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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

St George (Southwark) 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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Table: CLASSIFICATION OF STOCK, ISSUES, &c.

CLASSIFICATION OF STOCK, ISSUES, &c.

Class.Class Letter.Stock.Percentage of Stock to the whole.Total Issues.Percentage of Issues to the Total.Daily Average Issue in each Class.Annual Turnover of Stock in each Class.
Lending Dept.Reference Dept.Total.
Religion and PhilosophyA371143855.69701.23.02.5
Social ScienceB19372002.9500.61.52.6
BiographyC560215818.41,2201.53.82.0
History and GeographyD8062401,04615.23,9595.012.53.7
Archaeology, Customs, &c.E735781.1179.2.52.2
FictionF2,125...2,12531.040,92751.7129.519.2
Science and Useful ArtsG590336239.03,4714.310.95.6
Arts and Art CraftsH60491091.5501.61.54.5
Juvenile LiteratureJ715...71510.416,89621.353.423.6
MusicK10971161.6694•82.15.9
Sports and PastimesL114...1141.6783•92.46.8
Language and LiteratureM351894406.41,3461.74.230
Encyclopaedias and MagazinesN1311913224.67,6309.624.123.6
Total...6,1986566,854100079,076100.0250.211.6

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LECTURES.
During the past winter the Commissioners, through the medium
of Miss H. C. Gardiner, were able to secure the gratuitous services
of prominent men for a series of lectures. The course, which was
delivered in the lieference Library, was as follows:—
Maj.-Gen. J. F. Maurice, C.B., R.A., on " The Army."
Michael E. Sadler, Esq., M.A. (Director of Special Enquiries, Education
Department), on “Thomas Arnold, of Rugby."
Augustine Birrell, Esq., Q.C., M.P., on " Wit and Humour."