The Commissioner of Public Health his report to the Shanghai Municipal Council for August states that tone of the most Important features of the health of the International Settlement during the month was a further increase in the incidence of malaria, One hundred and fifty-seven new cases were brought to the notice of the Department, representing a marked increase "over the notifications for July. As occurred the previous month, a good number of the cases originated in the Eastern District, 45 arising from one partie cular source alone. 'The mobile anti-mosquito squad equipped with mechanical appliances for spraying the surface of stagnant water has operated in both the Eastern and Western Districts with very' good results, but it should be remembered that in many of the above cases the mosquitoes can readily originate In areas not under control,
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