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'). Accommodation of public libraries. lepartment. Reference department. Hours during which boolcs are issuecL Qualifications for borrowers and other paitieulars. Classification of books. Class. Stock at end of 1S97-8. Issues fu reference purposes during 18!)7-b. !• Hours during which books are issued. Other particulars. Wednesdays, 9.30 a.m.- p.m.; other week-days 9.30 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays Qualifications for borrowers— , Persons over 12 years of ag( rated, resident or employee in district Borrowers may obtain an ad ditional ticket for borrowiuf. non-fictional works Period of tickets—1 year Time allowed for borrowing— 10 days for fictional ana 14 days for non-fictional works Natural science History and biocraph^ Other [No classifi- cation avail- able] 574 1,259 11,490 Week-days, 9.30 a.m.-J p.m. Closed on public holidays 1,138 13,323 Week-days, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays Qualifications for borrowers— Persons rated, resident oi employed in parish Period of tickets—3 years Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days Prose fiction Sciences and arts History, biography anc travels Pohtics and commerce Other [In- eluded in figures for lending depart- ment.] 11,002 2.973 5,692 12,611 11,511 Week-days, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays 43,789 Do. Do. Prose fiction Sciences and arts History, biography anc travels Other [In- eluded in figures for lending depart- ment.] 869 104 543 10,655 Do. ... 12,171 Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., other week-days, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and last 7 days in J uly. Qualifications for borrowers— Persons over 14 years of age rated, resident or employee in either parish Every borrower is allowed twf tickets, one of which is onl> available for non-fictional works Period of tickets—1 year. Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days Geologists' Associa- tion's library (a) Science and useful arth Royal Historical Society's library (a) History and travel Other 796 1,136 3,947 2,386 10,297 i 7,711 |l 1,316 61,769 Week-days, 10 a.m.—10 p.m. Closed on public holidays. 18,562 80,796 Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-l p.m., other week-days, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and first clear week in »j uiy Qualifications for borrowers— Persons over 12 years of age rated, resident, employed, or at school in parish Borrowers may obtain an additional ticket for borrow- ing non-fictional works Period of tickets—1 year Time allowed tor borrowing— 14 days A.rt8 and sciences Biography and history Other 232 240 407 259 87 720 Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-l p.m., other week-days, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and first clear week in July. 879 1,066 Weekdays, 9.30 a.m.-9 p m. Closed on public holidays and for a few days in July Qualifications for borrowers— Persons over 18 years of age rated, resident or em- ployed in parish; algo any person on payment of 6s. per annum. Borrowers may obtain an additional ticket for borrow- ing works of music. Period of tickets—1 year. Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days. Science and art History, biography, travels, &c. Other 6S8 919 1,745 2,605 2,420 7,988 Weekdays, 9.30 a.m.-lO p.m. Closed on public holidays - . 3,202 13,013J Do. Do. Science and art History, biography, travels, (fee. Other 386 393 2,282 428 206 509 Do. 3,061 1,143c (a) St. Martin and St. Paul—The libraries of the Geologists' Association and Royal Historical Society are deposited at this library and are freely available to the public for reference. (6) Shoreditch—Including issues of books in boys' room. (c) Shoreditch—See note (c) on opposite page.