. Peking : a social survey conducted under auspices of the Princeton University Center in China and the Peking Young Men's Christian Association. DRESSED IN HIS TIGER SUIT AND CAP FOR THE DRAGON FESTIVAL The Fifth of the Fifth Moon, one of Chinas Feast Days and A WELL-TO-DO ARISTOCRAT. Peking has no real slums; both rich and poor live in the same districts. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSIONS 31 HEALTH The health of Peking is on the whole very good. The climateis naturally healthful, even though there are two months offreezing weather, and the summer temperatures are accompaniedwith high h
. Peking : a social survey conducted under auspices of the Princeton University Center in China and the Peking Young Men's Christian Association. DRESSED IN HIS TIGER SUIT AND CAP FOR THE DRAGON FESTIVAL The Fifth of the Fifth Moon, one of Chinas Feast Days and A WELL-TO-DO ARISTOCRAT. Peking has no real slums; both rich and poor live in the same districts. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSIONS 31 HEALTH The health of Peking is on the whole very good. The climateis naturally healthful, even though there are two months offreezing weather, and the summer temperatures are accompaniedwith high humidity. With practically no precipitation during thewinter months, there is brilliant sunshine day after day, unlessthe sky is overcast with one of the dust storms for which Pekingis famous. The average precipitation, most of which comesduring the summer months, is about 20 inches. The police havecleaned up the city; there are some 46 hospitals and 1,098 doctors,109 of whom have had training in western medicine. The won-derful staff and equipment of the hospital and medical school ofthe China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation givesPeking as fine a hospital as can be found anjrwhere, the buildingsand equipment alone representing an investment of some$7,0
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