Duplicate
727
Governor
Victoria, Hongkong, November, 1844.
R-
Jup: No 64.
Received
3rd October.
Despatch No. 5 (Military) of the Commandant at "Victoria", forwarding Plan of the Cantonment at "Victoria», The Medical Reports.
10th July, and
~Referring to this Lordship's
and
sickness among
on the supposed cause
of
the Troops...
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Proceedings of a Medical Committee
a directed to assemble by order of Major General Lord Saltown, Commanding the Force in China.
to report
on
the
causes
of the sickness and
mortality of the Left Wing H.M. 55th Regiment
Superint? Surgeon Thomson, President
Surgeon Burrell 4/h. M. N. I.
Members
Asst Surgn Traquaire. H.M's 55th RegtThe Committee, having assembled on 15th July, proceeded to examine the locality around and in the Cantonment, visited the Hospitals and Barracks; ascertained from Documents furnished, the nature and extent of the prevailing sickness, and beg to record the following opinion.
In the early part of the month of May
an increase was evident in the numbers of Fevers, admitted, but at that time