In the Public Mortuary on September 23, the Procurator, Mr, Quo, conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Russian named Alexander Bykoff who died at the General Hospital on September 22, Sub-Inspr. Andrews informed the Court that deceased was a patient in the General Hospital, suffering from malarial fever, and he occupied 'a ward on the second floor. On Sunday evening, at about 10.30 o'clock, ChildPhe was seen to leave his bed, rush to the verandah and throw himself over. He was picked up on the grass plot below and brought back to the ward but he died on the following the primary cause was malaria fever and the secondary cause was suicide.
P.-S. Billing said that he occupied the bed next to deceased, who suddenly jumped up and dashed for the window. The man in the bed next to the window grasped deceased but was unable to hold him. When witness looked over the verandah, he deceased lying on the ground. He was picked up later and brought back to the ward, fully conscious. After he had been put hack into bed, deceased continued to rave and shout.
Deceased's widow said that her husband had been employed in Jessfield Park and he had been sick for some time. His Inst attack was in May last year. As far as witness knew, deceased had no intentions of committing suicide: in fact, he spoke to her when she last saw him about. coming out on the following day.
'A verdict was returned that death was due to a fall from the verandah at the General Hospital whilst deceased was in a disarranged state of mind. there are 200,000 factory large majority of whom being women. In ce-operation with the Yangtszepoo Social Centre of Shanghai College, the Association will conduct a demonstration nursery school to begin as soon as the new quarters of the social centre are completed which has been under construction.
On recommendation, Mrs.
King, general secretary of the Shanghai Y. W. C. A. was elected to the membership of -the Child Welfare Home Committee to succeed Roberta Chang who had left for further stady in America,
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