The robbery was reported by the Telephone Company to the Japanese military authorities, and a report was flo made on the previous occasion.
'The 'Telephone Company, it understood, is ina helpless' position fag regards occurrences. such as that of yesterday morning. As the Shanghai Munlelpal Police are not funetioning in the Hungiao area, impossible to obtain protection for the telephone lines except from the Japanese military authorities. The fact that cables have been' stolen twice within ten days is considered to be an indication that such protection is not all it might be in' the circumstances, At' the moment, the Telephone Company's only means of vedros seems to be repeated notifications to the military authorities, Tue Shanghai Municipal Couneit health report for the week ending midnight, April 9, shows that the total number of deaths from all] causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Settle. ment were—Forelgners, 9 and. Chinese 726. Deaths from notifiable diseases" were~Foreigners,. Cerebrospinal Fever 1 and Tuberculosis 1. Chinese, Tuberculosis 39; Typhoid Fever 24; 'Cerebrospinal Fever 14; Measles 14; Diphtheria 7; 'Typhus Fever 6; Dysentery 6; Scarlet Fever 2; Relapsing Fever 2 and Influenza'
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