The Archive · 1934

Land Acquired for Fever Hospital

The Shanghai Municipal Council has bought an area of 42.71 mow. comprising various lots north of adjoining the Kiaochow Road Park. for, $1,164,986, it was announced] on Thursday. Approximately 25 mow of this land will be used as the site for the new Fever Hospital and the remainder for park purposes It is planned to erect a five-storey hospital on the land at a cost of approximately $800000. The new institution will supplement the Tsolation Hospital now being operated in Range Road, the accompaniment of gongs and drums, they danced, while the thousands of spectators' who bad lined the streets since early morning, cheered enthusiastically Huge crowds again jammed the roads in Jessfield district on Wednesday morning when the procession of the Goddess of Mercy, organized by the

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