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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    —(continued). acconnts for 1897-8 in respect of libraries. diture. Books, periodi- cals, binding. Sala- ries and wages. Estab- lishment and other. Total expen- diture. Receipts in aid of expenditure. Fines, cata- logues and tickets. Bents. Other. Total receipts- in-aid. Net expendi- ture falling: on rates, Loans borrowed up to end of 1897-8 for purposes of libraries. Purchase of site. Erection of buUdings. Furniture and fittings and purchase of books. Total. Loans out- standing at end of 1897-8. Notes, 1,681 2,572 255 6,014 347 34 395 5,619u 5,000 5,000 — The freehold of this library was pre- sented to the parish. 2,600 The site was presented to the parish and the building was erected out of revenue at a cost of about £4,500. The freehold of this library was pre- sented to the parish. The freehold of thi« library was pre- sented to the parish. The site was presented to the parish. This site is just within the boundary of Lambeth pansh, and was pur- chased in July, 1898, jointly by the Lambeth CommissioDers and the Croj-don Corporation, the former raising a loan of £1,275 for payment of their part of purchase money. The library is in course of erection, and when built will be maintained by an annual contribution of £3S0 from each authority. i;K,„i^^ Lambeth—In addition to this amount faUing on rates, £325 was contributed out of the library rate towards the maintenance of the joint libraryof the Camber well and Lambeth parishes (see pp. 42-45). i^cjumi, [8]