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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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MEMORANDA.
Population of Shoreditch (Census 1891), 124,009.
Area of Parish, 648 acres.
Rateable value for Library purposes, £694,327.
Public Libraries Act adopted, March, 1891.
Commissioners first appointed, 14th April, 1891.
First Librarian appointed, 5th January, 1892.
Transfer of Powers to Vestry, 25th December, 1896.
Public Libraries Committee first appointed, 19th January, 1897.
Haggerston Library—
News and Magazine Rooms opened, 7th November, 1892.
Lending and Reference Libraries opened, 10th May, 1893.
Extension of premises, 17th October, 1896.
Hoxton Library—
(Temporary premises)—
News and Magazine Rooms opened, 27th November, 1893.
Lending and Reference Libraries opened, 26th February, 1894.
(Permanent premises)—New Library opened, 20th April, 1898.
Total amount of money received as donations since opening, £10,440 5s. Od
No. of volumes, &c., presented since the adoption of the Act, 4,455.
No. of volumes in stock, at 25th March, 1898, 23,988.
No. of volumes issued during year, 101,509,
No. of volumes issued since opening, 528,880.
No. of Borrowers' tickets in force 25th March, 1898, 2,445.
Daily average attendance of visitors, 2,779.
WM. C. PLANT,
Chief Librarian and Clerk.