The daily report for August 31 follows No. of Camps under inspection by Public Health Department 107 No. of refugees therein 52.400 No. of refugees vaccinated: Corrected total figure for August 30: 2.951.
Total figure for August 31: 2,276. No, of refugees inoculated: nil.
Japanese aircraft operating over Shanghai maintained a _nightlong vigil over Chinese positions to ance tain the location of Chinese batteries in the Chapei sector, Parachute flares were dropped and Chinese positions bombed, the announcement said.
Two Chinese Curtiss-Hawk machines were brought down by Japanese naval pursuit ships in a dog-fight at the mouth of the Yangtze on Tuesday morning, the statement added.
A fire was reported in the Markham Road junction vicinity and "a Japanese seaplane was observed fly ing over the Chenju area, between 9 and 10 yesterday morning.
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