The Archive · 1940

Criminals Return Fire

At one point on Rue Cardinal [Mercier he saw two of the armed men Jand opened fire at them, the criminals returning the fire, SP.C. No. 671 was jon trafic duty' "at the comer JAvenue Foch and Moulmein Road and took up a chase which covered some 500 yards during which time he was fired at twice, slightly wounded May Publ Health Report Shanghai, June 21.

'The public health report for May. shows that discases such as typhus fever and relapsing fever, which are Jouse-borne, are increasing substan tially, and' despite de-lousing "measures' which are being taken in. re~ fugee camps, it seems unlikely that these diseases will become less prevalent' until summer temperatures ore definitely established. Numbers of refugees are being absorbed into, the Settlement population following the eloseure of these camps, but it not believed that they will serlous-Jy affect the health situation in the The position regarding other communi cable diseases remained. practically unchanged when compared to April." "There were three casts of smallpox, and "thirty-three "noticed cases of malaria, Cholera and dyson= {ery showed no increase over the previous month, two eases of the former being reported, and. twenty-seven of the fatter.

Ninety-five persons were

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