Statistics of Accessions for 1918-1919 



Volumes 



Added by purchase, Central Library 11,155 



Added by purchase, Branches 7,318 



Added by gift 1,992 



Total gain 20,465 



Withdrawn 5,075 



Net gain 15.390 



In the library May, 1, 1918 244,645 



In the Library May 1, 1919 260,035 



Statistics of Circulation 1918-1919 



Adult Juvenile 



Volumes Volumes Volumes 



Fiction 180,069 28,631 



Periodicals 9,332 1,845 



General Works 243 436 



Philosophy 3,513 105 



Religion 3,234 1,276 



Sociology 5,781 1,248 



Education 1,678 142 



Philology 1,912 94 



Natural Science 3,814 9,315 



IMedicine 2,674 384 



Useful Arts 11,208 1,808 



Fine Arts 5,240 609 



Music 7,556 98 



Amusements 1,971 1,357 



Literature 11,149 6,462 



Foreign Literature 9,113 110 



History 12,695 5,910 



Biography 4,176 3,024 



Geography 4,649 7,422 



Myths, etc 12,384 



Juvenile (jj) 22,764 



280,007 105,424 



Total circulation from Central Library 385,431 



Indian Orchard Branch 37,816 



Forest Park Branch 167,084 



Memorial Square Branch 171,959 



Soldiers' Libraries 2,421 



764,711 



Estimated circulation at schools and other agencies 175,472 



Total number of volumes circulated for home use 940,183 



Number of pictures circulated 79,998 



Deposited in 372 class rooms: 



Supplied for one half school year 25,337 



Renewed for second half school year 9,487 



34,824 



