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need of is Medicine and a few articles of Clothing and Bedding and some nourishing things in the way of Diet or as Medical comforts. Should a Practitioner be sent to them from Halifax, it would be very desireable that he be instructed to make enquiries as to the state of Vaccination and should it have been neglected that steps be forthwith taken, to enforce a compliance with the wishes of Government on this subject should their preferences offer any impediment to its being generally adopted.

I have the honor to be Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Alex Baxter MD
Inspector of Military Hospitals
To His Excellency
Lt. Gen Sir J Kempt, G.C.B.
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