Only small proportion of cases of tuberculosis attend—the hospitals and even for this small number the scoommodation is inadequate. The problem is aggravate ed by the fact that poverty compels most of the patiente to remain at their work as long as possible, thus greatly increasing the field of infection. In thie respect, the Chinese are probably more of a danger than the class for which the Foe-thi ide of the question to pital is specially proposed, and
which serious attention must sooner or later be given.
In this connexion, the community is indebted to the Medical Conference, recently held at Shanghai, for the excellent health exhibi organized under its auspices. It was principally intended for Chinese, and was in fact visited by great number of them. In many simple and striking ways, element tary principles of hygiene and sanitation were illustrated, and it is to be hoped that the exhibition may be followed up by similar demonstrations in various districts of Such an educational campaign is greatly needed, and would be invaluable. A certain amount of educational work is already being done by the Health Office, but more is needed. The time will come when the establish. ment of a tuberculosis hospital for Chinese will be " matter of neoestity, if only from motives of self-protection, but for the present, the needs of the poor and the " ubmerged tenth" among the foreign population must be met.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.