Public baths and washhouses and public libraries.

  • County of London.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public baths and washhouses and public libraries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    II. -Public Libraries Parish or district served by library, and name and situation of library. Hampstead— Cciitiiil LihiMiy, Finchley road K-lbi'i'ii Library, 48, Priory-road Belsize Library, Antrim-street, Haverstock-hill Authority adminis- tering the Public Libraries Acts. Esti- mated popula- tion of parish or district, April, 1898. Date of adoption of Libraries Acts by parish or distiict. Date of opening of library. Lending Classification of books. Class. Eeadiiif-ioom, Staiitielii-house, Piince Arthur-road Oj eii air Newppaper .«tand, Soutli-end-grcen . West Kad Library, Wtstbere-road, Mill-lane S Vestry of Hamp- stead. 79,700 Holbom District— Holb( rn Library, (a) 10, .Tohn-street, Bedford-row Jomrais- sioners, Peb.. 31,249 ls'ews-ro'im=. Nov., 1897. Reference library, Jan., 18^8. Lending library Jan., 1899. News-room; Oct., 1894. Keference library, Jan., 1895. Lending libniry, April. 1895, Reference library and new.-i-room, April, 1897. Lending library, Dec, 1897. March. 1894 .'•ept,, 1894. Stock at end of 1897-8. Piose ficti'Ui ... Natural science History, travel and bio grapby Othei- Prose fiction ... Natural scieuc; History, travel and bio- graphy Other ' '2,3(;0 405 1 404 2.20-2 6.371 Issues for home reading during 1897-8. (;8,is.s 2.(118 10,434 ii.sa Classification of borrowers. Class. Number at end of 1897-S. 91,940 2.201 12,0(i.B 412 60.5 1,106 2,437 2,088 3,7.:4 5,807 18,8.i9 May, 1891 Jan , 1893. Prose lie lion and ju nile Arts and science History and biography Other 9fi5 933 2.520 7.507 35,965 2.115 1.852 6,461 46 39.S Professional Oouimercial and trading Arr.isan and labouring Domestic... Home occupation Scholars and students N>,t stated Professional Commercial and trading Artisan and labonring.. Domestic Home occupation f'cholars and students.. Not stated 421 738 126 33 755 127 463 !,663 317 349 67 29 296 298 255 1,611 Profesfion;il Commercial and trad ng Artisan and labouring.. Domestic Students Females not stated Males not stated 183 599 257 42 .'!7 285 31 1,414 Kensington— Central Library, (J) If igh-street, Kensington .Kortli liensington Library, ih) Ladbrokc-grove Prompt-on Libiavy. {/>) , Old Brompton-road ^Commis ' oii-iviQi'a 170,254 Nov., 1889. June, 1887 Temporary premises, Jan., 1888 Permanent biiildins', Oct., 1891 Temporary premises, Nov., 1888 New premises. 1892 Prose fiction ... ) Juvenile ... J Science, natural his- tory, art, <S:c. History and biography Other Prose fiction ... Juvenile Science, natural his- tory, art, &c. History and biography Other Prose fiction ... f .luvenile ... j .Science, natural his- tory, art, &a. History and biography Other 4,06i ^ 922 ' 1.583 2,T59 45,491 11,370 2,321 4,619 10,765 9,325 74.,',6(l 4,386 ■ 1,495 1,534 3,683 11,098 2.551 800 1,618 6,357 46,7611 11,690 3,.S7l 4,469 14,582 80,87.') [No classification avail- able] [ No classification avail able] 3.100 26,087 6,695 985 2,413 7,647 4 4,-127 [No classification avail able] 2,355- 905 (n) Holborn-The statistics of books and boirowers relate to the year ended 31st May, 1^98. Kensington- The statistics of books relate to the year ended Slst December, 1895; this i is the latest period for which statistics have been