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Annual sanitary reports: overseas stations: Western Africa, St Helena, Cape of Good...
Catalogue reference: WO 334/139
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This record is about the Annual sanitary reports: overseas stations: Western Africa, St Helena, Cape of Good... dating from 1862 Jan-1863 Sept in the series War Office: Army Medical Department: Returns and Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1862 Jan-1863 Sept
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Annual sanitary reports: overseas stations: Western Africa, St Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand (January-December 1862)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Volume 25
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WO 334
War Office: Army Medical Department: Returns and Reports
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