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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
Shoreditch 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Foster, H. Hylton, a large painting representing the " Finding of Jane Shore," by
Hon. L. Wingfield, R.H.A.
Reports or Catalogues have been received from the following:—
Baillie's Institution, Glasgow, Battersea, Belfast, Buxton, Chelsea, Cheltenham,
Chester, Clapham, Clerkenwell, Croydon, Ealing, Folkestone, Gt. Yarmouth,
Hammersmith, Holborn, Hull (Eastern), Kensington (Central and North), Leeds,
Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Paddington, St. Giles, St Martin's, Sheffield,
Streatham, Toynbee Hall, Westminster.
MEMORANDA.
Population of Shorediteh (1891), 124,009.
Area of Parish, 648 acres.
Rateable value
Public Libraries Acts adopted, March, 1891.
Commissioners first appointed, 14th April, 1891.
First Librarian appointed, 5th January, 1892.
News and Magazine Rooms opened, 7th November, 1892.
Library opened, 10th May, 1893.