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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBER OF BOOKS ISSUED.
Clapham
Library.
The
Newnes
Library,
Putney.
Streatham and Tooting.
Wandsworth.
The Tate
Library,
Streatham
Balham
Library.
Tooting
Library.
West Hill
Library.
Allfarthing
Lane
Library.
Earlsfield
Library.
Lending Department:—
Theology, Philosophy,
etc
1,356
731
2,636
1,641
905
553
226
50
History, Biography,
Travels, and Topography
9,647
5,172
15,131
11,692
8,480
6,135
3,324
649
Science, Arts, and
Sociology
8,629
4,021
17,167
10,373
6,825
7,688
3.645
268
Prose Fiction
95,455
49,101
120,521
109,211
65,027
53,820
44,469
14,507
Poetry and Drama
1,595
874
3,399
1,535
1,191
1,042
598
63
Miscellaneous Literature
2,990
4,716
8,316
4,414
2,760
5,369
3.043
322
Juvenile Literature
16,932
9,474
18,778
17,673
16,753
9,446
5,089
1.994
136,604
74,089
185,948
156,539
101,941
84,053
60,394
17,853
Reference Department
22,982
No record
kept
6,120
2,642
1,817
*4,434
...
...
Total
159,586
74.089
192,068
159,181
103,758
88,487
60,394
17,853
* Exclusive of Books in Open Cases.