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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

Shoreditch 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Table: NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS IN (a) LENDING AND (b)REFERENCE LIBRARIES.

NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS IN (a) LENDING AND (b)REFERENCE LIBRARIES.

(a) pendingTotal.
Letter.Class.Number
ATheology, Philosophy, and Ecclesiastical History343
BScience and Art1,098
CHistory, Biography, Travels, etc.1,515
DPoetry and the Drama296
ESociology, Law, Education, and Commerce292
FProse Fiction2,689
GLanguage and Literature91
HMiscellaneous Works1366,460
(b) Reference Library.
Letter.Class.N umber
ATheology, Philosophy, and Ecclesiastical History133
BBiography, Travels, and Mythology197
CHistory, Topography, and Archaeology435
DNatural and Mathematical Sciences147
EUseful Arts78
FFine Arts37
GRecreative Arts2
HLaw, Commerce, Economics, Sociology, etc.74
ILanguage, Literature, Bibliography77
JPoetry and the Drama91
KProse Fiction57
LGeneral Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias12
MMiscellaneous Works (principally collections of Essays)111
NReports, Directories, etc.14
0Magazines, Reviews, and Learned Society's Transactions8812,346
Total8,806
Number of Volumes Presented2,532
Do. do. Purchased6,274
Grand Total8,806