I N the year 1974-75 public libraries in England and Wales spent 42p per head of population on books. In
... libraries in England and Wales spent 42p per head of population on books. In the year 1983-84 that expenditure had rocketed, so to speak, to £l-15. In Scotland it was £1.40, in the English Counties £l.Ol, in the London Boroughs £l-70 and in the Metropolitan Districts ...