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Head Quarters, District of Alabama Office of Surgeon in chief. Montgomery. Ala. October 25. 1868. General I have the honor to submit the following report of the Medical Department of the Bureau for the District of Alabama. The below named hospitals were in operation during the year, viz: [[7 columned table]] | Name & Station | No. of Surgeons | No. of Stewards | No. of Attendants Male | No. of Attendants Female | No. of beds | Remarks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Freedmens Hosp. Mobile | 1 | - | 6. | 3. | 100. | Rented. | | Freedmens Hosp. Selma | 1 | - | 7 | 5. | 100. | Gov. property. | | Freedmens Hosp. Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3. | 100 | Rent free. | | Freedmens Hosp. Demopolis | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 50. | Gov. property. | | Freedmens Hosp. Huntsville | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2. | 50 | Rented. | | Freedmens Hosp. Home Colony | 1 | - | - | 3 | 100. | Rented. | | Freedmens Hosp. Talladega. | discontinued in July 1866. | | | | | | All of these hospitals were and are now in charge of efficient Medical Officers and supplied with everything necessary for the comfort of the patients. In addition to these, Small Pox Hospitals were in operation in most of the larger towns in this District during the winter of 1865-1866; they were supported jointly by the local authorities and the Bureau. As the Surgeons in charge of these hospitals were employed by, and under
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