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REPORT OF THE STREATHAM, BALHAM, AND TOOTING
LIBRARIES SUB-COMMITTEE,
For the Year ended 31st March, 1910.
The Sub-Committee have pleasure in presenting their report on
the work of the Streatham, Balham, and Tooting Libraries for the year
ended March 31st, 1910.
The large increase in the number of books borrowed for homereading
is again a gratifying and noticeable feature of the year's work.
The number of books issued at the three libraries reached a total of
455,007, or 38,674 more than that of last year. The circulation at
each library (the highest hitherto recorded) was as follows:—
Lending
Library.
For
Reference
Purposes.
Total.
Average
Daily
Issue.
The Tate Library
185,948
6,120
192,068
800
Balham Library
156.539
2,642
159.18
663
Tooting Library
101,941
1,817
103,758
432
Total Number of Volumes issued
455,007
1,895
A detailed statement of the number of books issued in each class
of literature will be found in the general table of statistics appended
to this report, page 17. The classification in the tables has been
slightly modified this year so that the returns pertaining to all the
libraries in the Borough may be combined in one general table
Though the statistical information given in the tables affords some
indication of the extensive use and popularity of these libraries and of
the work involved in their administration, yet, at the same time, it is
impossible to indicate by means of figures alone that value and
usefulness which depend so largely upon the judicious and satisfactory