Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN STOCK on 31ST MARCH, 1907,
and
VOLUMES ISSUED from ist APRIL, 1906, to 3ist MARCH, 1907.
| Vols, in Stock. | Vols, issued during year. | |
|---|---|---|
| Lending Library :— | ---- | |
| Theology, Philosophy, and Ecclesiastical | ||
| History | 605 | 752 |
| History, Biography, and Correspondence | 2,495 | 3.975 |
| Travel and Topography | 910 | 2,627 |
| Arts, Sciences, and Natural History | 1,686 | 5.389 |
| Poetry and the Drama | 457 | 968 |
| Prose Fiction ... | 3.848 | 65.393 |
| Miscellaneous Literature | 1.049 | 2,005 |
| Juvenile Works | 983 | 3.613 |
| >2.033 | 94.722 | |
| Reference Library | 3,260 | *4,874 |
| Total | '5.293 | 99,596 |
| * Entirely exclusive of Books in " Open Cases," of the issue of which no record is taken. | ||
| Number of Borrowers enrolled in Lending Library on 31st March, 1907 | 3,644 | |
| [Days open 242. Daily average issue—412 vols.] | ||
books issued from 1889 to 1907.
| Year. | Lending Library. | *Reference Library. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889—90 | 83,104 | 5.119 | 88,523 |
| 1890—91 | 84,458 | 4,924 | 89,382 |
| 1891—92 | *6,475 | 5,112 | 91,587 |
| 1892-93 | 83073 | 4,212 | 87,285 |
| 1893—94 | 80,615 | 4,076 | 84,691 |
| 1894—9? | 87,422 | 3.51 5 | 90,937 |
| 1895—96 | 82,317 | 3,356 | 85,673 |
| 1896—97 | 75.676 | 2,467 | 7,8143 |
| 1897—98 | £7,759 | 2,275 | 70,034 |
| 1898—99 | 67,043 | 2,142 | 69.1:5 |
| 1899—1900 | 1.944 | 70,113 | |
| 1900—c1 | 71,817 | 71,843 | |
| 1901—c2 | 70.848 | 72.817 | |
| 1902—c3 | 75,171 | 2,587 | 77.558 |
| 1903—c4 | 85,365 | 2,829 | 88,104 |
| 1904—c5 | 91,130 | 4.753 | 95,883 |
| 101,051 | |||
| 1906—c7 | 94.722 | 4.874 | 99,596 |
| * Reference library.—Entirely exclusive of Boi.ks in "Open Cases,'of the issue of which no record is taken. | |||