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station, but the health of
the
d. I do
inmates is reported good.
I do not find any serious defect in the drainage or ventilation of the place, though both
may be improved in minor
respects.
In past years
the Police here have sometimes
suffered from fever, but this
was attributed to the manurial
fertilization of the cabbages gardens in the valley below, which was stopped
in 1877.
17. Police Station at
Aberdeen. This station has a
very bad reputation. There have
been seasons when nearly
every Constable quartered in
it has been down with fever.
I attribute this to the
black mud swamp below
the station and to the
topography of
the vicinity, not to any
structural defect
in the house. The station had
to be abandoned by the Police
though there was no defect
either in its drainage
or ventilation to which sickness
was traceable. It is clear that it is the locality which