Some eighty men and women, alleged to be members of one of the largest criminal organizations broken up by the Settlement Police in recent years, faced the camera at Louza Station on. April 7. They are seen above, with some of the foreign and Eh ese detectives who were responsible for their arrests.
The cases against the suspects are -pending in the First Spectal District Court. Detectives headed by Supt. A. H. Aiers were responsible for the round-up, Central Station officers under DetInsp. A, Telfer and Det, Sub-Insp. J. J. Ross arresting most of the prisoners, Conceal Hospital's Report Net Deficit of $110,473, Including $22,000 for War Losses, Sustained, Accounts Show Shanghai, Apr. 8.
TPPHE Shanghai General Hospital sustained " net loss for the year of $110,473.34, including a sum of $22,200 listed as "special expenses, damage and losses due to war," the 1937 annual report (which has just been issued) reveals, The loss, in round figures, covers $22,000 lost during the first half of the year and $88,500 the second half, due to the conditions prevailing in Shanghai since the middle of August.
On the advice of the S.MLC, states the report, the hospital was evacuated on August 15 to the Chase Bank, from there to the British military' hospital in Central Road, and later, through the courtesy of the trustees, to the Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research in Avenue Road. Here, owing 10 the nature of, the accommodation, the hospital "was almost entirely restricted to its charitable work among the free and third class patients, which accounts to @ great extent for the unwonted decrease in the number of patient days and im the hospital's income.
"Thus, during 1937, the, number of admissions showed' a considerable Jdecrease as compared, with the previous year—2433 as against 3,200 and the number of patient days was. 36,082, as against 48,704 in 1996. In. the out-patient department, 19,280) patients received treatment, out' of Which 12,187 were free patients, as compared with 17378 lin 1936; the umber of casualties treated was 765 as against 955.
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