Every precaution has been taken against accidents and drowning; foreign swimming expert being continuously in attendance. Life belts have also been provided, Then there is a refreshment house, plenty of trees, a beautiful lawn and plenty of seats for all not desirous of taking a dip but who are content imply to look on. Everything is serupttously clean, reflecting credit on the excellent work of the Health Department, Owing to the delay in carrying out alterations, the opening this year did not take place until lat in the season, on June 26 to be exact. During the five days of that month, 871 persons made use of the pool, while last month the attendance' exceeded 18,000. Last week alone, there was' an attendance of more than 6,000, an average of nearly 1,000. persons a day. On some occasions, the attendance exceeds 1,000, but the fereatest number was 1,700 Sunday, July 25, this being the record since the opening of the pool.
The pool is growing more popular every day and has proved, and is continuing: to prove, a great boon to those who are unable to leave Shanghai during the summer months for outport resorts. The only complaint is that there axe not more pools of the kind in. the other districts of the Settlement,
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