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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Hasserston Library.
NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF VOLUMES ISSUED IN THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
Month | Theology, Philosophy, & Ecclesiastical History. | Science and Art. | History, Biography, Travels, etc. | Poetry and the Drama. | Sociology, Commerce, Law, Education, etc. | Prose Fiction, including Juvenile Literature. | Language. and Literature | Miscellaneous Works. | Total. | Days Open. | Daily Average. |
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | ||||
March (26th to 31st) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 5.4 | |
April | 7 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 153 | 24 | 6.3 |
May | 2 | 66 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 160 | 26 | 6.1 | ||
June | 12 | 35 | 42 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 137 | 24 | 5.7 | ||
July | 8 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 120 | 27 | 4.4 |
August | 5 | 35 | GO | 5 | 3 | 11 | 89 | 25 | 3.5 | ||
September | 4 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29 . | 84 | 26 | 3.2 | |
October | 4 | 63 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 154 | 26 | 5.9 |
November | 8 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 139 | 26 | 5.3 | |
December (to 24th) | 2 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 80 | 20 | 4 | |
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Grand Total | 53 | 428 | 206 | 18 | 62 | 11 | 91 | 274 | 1,143 | 229 | 5 |
Percentage of Issues | 4.636 | 37.445 | 18.024 | 1.574 | 5.424 | .962 | 7.961 | 23.972 | 100 |