No funeral ceremonies and no Agents: MEDICON LIMITED, 13 Kiangse Road, Shanghai The major causes of death were tuberculosis, cancer and suicide, flowers by request, The death rate for communicable diseases was 3.62 per mille compared with 3.02 per mille in April, Chinese Desths—A total of 3,494 deaths were recorded during the month as against 4207 for last month, giving a death rate of 35.56 per mille. Out of the total number of deaths recorded 1,768 were exposed corpses (a decrease of 1250 from last month).
The major causes of death were tuberculosis, pneumonia and typhoid.
The death rate for communicable scases was 4.78 per mille compared with 461 per mille in April, Pathological Laboratory May was a record breaking month; 6,666 specimens were received which is more than 1,500 in excess of the previous highest monthly total; 1,587 agglutination tests for typhus and typhoid fevers were done. a figure approximately 50 per cent. greater, than the total for the whole of 1937:4 by improved methods of culture and the use of specially prepared type specific "O" sera (heterologous antigens having been removed by absorption) a definite positive report on the first case of cholera w: issued within 18 hours of the receipt
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