Reduced Tram Service Operates; City Not Expected Yo Be Clear of Flood Before Monday Rearing damage to build Inge and property: he pol that Wwaetinpassible toa any timate mntit the water as com pletely receded and conditions are testored fully. to normal again, During the intindation the ordinary fond prevention work was maintalic ced, it Was. Ie one the pump the Bund hag been working on a 24 how shift, The heavy rainfall. fol-Towing in the wake of the recent high tide "was a combination, he said, which could be called unfortunate, The flood prevention scheme he ex: plained, wok! be unable to cope with Htanddimeulty would have to be experienced! to keep the eentval ise wet high and dry Highest Tide for Years 1 went on to say. that the Mood.
of the Central District was due wreater extent by the tide and hot the ain, "The spending of money lane, he obser "d, would not preserve Shanjhai from a. flood like the pres-font one, owing to its complex tive, the combination of high tide With heavy rainfall, He explained that the former was due to. the equines resulting in the tide. being highest for the year. "The six following the equinox presence felt in the city, the high Fainfall. recorded was. 74. millimetre the short spa hour, being than the downpour of the the _con= tinvanee of the rain all day today depending on he course of the typhoon Which is expected {0 give Shanghai a wide berth by veering northwards, Although It is predicted that Shanghai will be spared the full intensity of the storm, the actual course the typhoon will take in the next 24 hours is purely a matter of conjecture.
Troops the Western disiriet did noi stop Chinese hold-up men from operating in the outside ronds area and at 120 am. on Oct. 5. a Chi hose passenger of a private car was stopped in Great Western Road two men, one of whom was armed With pistol. The man teeampest after taking the victim's wallet, the contents of which were Hot known fon October 5. ber, he said, would see og I lowering of the tide. The typhhho added, was probably' backing up the water in the Yangtze a foreing the tide up still higher mate lea ire tr crinal Un Cie Sr geiewee onthe ouakis of th lly att a ce tait eral ealy'a me Set With the sun dispelling the grey clouds, strenuous efforts were made by the Public Works Department of the Council and residents of the city, te rid the Settlement of water, hi tions of the city were still under By Next Monday The Settlement will not be clear ater before Monday next, accord-to an oficial of the Public Works Department who declared that the level, ted many to speculate on. the ing of the water was no easy possibility nf the city being entirely considering the extent of the rid of water within % hours, The Hiquid invasion, which can best be] P.W.D. spokesman however, explains said. referring to Towering ofthe water thed in the "North-China Wing On. district war yesterday, which he said entirely to the tide going would qive some idea of the amount dawn. He painted out that the West= ern District would find it far more dificult to. rever not. being in the feast he tide owing, to its distance from the Health of A statement was Commissioner of Public the Council yesterday. regarding. the possible effect of the flood health of the community. ment follows:
"IL is understood that sume people fare nervous in regard tothe pos: sibility of Hookworm, In regard te the majority: of parasites of this type. it should not be forgotten that intermediate host ix necessary, in seme cases snail and in others a fish, Hookworm itself does not require an intermediate Since this is more Parasite, bat Hess a rural disease the diotices of the Noort er being rapidly contaminated by Hate remote.
Tndeed, it is expected that with the exception of the possibility of chills and. colds, Tit on health wil rest of
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