London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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has increased from 120,744 to 486,328, and the growth of the
stock from 6,017 volumes, with which the Tate Library opened,
to 43,240 the present aggregate stock of the three libraries.
The Sub-Committee are also gratified to observe how extensively
the libraries are used by students and others for acquiring
knowledge and information on the many and varied
subjects of study occupying their attention. It may be interesting
to mention as indicating the educative value of the libraries that
last year there were issued for home-reading no fewer than 48,179
books in the classes of literature comprising history, biography,
travel, science, art, ethics, poetry, sociology, etc.
The issue of 11,103 volumes for consultative purposes at
the Tate Library shows that in the populous district of Streatham
a suitable Reference Reading Room is greatly needed.
The number of Borrowers' Tickets issued at each library during the year was as follows:—
| Institution. | No. of Tickets issued. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Tickets. | Students' Tickets. | Total. | |
| The Tate Library, Streatham | 5,491 | 2,324 | 7,815 |
| Balham Public Library | 4,083 | 578 | 4,661 |
| Tooting Public Library | 2,824 | 1,144 | 3,968 |
| Total | 12,398 | 4,046 | 16,444 |
All tickets are renewable every year. The students' tickets,
are not available for works of fiction or books in the Juvenile
Department.
The stock at the 31st March, after making the necessary
deductions on account of replacements and discarded books,
numbered 43,240 volumes, located as follows:—