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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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75
READING ROOM IN LONG ACRE.
On the 1st January, 1889, the Commissioners opened;
Temporary Reading Room at 107 and 108, Long Acre, and (as will
be seen from the accompanying table of attendances) the number of
readers has been very large, taxing the capacity of the room to th
utmost.
The periodicals provided number 118, and include the principal
London and some of the provincial daily papers, a French and
German daily, and all the leading weekly papers, and monthly
and quarterly magazines.
To supplement the periodicals the Commissioners have supplied
fully 1,100 volumes of popular biography, history, science,
fiction, etc., for use in the room.
These have been largely used.
table of attendances.
Days
open.
Number of
Visitors.
Daily
Average.
January
27
15,444
572
February
24
14,904
621
March
26
19,006
731
April
24
17,880
745
May
27
16,848
624
June
24
15,144
631
Total
12
99,226
653