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 Camberwell]
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from further responsibility. When a Ticket is thus returned,
a written release may be obtained from the Librarian by
the guarantor.
9.—No Ratepayer shall be Guarantor for more than
six Borrowers at one time. When a Guarantor shall desire
to withdraw from any undertaking on behalf of a Borrower,
he must give notice thereof in writing to the Librarian,
who will give the necessary release as soon as he shall have
ascertained that no liability exists.
10.—Any change in the residence of Borrowers, or their
Guarantors, must be intimated to the Librarian within one
month of such change, under penalty of the forfeiture of the
Borrower's Ticket.
11.—The time allowed for reading is fourteen days from
the date of issue. Borrowers detaining books beyond that
period will be fined (unless a renewal has been applied for
and granted) 2d. for a week, or part of a week following the
allotted time, and one penny per day subsequently. Books
can be exchanged daily, but two exchanges cannot be made
on the same day.
12.—All books must be returned to the Library on or
before the 30th of June for the annual stock-taking. Borrowers
failing to comply with this rule will be fined One
Shilling.
13.—No Borrower shall be allowed to have more than
one work at a time (books in two or three volumes being
reckoned as one work) except by the Librarian's permission.
Borrowers desiring to retain books beyond fourteen days
must apply for a renewal, which will be granted by the