balham Library.*Tooting Library.Total.
A. -Theology, Philosophy, etc.2,6191,3735974,589
B.—History and Biography9,3465,9433,47318,762
C.—Travels and Topography4,9754,0522,83211,859
D.—Science, Art, Archaeology, etc...13,2807,8293,46224,571
E.—Prose Fiction117,248108,31250,279275,839
F.—Poetry and the Drama...3,0351,5598705,464
G.—Social Science, Politics, etc.3,0241,8959055,824
H.—Miscellaneous Literature7,5744,5631,92914,066
J.—Juvenile Literature17,58419,54111,23848,363
178,685155,06775.585409,337
For reference purposes4,9909371,0696,996
Total183,675156,00476,654416,333

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* The Tooting Library was closed from June 1st to 14th. and from
October 19th to December 2nd, 1908.