The concerts arranged by Mr, W Sayer, Bandmaster of the Municipal Orchestra and Band, for pupils fatiending various schools continue to greally appreciated. During March, eight converts were given and the attendance totalled approximately 2526. "American, British, French, German and Japanese Schools were visited by the Orchestra in addition to municipal schools for both foreign and Chinese children.
'One Headmistress, reporting on the concert given at her school, writes "The monthly concert is considered 3 rainable asset in the school pro-Brame": while the Principal' another School expressed his thanks fo the Bandmaster for the service given to his school in the realm of music.
It has been decided that during May voneerts for school children will be given by the municipal brass band in the playgrounds of the Public School for Girls, Vu Yuen Road, Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys, Ellis Kadoorie School for Chinese, Primary Schoo! for Japanese, and the Shanghai American School. The dates and programmes will "be arranged later. Pupils of other schools will be invited to attend these converts.
Chinese Births—An ty opport swag taken on "Ah Flowers" Day" to check up births which had not been notified, which resulted in a total of 2.980, including 2,899 residents of the International Settlement (1,818 males} and 1.384 females).
Foreign Deaths—Deaths among foreign residents totalled 86, of which 55. per cent. were non-Chinese Asia tics, and the foreign death rate was 1691 per mille, an increase of 333 per mille over February.
The death-rate for communicable diseases was 2.72 per mille compared with 332 In February.
Chinese deaths—The death-rate san increase of 4.03 per hen compared with last month. This a due to a general rise in deaths from diseases of the respiratory group and a larger num ber of exposed corpses, the latter forming 85. per cent, of the total Jdeaths for the month, The major causes of death were tuberculosis, pneumonia,—cerebral Jhaemorrhage, measles and accidental deaths, The death-rate for communicable! Jdiseases was 2.02 per mille compared with 203 the previous month.
Communicable disease—With the Jexception of Smallpox, there was a general increase of communicable diseases,
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