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annulled some time since, each of these receive as did me & Miss Gibbons ten (10) dollars pr month making the total number of employees Sept 30th 33.
The total compensation of these employees is [[?]] $470
That of seven Physicians under contract at $100.00 each 700
Total expenses of Med Dept of Bureau Dist Va pr mo $1170, an increase of twenty (20) dollars during the month.
The number of Physicians under contract mains the same as at last report and compensation the same.
The medical officers of the Bureau appear to be fully employed, and doing faithful service.
The sanitary condition of the Dist Va as a whole has been very satisfactory during the month. At Richmond there has been a large amount of sickness among freedmen but it seems to be now decreasing to a moderate degree. No contagions, infections or epidemic diseases exist in the District.
I am with much respect
Your obt Servt
JJ De Lamater
Surg in Chief Dist Va
Bureau RF&AL