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were dispelled, the number of the patients was not equally reduced. Victims of criminal assault, of accident, and of disease, continually came in as having plainly no where else to go, and often in moribund condition. 
The number of infirm left on our hands, and other such from time to time received, compelled the maintenance at these same points of "colonies," between which and the hospitals was a necessary co-existence. The maintenance of those that had been once established, has been induced by these considerations, but a warrant was not found, in such necessity as has existed, for creating them elsewhere. The obvious duty of the overseers of the poor, the land and cabins  they could easily procure, and the presence at their call of resident physicians, led to the substitution of an offer to supply those things which they had not, so far as they might be within our reach; and many such arrangements have been made. Clothing and blankets which had been rejected in the army as defective, rations and medicine of excellent quality, some fuel, and whatever else we could, have been supplied to hospitals conducted on this plan. 
During the winter months, small pox was widely epidemic, and great help was found in being able thus to burn infected garments and supply new ones to convalescents. Shipments were made to many counties for this purpose. 

REPORT OF HOSPITALS IN OPERATION DURING THE YEAR

[[7 columned table]]
| NAME AND STATION | No. of Surgeons. |No. of Stewards. | Male No. of Attendants | Female No. of Attendants | No. of Beds. | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Freedmen's Hosp'l, Mobile | 1 | -- | 6 | 3 | 100 | Rented | 

| Freedmen's Hosp'l, Selma | 1 | -- | 7 | 5 | 100 | Government property.

| Freedmen's Hosp'l, Montgomery, | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100 | Rent free.

| Freedmen's Hosp'l, Demopolis | 1 | -- | 2 | 3 | 50 |  Government property. | 

| Freedmen's Hop'l, Huntsville | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50 | Rented. | 

| Freedmen's Hosp'l, Home Colony | 1 | -- | -- | 3 | 100 | Rented.

| Freedmen's Hosp'l, Talladega | discontinued in July, 1866 | 


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REPORT OF FREEDMEN, FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1865, TO OCTOBER 31, 1866. ADMITTED, DISCHARGED, TRANSFERRED, DIED AND REMAINING UNDER TREATMENT
[[17 columned table]]
|MONTHS |ADMITTED Adult Males. | ADMITTED Adult Females. | ADMITTED Male Children. | ADMITTED Female Children. | DISCHARGED AND TRANSFERRED. Adult Males. | DISCHARGED AND TRANSFERRED. Adult Females. | DISCHARGED AND TRANSFERRED. Male Children. | DISCHARGED AND TRANSFERRED. Female Children. | DIED. Adult Males. | DIED. Adult Females. | DIED. Male Children. | DIED. Female Children. | REMAINING. Adult Males. | REMAINING. Adult Females. | REMAINING. Male Children. | REMAINING. Female Children. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Remaining October 31, 1865|202|143|50|30|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|November 1865|161|121|34|26|158|113|40|15|33|29|11|14|172|122|33|27|
|December 1865|112|94|29|24|126|85|38|27|30|18|1|8|128|113|23|16|
|January 1866|106|102|33|41|120|116|32|35|21|12|5|7|93|87|19|15|
|February 1866|86|101|24|35|65|78|24|26|17|12|4|3|97|98|15|21|
|March 1866|72|75|23|33|49|48|8|20|22|12|6|2|98|113|24|32|
|April 1866|74|106|57|66|64|64|35|47|13|13|1|4|95|142|45|47|
|May 1866|77|114|32|22|48|81|31|21|9|7|2|1|115|168|44|47|
|June 1866|81|123|36|31|73|111|23|29|10|9|2|6|113|171|55|43|
|July 1866|79|91|42|39|71|97|17|17|13|11|4|4|108|154|76|61|
|August 1866|160|125|43|44|135|129|47|47|15|10|5|5|118|140|67|53|
|September 1866|133|100|38|31|109|96|36|22|18|8|3|5|124|136|66|57|
|October 1866|118|107|35|40|91|73|20|22|16|4|2|6|135|166|79|69|
|Total|1,461|1,402|476|462|1,109|1,091|351|328|217|145|46|65|135|166|79|69|
|Aggregate|[[Admitted]]3,801|[[DISCHARGED AND TRANSFERRED]]2,879|[[DIED]]473|[[REMAINING]]449|