Calls received by the Shanghai Brigade during 1929 easily constitute a record, totalling '600, which is 48 more than the previous yearly record. This latter was established in 1927 when 642 calls were received, while last year there were 639.
With the growth of Shangh: calls upon the service of firemen ure comparatively steadily on the increase, and the study of a chart at Shanghai Fire Brigade headquarters shows some interesting figures in the list of monthly totals. In April, 1911, for instance, there was only one fire: this year there were 74. Last month there were 54 calls: in December, 1927, there were 90, the biggest number ever received by the Settlement Brigade in one month, Of the last 21 years only one has passed with less than 100 fires, and this was 1911, when there were but 81. The 200 mark was reached in 1915 (232 calls), but the next. year there were only'190: then in 1917 the number jumped right ahead to 925. 1920 showed 315 calls, but 1921 brought 405. Then there was a steady increase for two years, a slight dropping off in 1924 (457), bat another large increase in 4925, when there were 574, parative figures for fair years, 1909, 1927, 1928 and 1929, are as follow 18 ne 3
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