Relative, Prominence' of The Chief Steward Dea is Smallpox Wife Wounded The relative prominence of small-pons the, decided prevalence and. the continuation of Wounding his wife and thea legedly turning 'a revolver, himself, Br. 8. Shirvington, Chief malaria sre items of mote in the Steward of the Shanghai Club, on Health: Department. report for the [Jan.13 died as the result of a bullet International Settlement for" the Wound through his head. - Th month of December. tragic occurrence took place at Br. Shitvington's "quarters inthe reportions during. the month, Traiipox did of seech epee Exuned aut, twenty-two" for [Shanghai Club building.
ign eases, with eight deaths, GEinese eaves with 90 deaths were ing came through the boy in change The frst information ofthe shoots lof the Club's service lift, He heard Seporied, the high mortality its." Shirvington calling far. Int, amongst Chinese being due to per-KD." Karanjia,. the assistant sistent habit of bringing in eases too [Steward of the Club, and promptly, Into for medical assistance to be of went to call him." Mr, a any use.
Most of the Chinese cases went to Mr. Shirvington 7 were severe.
"The mobile vaccination units ear-ered, and ound' A. Shievington ying' in a_ pool of blood on his bed= tried out 6,657 vaccinations and the room floor. Mrs. Shirvington was branch health ofoes 4,067, These the next room, with a bullet figures are below the average, duc wound in one leg. to the fact that a large number of Raranjia, then went downs factories and of schools were dealt stairs amd found Mr. E, C. Baker, ing with earlier in the season and to the Assistant Commissioner "of Polica, 3y unpopularity of December amongst who happened to be in the Club: the Chinese as a month for vaccina.
BIN. Baker made a rapid prelimin" ary investigation and. then tele: Indian members of the Shanghai the altair. A Fire Brigade ambul Phoned to Contra Station reporting Several schools were closed owing tance was. summoned to take to the prevalence of measles, but Bhirvington, whose injuries are nek mortality seems less serious, in 31 apparently serious, to the General foreign cases there was one death, Hompital, while Dr, Cameron waa while 57 Chinese cases were recor: summoned to" inapeet Mr, Shirving ed and also 64 deaths. ton. but he found life extinct, The late Mr. Shirvington had beea lateness of the season, and appears Malan wed, despite the married for many years, and for the to be more or les epidemic to an p 10 years had bec Steward of extent which has mot been the case in past years. Four new cases were reported from the British Army and four relapses from the same source, with five new Chinese enses, Four deaths occurred from 18 foreign cases of typhoid and paratyhoid, while there were 27 cases and also 24 deaths amongst Chinese re~ corded. Cerebrospinal fever caused two deaths in four Chinese cases. Diphtheria, scarlet fever and influenza caused one foreign death, (from scarlet fever) out of 15 cases, and 13 deaths out of 44 Chinese schister was reported. cases. One new foreign case of
Tuberculosis had a heavy death roll, there being 10 foreign and 54 Chinese deaths, from all forms of the disease. The foreign death rate for the month was 18.06 per 1,000, and that of Chinese 18,11, the later being slightly higher than usual.
On December 23 there was' a marked turbidity: in the supply of the central district, me vestigation showing main flushing and some slight contamination, not of a serious nature. Prompt atten-paid by the Waterworks and the matter put right in a very short space of time.
As regards the milk supply, thei report shows that pleura-pneumonia spread. during December to four more dairies. Fifty-four animal were destroyed, 26 suffering from rinderpest, 12 from pneumonia and tone from anthrax. The death rate amongst dairy animals was relative.
small owing to prompt isolation and inoculation, Rejected carcases from the. Pig Slaughterhouse are now being sent to the Municipal Dieposal Plant. This has had the effect of a better quality of pig being sent up for slaughtering. There was alittle trouble atthe beginning of the month owing to dealers complaining that their compensation for rejected carcases was too small, and a slight but satisfactory increase was, made, Tue Monthly Notes of Holy nity Cathedral show that a use could be found for the £188.14. if anyone in Shanghai has that'amount at a loose end. In other words, the Dean has seen and listened to 'a beautiful chime - of bells in London, and those bells have been offered to the Cathedral for the sum mentioned. The funds at the disposal of the Trustees render such a purchase by them impracticable, but it is felt, at. the same time, that the present. bells should be given m rest and a more tuneful service " instituted. The Dean asks whether some generous donor in Shanghai would not like to present the Cathedral with a new set. He adds an insinuating rider that an even more beautiful set can! be obtained for £3188.0. At this! moment when sterling is in the] doldrums, the suggestion seems. to have special merit, apart altogether from the pul indicated. of the French Consulate at Banke Bir, Jacques Yvonnou, the Chat geller of the French' Consulate at Tientsin, Mr. Yves Revelli, the Chancellor of the French Consulate-General at Singapore, and Monseigener Andre Devobrre, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ningpo, who has devoted 27 years of his life in the service of his Church in China, Club. "He: had been and then for ati From whom he came to the Shange with the Hongkong Poli
hai Club. "He was a prominent member of the Shanghai Recre tion Club, where he indulged his passion for lawn bowls, at which he Was avery clever player, and he 'Was amongst the best-known of the Settlement' billiards players. took a leading part in the formation of the Shanghai Amateur Billiards Association and devoted much time to its interests. He was also a very, enthusiastic Mason, In the Shanghai Club he was n great favourite with all the members on account of his unfailing courtesy, efficiency, and, willingness, to oblige on any matter at any time, tragedy came as a great shock to all the members who heard of it
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