Sentence:  Telegram from Collector of Sylhet to Secretary Colonel Burne, No. 221; dated the 29th November 1871. Every necessary precaution taken to arrest spread of cholera: three camps formed, one for those attacked, one for the convalescents, one for the healthy. I sent down dhobies, sweepers, cooks, and <WSD>mallees</WSD>, last to dig trenches for burying the dead, when burning was not possible. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (gardener) (native gardener).