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 BOOKS IN STOCK AND CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS ISSUED.
Class. | West Hill. | Percentage. | Allfarthing Lane. | Percentage. | Earlsfield. | Percentage. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of volumes in stock. | No. of volumes issued. | No. of volumes in stock. | No. of volumes issued. | No. of volumes in stock. | No. of volumes issued. | |||||
A | Theology | 425 | 429 | .6 | 195 | 238 | .4 | 52 | 56 | .4 |
B | Biography | 942 | 2,136 | 2.7 | 453 | 1,139 | 1.9 | 76 | 274 | 1.8 |
C | History, Voyages and Travels | 1,764 | 3,683 | 4.7 | 735 | 2,077 | 3.5 | 177 | 461 | 3. |
D | Law, Economics | 434 | 487 | .6 | 154 | 481 | .8 | 12 | 58 | .5 |
E | Art, Sciences and Natural History | 1,757 | 4,288 | 5.5 | 706 | 2,520 | 4.2 | 93 | 192 | 1.2 |
F | Fiction | 4,11 | 50,754 | 64.7 | 2,139 | 42,949 | 72.1 | 1,472 | 11,789 | 77. |
G | Poetry, Drama, and the Classics | 461 | 920 | 1.2 | 159 | 434 | .8 | 55 | 119 | .8 |
H | Miscellaneous Literature | 512 | 1,274 | 1.6 | 245 | 931 | 1.6 | 84 | 168 | 11 |
I | Magazines | 601 | 3,128 | 4. | 204 | 2,397 | 4 | 57 | 141 | .9 |
J | Juvenile Literature | 981 | 9,835 | 12.6 | 437 | 5,527 | 9.3 | 139 | 1,935 | 12.7 |
K | Music | 146 | 1,440 | 1.8 | 108 | 835 | 1.4 | - | - | —- |
Totals | 12,134 | 78,374 | 5,535 | 59,528 | _ | 2,217 | 15,193 |