Influenza continued prevalent throughout the month, but there was a remarkable freedom from other infectious diseases, including Typhoid fever, of which there were but two cases reported.
The total number of deaths during May among non-Chinese in Shanghai was eight, of which five wore among the resident population. 'Two of these were caused by Alcoholism and one by Tuberculosi 'On account of the ineradicable filthiness of the ice-boxes of the native dealers, a refrigerator is being erected at the' Maloo Market (Foreign Section) for the preserva. tion of food-stuffs during the hot months sud under the control of the Health Department. Deaths Registered in the Foreign Community.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.