A find made by the French police couple of days ago points clearly to a possible danger existing to the foreign quarters of Shanghai by the close proximity of bands of the beggar class. The discovery in question was made in one of the beggar boats which can be seen on the creeks in the vicinity of Sicawei, and it was found that the jcupant of the craft was lying inside dead, life having evidently been extinct for about three days. With the usual mortality during the summer from stomach disease it only too probable that the percentage of death among this beggar class is high, and cases have not been wanting in the past where to save themselves the trouble of burying their dead, such people have turned them out into the street upon the approach of death. In these circumstances it is obvious that were many instances of the kind just discovered to happen, the general health of the place might be seriously affected.
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