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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Librarian if the book is not in demand. In all cases
the volumes must be re-dated to the Borrower, who wil^
otherwise be liable to be fined.
14.—Borrowers are requested to make personal application
for books if possible, or to send a responsible messenger.
Special care must be taken to protect volumes in wet
weather. The Borrower or his Guarantor must pay for
every book or set of books lost or injured. Books must not
be marked or the leaves turned down.
15.—The Indicator should be consulted to ascertain if
the book required is in, before the application form is presented.
The numbers appearing in red indicate the books
that are out.
16.—If a Borrower shall not bring back to the Library
from which it was borrowed, within due time, any book
lent to him, or shall refuse or neglect to pay on demand any
fine, or the amount of any loss or injury for which he is
responsible under these bye-laws, then such fine, the amount
of such injury, or the value of such book, shall be a debt
due from such Borrower, and recoverable, either from him
or his surety, or from both of them jointly, at the discretion
of the Library Commissioners, by process of Law.
17.—The Librarian shall have power to refuse books to
any Borrower who has neglected to comply with the Rules
and Regulations of the Library, such Borrower having the
right of appeal to the Library Commissioners.
The Livesey
Public Library
We mentioned in our last Report that Mr.
George Livesey had approved of the designs of Mr.
Whellock for the erection of this Library. We may now