Mr. KH. Ling has accepted the invitation of the Municipal "Council to serve on the Education Board until the end of the Municipal year in place of Mr. Chen Che-chen, whose resignation was accepted—recently. Mr. K. H. Ling is a former member of the Board, Voluntary Entertainment Levy The total sum received by the Municipal Council up to. November 25" In. respect of contributions. under the "voluntary" entertainment levy, covering) a period of ten. months January 20 to November 23, 1098, amounted to $245,207.78, Intestinal diseases have decreased and the Autumnal increase in respiratory diseases has hardly commenced as yet, The increase sickness rate, therefore, has been ne to a definite seasonal incidence of acute conjunctivitis which has been very prevalent during the month.
Schoo! Clinkes and "Follow-up" Services—In the School Clinics 528 pupils. Jmade 803 attendances, whilst 272 absent pupils were visited in their homes by the School Nurses.
Individual Medleat Examination of Pupits—160 pupils in the Municipal Tm Shanghai Municipal Council health report for the week ending midnight December 3, shows that the total number of deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Settlement jwere—Forelgners 1, and Chinese 1,275. Deaths from notifiable diseases were—Forelgners Smallpox, 4, and Chinese, Smallpox 63; Typhoid Fever 23; Tuberculosis 20; Dysentery 17; Measles 8; Beri-beri 3; Diphtheria 2 Jand Scarlet Fever, Cerebrospinal Fever 1 each, When in Shanghai stay at the
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