The Archive · 1939

Blaze Destroys Chinese Workshop

Shanghai, Ape. 20 A. Chinese black-smith's shop at 1043 Hart Road was badly damaged by fire, shortly after 3 pin. yester day. Machines from chang" Road station were summoned and brought the blaze under control in less than minutes although they were only. able to leave at 4 pim. No casualties resulted from the fire.

'Tue Shanghai Municipal Councit health report for the week ending midnight, April 29, shows that the Total number of' deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chiese population in the Settlement were—Forcigners 18, Chinese 631. Deaths from notinable diseases were Foreigners, "Bon-beri. 1, Measles 1. Chinese, Tuberculosis 41; Typhoid Fever 13; Measiles 19; Cerebrospinal Fever 5; Dysentery 4; and Smallpox, Diptheria, Beri-peti, Relapsing Fever 1 each.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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