An appalling death rate among te being cared for by the Intethatiohal Relief Committee. is reported, due to the severity of the cold weather, and the low Vitality. of the destitute mèn, women and children whom the Committee is Sheltéring. The death rate has risen. to such a high figure that is now ho less than 173% times the fate recorded during the warmer weather, These figures were obtained by the Committee after a careful survey of the six camps under its administra-
Statistics show that childfem are succumbing most easily to the bitter cold weather in Shanghai at the present time, as 60 per cent. of the dead were below 16 years of age, The next highest percentage deaths is among those over 50 yours of age, who account for 22 per cent, of the total, and deaths of refugees from 16 to 60 make up 18 per cent, of the total. Females succumb easier than males, 4 per cet, more deaths among females being recorded than among males. ao:
Measles, the children's d heads the list of illnesses which in deaths among the refugees, counting for 42 per cent, of the t Dysentery comes next with 16 p cent, and other causes of death consumption, smallpox, and ty The normal death rate among th Chinese population in the In national Settlement is 1541 per thousand, as compared with 14 p thousand in the United States, 10. per thousand in Great Britain, andi 18 per thousand in Russia,
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