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# APPENDIX A.
## GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
### Report for the year 1931.
By A. V. Greaves, M.B., (Tor.), M.C.P.S. (Ont.) D.T.M. (Liverpool).
## INTRODUCTORY.
(1) Administrative.-Dr. E. P. Minett, Government Bacteriologist, proceeded on leave on August 18th and retired from the Service after the expiration of leave.
Dr. A. V. Greaves, Assistant Government Bacteriologist, was appointed Government Bacteriologist on Nov. 17th 1931. No appointment has yet been made to the post of Assistant Government Bacteriologist.
Dr. Greaves assisted with the teaching in Pathology and Morbid Anatomy at the University during the vacancy of the Chair in Pathology caused by the death of Professor Wang.
(2) Buildings and Equipment.-Repairs to the roof were undertaken for the purpose of renewing rotten beams. Alterations were carried out in the animal house so as to furnish extra accommodation for calves for vaccine lymph production. This is referred to later when discussing vaccine lymph work. The financial stringency has prevented us from making any additions, except of a minor nature, to our equipment, but it is hoped that this is only temporary, as any further development of the work of the Institute will demand a certain amount of new apparatus and equipment.
(3) Library. The following additions were made to the library during the year:---
1. Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine, by S. Smith and J. Glaister, Jr., 1931. 2. Bacteriological Technique, 3rd edition, by J. W. H. Eyre. 3. Medical Research Council Special Report Series No. 149 on Tuberculosis in Man and Lower Animals. 4. Text Book of Pathology, new 4th edition, by W. G. MacCallum. 5. Laboratory Methods of the U. S. Army, 3rd edition, by Charles F. Craig.(4) Publications.--A paper by Dr. Greaves on "Pellagra in Relation to the Food Supply" was published in the "Transactions of the 8th Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine,"