Nanking, Sept, 2, In an interview today, Dr. J.
ug Liu, Director of the Bureau of Public' Health of the Nationa: Government, declared that although according t6 official reports he bad received" from various. provinees there were about 50,000 cholera cases throughout the country, the correct figure should easily be above 100,000. "This summer, which has probably witnessed one of the worst cholera outbreaks in China, more than 20,000 deaths "are estimated. "This year's cholera epidemic," Dr. Liu continued, "has. just passed its Peak and may' be said now to be on the decline." jin Honan, Shensi, Shansi and Sui-yan provinces that railway traffic had to be suspended and population of entire village perished. Latest reports from Shansi state that the cholera situation there is so serious Sha coin shops are' enable {0° ope frith the" vnutually' large For cottus. "In the villages of inferior Honan and Shara where there are'no modern medical faci there command fe ties "are poor, the conditions are 2 year's cholera outbreak was more or less expected. After last Your's unprecedented fod disaster, In Dr, Liw's office there is a large map with small flags on pins showing the various infected districts. According to reports received in August 16, provinces and three special municipalities have reported cholera in epidemic form, More than 200 cities are infected and the death rate is estimated to be about 21.5 per cent. At places where} there are no medical facilities the death rate is sometimes as high as 50 per cent.
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