In his report to the Shanghai Municipal Council for June the Acting Commissioner of Public Health, Dr. E. F. Duck, states that an analysis of the vital statistics and records of communicable disease does not peeled fruit. Of these the following were seized and destroyed:—Iced suckers 14,075 pieces, ice cream 104 lb, 1,332 bottles -"'squashes, and other foodstuffs including cut fruit 7,748 Ib, show anything worthy of special mention. Although the foreign death rate registered. a notable drop, that of the Chinese community incrossed very slightly.
Mortality from communicable disease was considerably less than in May. The incidence of notifiable respiratory group diseases also declined appreciably, but was replaced by that of the intestinal group which wed a seasonal rise. the time this report is pubis lished summer temperatures will prevail hence a word of advice is opportune. In the first' place, protective inoculation against typhoid fever and cholera should be attended to without further delay; this warning is particularly applicable to newcomers who, for the most part, are unaware of local conditions and the
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