Five engines from the French Fire Brigade turned out to the corner of Rue clu Welkwel and Rue clu Con: sulat at 245 p.m, yesterday when fire broke out in Passage 89 Rue clu Woikwel and enveloped three houses, The blaze was placed under control within twenty minutes after the arrival of the firemen at the scene and was partly extinguished by 4,20 am, House 10 of the lane, where the "Are originated. was completely destroyed, while houses 8 and sustained bad damage, Seven hoses were used by the brigade, Cholera Cases Reported Suly 11, Five cases of cholera are engaging the attention of doctors of the Summer Diseases Hospital in Vu Ya Ching Rond, it was learned. yesterday. "The mow regime's pre its rey ently also reported that the same ddiseaso had been discovered in Nantao and that Chinese health authori. les were trying to prevent It from Eecoming an epidemic.
Tne Shanghai Municipal Council health report for the week ending midnight July 12, shows that the total number of deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Settle ment was—Forelgners 21 and Chinese 1094, Deathe from nottfable typhoid fever 2 and cere. brospinal fever, bacillary dysentery one each, Chinese, typhoid fever 81; tuberculosis 77; dysentery 24; measles 4; relapsing fever 4; cerebrospinal fever 3; bericberl 3; typhus fever smallpox 2; influenza 2 and Paratyphoid fever, malaria one each,
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