With the opening of a large refugee camp on Tunsin Road it was possible to close 15 of the smaller ones. and the fact that 42 per cent. of the refugees moved refused to take up new accommodation, mainly for reasons connected with their employment, suggests that the refugee problem in Shanghai is very much less acute than it was.
The smallpox situation seems to indicate that as suggested in previous reports the epidemic was mainly amongst newcomers. This view is strengthened by the small number of infants coming forward for vaccination as one may assume they have already been vaccinated and by the fact that the disease is diminishing in spite of the fact that spring is normally the of greatest incidence. The quantity of vaccine sold and issued free during the season starting October last is 835,690 doses and free vaccinations either by the department or by other organizations supplied by it are 532,201 doses during the e period, a satisfactory figure considering resources available and storage difficulties. notified, 77 gave a history of vaccination (59 of these had never been vaccinated since infancy).
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.