The Archive · 1933

Pacifying Rural Areas

The Chinese Government is doing the utmost to rid the country of the communist terror and horror. and to restore normal conditions of peace and order. To. rehabilitate the devastated districts, they must be re-peopled with the right sort of citizens, The county people must po '$845,000 for the construction at the Sainte Marie Hospital of a block reserved for the medi fand care of indigent Chinese of the French Concession. The new building will be planned on the most, uptoate lines. It will comprise three storeys, with facilities for enlargement by the addition of a fourth! floor, and will include @ large dis-pen sary and 300 beds. "An annexe Pavilion will house a dental clinic and casualty service.

The Cuisse des Oeuvres will contribute a yearly sum of $30,000 to the upkeep of the indigents, block, while the Sainte Marie Hospital Will without charge place 100, beds atthe disposal of, the Municipal Public Assistance Department, the maintenance of the hospital having been' placed on the basis of a close fand friendly collaboration with the Concession administration. To this end, a consultative committee has been formed, on which will sit representatives of the Kiangnan Mis-Sion and of the hospital, as well as! of the Municipality and the Caisse}

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