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 Authority Esti- mated Date of adoption of Libraries Acts by parish or distiict. lending Parish or district served by library, and name and situation of library. adminis- tering the Public popula- tion of parish or district, April, 1898. Date of opening of library. Classification of books. Classification of borrowers. Libraries Acts. Class. Stock at end of 1897-8. Issues for home reading during 1897-8. Class. Number at end of 1897-8. Stoke Newington— Stoke Newington Library, 158, Churoh-street Commi?'- sioners 34,809 Feb., 1890 Ne wsroom, Oct., 1890. Lending library, Oct., 1891. Permanent building. July, 1892 Prose fiction Juvenile Science (naturalhistory physics, (fee.) History, biography anc travel Other 2,879 559 ,1 445 1 i: 1,966 61,038 11 017 1,465 7,091 Males Females Ratepayers Non-ratepayers 1,476 1,515 815 2,176 2,561 10,720 2,991 j 8,410 1 91,331 i 1 Streatham— Tate Library, 03, Streatham High-road April, 1891 Prose fiction Juvenile Arts and sciences History and biography Other 4,691 1,322 2,340 3,'l41 5,133 113,783 19,177 6,899 9'030 15,509 [No classification avail able] 6.710 ;Commis- sioners / 60,825 Dec, < 1889 16,627 164,398 Branch Library, Ramsden-road, Balham June, 1898 Wands worth- Central Library, (a) 38, West-hill, Wandsworth \ Beading rooms, March, 1885. Lending and refer- ence libraries, Oct., 1885. Reading-room added. March, 1887 Prose fiction Juvenile Science and att History, geography and travels Other [No classifi- tion avail- able] 61,860 12,995 3,193 3,865 7,538 [No classification avail- able] 6,000 (abort) ) Commis- sioners 01,541 July, 1883 15,000 fabout) 89,451 Branch Library, Allfarthing-lane, ^^Vands worth / s Oct., 1898 ... ... ... Whitechapel Dis- trict- Central Library, 77, High-street, W nitecnapel \ / Newsrooms, May, 1892. Lending and reference libraries and museum, Oct., 1892, Prose fiction Juvenile Natural science History and biography Other 3,530 1,492 578 1,852 4,349 47,886 25,720 1,340 3,270 9,618 11,801 87,834 Borrowers holding— Readers' tickets > Students' tickets ... 2,720 94 ■(Commis- sioners 77,467 Dec, ( 1889 Total tickets ... 2,814 Delivery Branch, St. Mark's School, Royal Mint-street Sept., 1897 Prose fiction Juvenile Other (6) 701 428 187 1,316 / Delivery Branch, Hanbury-street School, Mile-end New-town Sept., 1898 4 Woolwich— Site for Woolwich Library, William-street, \ AYoolwich Local Board of rVoolwich 41,426 June, 1895 B f ■ 1 (a) Wandsworth—The statistics of the books and borrowers relate to the year ended 31st December, 1898. \h) Whitechapel—No books are kept here, it being merely a delivery station for books of Central Library.