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Discharged during January   3103.
Died during January           44.
Total Loss during January   3147.
Remaining Jany 31st 1868.    832.
Showing a decrease at close of January as compared with close of Dec. of 676.
- Percentage of deaths to 1000 in Hospital and quarters eleven (11.) -
- No epidemic, infectious, or contagious diseases have been reported during month.
- The health of the freedmen in the District, considering the season of the year, and the privations to which many of them are exposed from various causes, is very favorable.

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servant
J.J. DeLamater
Bvt. Lt. Col. and Surg. in Chief.
Bureau R.F. and A. Lands.
Dist. of Virginia.