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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    —{contiimed). Accommodation of public libraries. department. Reference department. Qualifications for borrowers and other particulars. Classification of books. Hours during which books are issued. Hours during which books are Issued. Class. Stock at 1 nd of 1897-8. Issues for reference purposes during 1897-8. Other particulars. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-lp.m.: other week-days, 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and last complete week in July Qualifications for borrowers- Persons over 14 years of age rated, resident or employed in parish ; also any person on payment of 10s. per Science (natural history, physics, &c.) History, biography and travels Other 197 1,352 2,331 721 1,942 5,419 Weekdays, 9.30 a.m.-lO p.m. Closed on public holidays annum. Period of tickets—1 year. Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days 3,880 8,082 Weekdays, except Thurs- days, 10.30 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and last clear week in July Qualifications for borrowers- Persons over 12 years of age rated or resiaent in parish Period of tickets—1 year Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days [No classification avail- able] 585 [Small issue included in lending issue] [Same times as lending department] Tuesdays, 10.30 a.m.-5 p.m.; other weekdays, except Thursdays, 10.30 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public hoUdaya and last cl«ar week in J uly Do. Uo. ... Weekdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidaya and first 14 days in August Qualifications for borrowers— Persons rated, resident or employed in parish Period of tickets—2 years Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days Science and art History, geography and travels Other [No classifi- cation avail- able] 255 186 362 [Same times as lending department] 1,000 (about) 793 Week-days, except Thurs- days, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and first 14 days in August Do. , Week-days, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed on public holidays and first 2 weeks in August. Qualifications for borrowers— Persons of reasonable age rated, resident or employed in district. Borrowers over 14 years of age may obtain an additional ticket for borrowing non- fictional works. PpTirtH Af t'.ipK'ptQ—1 ■vpaT' Time allowed for borrowing— 14 days t^atural science History and biography Other 446 458 2,-72 3,261 .''.4 18 28,097 Sundays, Good Friday and bank - holidays, 2.30-10 p.m. ; other days, 9 a.m.-lO p.m. Closed on Christmas-day and first week in August The average issue of books in the reference department on Sundays during 1897-8 was 87 and on week-days, 106. 3,376 36,806 Mondays and Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Do. ... ... ••• \ Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Do.