E. H. Gilbert letter August 12,1863

Medical Director's Office,
Fort Monroe, August 12, 1863.
Brig. Gen. H. M. Naglee,
Commanding Seventh Army Corps:
Sir: I have the honor to report that I have carefully inspected the jail at Norfolk and the prison at Fort Norfolk in accordance with your order. In order to put the jail in a sanitary condition and keep it so it will be necessary to have it thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed and more frequently and thoroughly policed. Although the condition of the prison at Fort Norfolk has been improved of late, yet it is highly important that the policing be more effectually and frequently done. In both instances the necessary improvements were pointed out to the officer in charge. I would also respectfully call your attention to the necessity for more thorough policing of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The streets of these cities are far from being in a healthy condition, and in my opinion the prevalence of the diseases peculiar to the locality can only be prevented by the cities before named being immediately put in a sanitary condition.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. H. GILBERT,
Surgeon and Medical Director.

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55th Congress 3d Session House of Representatives Document No. 312
The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Published under the direction of the Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War,
By Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, Chief of the record and pension office, war department, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley.
Series II – Volume VI.
Washington: Government printing office.
1899