The camp Christmas plans have to be changed. A female internee is diagnosed with diphtheria and all indoor gatherings are cancelled to try to lower the chances of an epidemic.
The measures taken work, and there are no further cases.
A wedding takes place: Enid Mabel Martin, a private secretary, marries police sub-inspector John Cecil Michell. Enid is the mother of Keith Martin, a boy living in Shanghai.
At Shamshuipo Staff-Sergeant James O'Toole receives a mysterious but welcome gift:
A parcel came in for me from a Rev Ream from Stanley can't think who he is, but it must be something to do with Alan (Barwell)). A fine cake of Lifebuoy soap just the ticket. A white shirt.
Sources:
Christmas: Mabel Winifred Redwood, It Was Like This, 2001, 148
Wedding: David Tett, Captives in Cathay, 2007, 171-2
O'Toole: Diary of Staff-Sergeant James O'Toole: http://www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk/James_OToole/html/dairy_1942.htm