"Safety First" Week The Shanghai Municipal Couneit its _sane-toned and has voled funds for the "Safety First-No. Accident" week, and during that period a concerted effort will be made by the Couneit, public transport companies, hire services and others to make Shanghai conscious the need for greater care and precautions folding. accidents. There will be no criticism of the necessity for such a step. The Shanghai trame situation has srown considerably worse Wing to unfortunate conditions not of the Settlement's own devising, There has been tremendous influx. of Chinese refugees, most of whom never ventured beyond their own villages and small towns and are ignorant of modern traMe conditions and "dangers. The streets are overcrowded not only by pedestrians but by a greatly-increased volume of motor, and ther trafic, operating largely in a small, and restricted area owing to political exigencies. 'The Bund is @ typical ease' of a diversion and concentration of trading activities resulting in fas chaotic, and precarious a system of traffic could be imagined but handied as eMeiently possible by the police in the circumstances. The mounting toll of accidents reported by the public transportation companies is an indica tion of the serious situation confronting Shanghai, and from a humanitarian and a business point of view alike, the necessity for such a ampaimm emerges. The special committee appointed to organize the campaign has produced very elaborate programme, details of which will be found on another page. By every type Of publicity and educational appeal available, facts of the situation will be brought to public fatlention, backed by an appeal to take more care, and assist in reducing accidents by a general exercise of precaution and common-sence. IL is an easy but narrow-minded attitude {0 point to any one phase of Shanghai's huge traMe system and ascribe to it the cause of traffic ageldents, Traffic regulations, and the whole machinery of the law exist to our transgressors. The one and only practicable, and logie) oltition is public ce-operation which organizers the "Safely First" are soliciting in order to make ita success. Without this ce-operation system of veguiations can be effective, but 'Shanghai's "diMeulties are increased by' the heterogeneous character of its population aggravated by unusual conditions. The thorough nature of the campaign organizers' programme in reaching every element of the Community isan assurance that successful results" should "ensue, Good Work It Is satisfactory to learn that the scarlet fever vpidemnie which a short time ago was xiving cause for serious anxiety, is now practic ally oan end, and that in the past nine days an average of one case in every two days has been reported. Nevertheless. the disease captured no less than 180 persons, with, happily only one death, before it, was brought under control. It has been stated that most of those stricken were not inmates of the various re~ Tues camps, who were subjected to careful medical examination, but people who lived out side, and, walking about for a number of days, spread the disease without knowing that. they were ill. High tribute was paid by Mr. Weinberger (o the S.ML.C, Public Health Department, which did excellent work in connection with the outbreak, some of the staff showing extreme devotion to duly. in the tong hours which they ave 10 the Work. In these days, when eritie~ {sm of the municipal services seems to be the mode, it ix as well that the attention of the ratepayers should be drawn to excellent examples of loyalty to the community such as this. Throughout the troublous times through Which Shanghai has passed since the outbreak of the local hostilities, the Public Health Department has stood between the community and the possibilities of general epidemies in a man-Which ix worthy of the highest commendaon. It is a department which naturally has most of its work unnoticed by the general public, but it is an undoubled fact that it was largely due to the energies of its members that the cholera epidemic of last. year didn't sume. reater proportions than it did. The PID, is probably. one of those institutions nich' the public can lid with great effective: ess than riy other. By ce-operation in the matter of submitting to inoculations, ete. it can ive assistance without which much of the department's work would be rendered nugatory, is urged that the high figures of inoewlan which were reached last year should be surpassed this. That can only be done by the loyal aveeptanee of the advice given by the department, for the more who resort to this protection "against disease the greater is the Chance of its being continually Kept under con Wwol Swimming Facilities he approach vf the swimmer season naturally Giveets" attention. to swimming facilities in Shanghai. All the principal country clubs have th n swimming pools, and in the last year or two enterprising Chinese have opened pools with cafes, restaurants and other entertainment idjunets on elaborate scale. Huge crowds using these pools from the beginning to the end of swimming season show how popular is this form of diversion and exercise, and with a more Festricted scope of summer outdoor amusement this year there is every indication that these pools will prove to be even more popular. Un-Fortunately, the Municipal Council's enterprise outdoor swimming is not likely to be available to the general public. This is the open pool at Iongkew Park which, prior to the hostilities, attracted thousands of people and ranked as one ofthe most" popular public amenities provided by the Connell. Situated in the most exposed part of the ear-hest battle-front, the pool has not been used since the early slimmer of 1937 and has suffered
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