In manuscripts e.g. lab papers and drafts,
tables and figures are usuaily put on separate pages from text material.
In consideration of your readers,
place each table or figure as near as possible to the place where you first refer to it.
( forexample, the next page).
It is permissible to place all the illustrative material at the end of the results section so as to avoid interrupting the flow of text.
The figures and tables may be embedded in the text,
but avoid breaking up the text into small blocks;
it is better to have whole pages of text with figures and tables on their own pages.