Notwithstanding the hostilities, the year under review witnessed' the opening of the West China Leprosarat Chengtu, and in this connec ton, particular mention is made in the report of the credit due to Dr. Wallace Crawford for the opening of the institution.
Inspection of southwest China re~ vealed that leprosy is widely spread. In Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi ud that the work on leprosy control only in-an embryo stage in those Grants-in-aid made by the Mission during the past. year, amounted to $19,628 which isan increase of $2,064.01 over 1987, and of $1,028 over 1938 In referring to the National Leprosarium of Shanghai, the report states that 102 patients were admitted during the year under review, which is fu all-time record, all the more so as the staff of the Leprosarium had to be considerably reduced. The Leprosarium in Tazang is intact, but the date at which the institution" may be re-occupied is still uncertain.
"Thanks to the response received from te public and. the American Mission to" Lepers, the report. continues, the Mission was able to tide over ihe difficult times experienced during the year under review, closed the books with a credit ai, Mar. 20.
An_ attempt made yesterday was evening to. assassinate the young assistant manager of a Chinese phar~ macy at the intersection of Medhurst and Sinza Roads. A political back-round is suspected, The victim. was in the chemist's shop when a Chinese entered, at about o'clock, and drew a pistol. The gunman fired once at his victim at lose range, the bullet lodging, at the base of the back, in the gluteal muscle. Then he turned and fled.
The wounded man was taken to Paulun Hospital, where his condition Was not considered serious. Detectives were last night investigating the case on the theory of a political motive owing to the victim's family. connecttions
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