Labourers Nineteen strikes involving 1,791 workers and resulting in a loss of 12129 working days occurred in the Settlement during February, according to a report for the month issued by the Commissioner of Police, During the month under review the Police dealt with a total of 2,009 cases of crime, including 254 brought to light by police investigation, showing a decrease of 408 cases compared with the previous month, Arrests for crime committed during the month show an increase, 2,079 persons having been arrested in February against 2024 in January. In addition 124 persons were arrested for crimes committed in previous months, while eighteen arrests were made on behalf of other local authorities.
Among those arrested for offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Municipal Police are 169 prisoners concerned in armed crimes, Twenty-one firearms and a quantity of ammunition were seized by the police during the month.
The headquarters narcotic section carried out twenty raids and made 90 arrests, Police station members dealt with 46 narcotic cases and arrested 110 persons, A quantity of drugs was seized.
Twenty-one Suicides Dealing with suicides the report stated that altogether 21 cases occurred during the month, three foreigners and eighteen Chinese.
The various political anniversaries passed off quietly during the month, Censorship of newspapers printed in Chinese continued throughout the month, The editors of six Chinese newspapers were warned by the police for publishing objectionable articles, The publishers and printer of a mosquito paper were fined $30 and $25 respectively by the Shanghai First Special Area District Court on February 22, for publishing and printing an indecent article, The total number of accidents during the month involving injury to person and damage to property was 612.
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