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substantial, but dark, gloomy, and ill-planned. The hospital 

 (which was opened for the reception of patients on September 1, 

 1859), consists of a dispensary and godown, and of two larger 

 and two smaller wards, with accommodation for ten or twelve 

 beds. It is well ventilated, but dark, and in my opinion, very 

 badly planned. 



3. The number of the men at the depot has heretofore been 

 so small, that rations have been generally sent up for them from 

 Kangra, fourteen miles off. The meat has generally been of 

 very inferior quality, because the contractor has used sheep from 

 the plains, which will not thrive on the hills, instead of using those 

 natural to the district. Vegetables are, with the exception of pota- 

 toes, procurable with great difficulty. There is a so-called soldier's 

 garden recently laid out. The ration of liquor consists generally 

 of rum ; the water nearest the barracks is not, in my opinion, of 

 good quality, but excellent springs exist at no great distance. 



4. The men have no duty to do and no employment. There 

 are a few books in the barracks, and there is a skittle-ground. 

 Any amusement the men take interest in should of course be 

 encouraged, such as gardening, collecting insects, &c. 



5. The number of men has been so small, and the hospital open 

 so short a time, that I have no remarks to offer under this heading. 



6. The average strength of the depot has been twelve. There 

 have not been any deaths or any serious cases of illness. 



7. It is impossible to generalize or form conclusions on the 

 results obtainable from such small numbers as have hitherto 

 been at this depot; any opinions I have to offer under this 

 heading are therefore based on my experience generally as civil 

 surgeon of Dhurmsalla. 



(A.) Though rice cultivation covers the Kangra Valley, it is 

 not found higher than 3,500 feet above the sea in this neigh- 

 bourhood. The station is, I believe, quite free from malarious 

 fevers, although, at the lowest part, a few cases occur among the 

 native troops. 



(B.) Small-pox is always endemic in the valley, and some- 

 times rages epidemically. I have seen a few cases among 

 natives, and there is no reason to suppose a hill station would 

 not suffer as much as any other. There have been no cases of 

 any other exanthematous fever since I have been in medical 

 charge of the station. 



(C.) Severe catarrhs and mild bronchial attacks are rather 

 common at the setting in of the rains and of the cold weather, par- 



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