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people whose families have probably been established 

 for centuries), do not appear to possess the same 

 physical strength as the inhabitants in their fa- 

 therland. 



To persons suffering under pulmonary complaints, 

 the winters in Gibraltar are of course more suitable 

 than those of England or Scotland; but what is 

 gained in climate, is perhaps lost in the want of good 

 accommodation, &c. The hotels on the Commercial- 

 square are situated in a noisy locality, ill suited for 

 any invalid, and in summer the stench from the line 

 wall is intolerable. The lodging-houses, of which 

 there are few, are badly situated, surrounded by dirty 

 and filthy habitations of segar-makers, &c. The only 

 house of the kind suitable for an invalid, is one on 

 the new mole parade, in the south district, but 

 that can only accommodate two families. If Gibral- 

 tar is ever to be made a sanatorium for consumptive 

 patients during the winter months, more suitable 

 accommodations should be first provided. Malaga, 

 under all circumstances, is a more desirable place for 

 invalids from northern climes. In Gibraltar, my 

 limited experience tells that pulmonary consumption 

 runs a very rapid course in summer, with which opinion 

 I believe nearly all the medical officers of the garrison 

 concur. Although the mortality among soldiers from 

 this disease does not appear at first strikingly great, 

 yet the numbers who are sent home for pulmonary 

 diseases, before the advanced symptoms have set in, 

 are perhaps more than one could possibly conceive ; 

 the future history of these cases is seldom known 



