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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICS OF THE LENDING DEPARTMENT, For the Year ended 31ST March, 1907.
| Class. | West Hill. | Percentages. | Allfarthing Lane. | Percentages. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of volumes in stock. | No. of volumes issued. | No. of volumes in stock. | No. of volumes issued. | ||||
| A | Theology | 373 | 537 | .7 | 176 | 140 | .3 |
| B | Biography | 666 | 1,444 | 2.0 | 331 | 876 | 1.9 |
| C | History, Voyages and | 1,366 | 2,568 | 3.7 | 525 | 1,376 | 2.9 |
| D | Travels Law, Economics | 370 | 537 | .7 | 104 | 213 | .5 |
| E | Art, Sciences and Natural History | 1,224 | 2,426 | 3.5 | 514 | 1,246 | 2.7 |
| F | Fiction | 3.359 | 46,858 | 6.78 | 1,413 | 35,205 | 73.0 |
| G | Poetry, Drama, Classics | 395 | 970 | 1.4 | 134 | 221 | .5 |
| H | Miscellaneous Literature | 397 | 1,043 | 1.5 | 177 | 543 | 1.2 |
| I | Magazines. | 584 | 3,389 | 4.9 | 189 | 2,215 | 4.7 |
| J | Juvenile Literature | 778 | 8,984 | 13 | 287 | 5,572 | 11.7 |
| K | Music | 65 | 489 | .7 | 41 | 261 | .6 |
| Totals | 9,577 | 69,245 | 3,89' | 47,868 | |||
Branch for the exchange of books, Earlsfield.
Number of volumes in stock 1,518
Number of volumes issued 7,866
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