REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY, FOR THE YEAR
ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER 1932.
PART I.—ADMINISTRATION AND
ROUTINE WORK.
STAFF.
I returned from home leave and continued as
Director of the Institute from 20th October
1931 except for one month and eighteen
days in May and June when Rao Bahadur
T.Sitapati Ayyar acted for twelve days and
Major W. J. Webster, I.M.S., for the re
-maining period. I attended the Research
Workers' Conference at Calcutta in December
1931 and acted as President of the Medical
Section of the Indian Science Congress at
Bangalore in January 1932.
Dr. C. G. Pandit, M.B., B.S. (Bom.), Ph.D.
(London), D. T. M. D. P. H. (Eng. ),c o n t i n u e d
as officiating First Assistant Director until
3rd January 1932 when he proceeded to
America on combined leave to take up a
Rockefeller fellowship. From 4th January
to 6th May 1932, Civil Surgeon M.R.Ry.
Rao Bahadur T. Sitapati Ayyar, Second
Assistant Director, acted as First Assistant
Director and Military Assistant Surgeon
J. H. Theodore, M.B.E., D.T.M., I.M.D., acted
as Second Assistant Director.
From 7th May 1932, Major W. J. Webster,
M.C., M.D., D.P.H., D.T.M.a n d
H . , I . M . S . ,
offi
- c i a t e d a s F i r s t A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r .
Civil Assistant Surgeon R. Sanjiva Rao
proceeded to America on deputation on 7th
September 1932 to take up a Rockefeller
fellowship.
The additional Assistant Surgeon with the
necessary staff sanctioned for the increased
work of the Wassermann section continued
during 1932-33—G.O. M s. No. 1808, P.H.,
dated 26th September 1931.
FINANCE.
The financial statement in Table I includes
both direct and indirect charges. The total
estimated income is Rs. 7,58,348 and the
total expenditure Rs. 4,00,313, giving an
estimated net profit of Rs. 3,58,035. As
usual, this statement does not include any
estimate of the financial value of the research
work done. The decrease in. receipts is
mainly due to the decrease in demand for
cholera vaccine, but this has been partially
balanced by the output of cholera bacterioph
- a g e . T h e d e c r e a s e i n e x p e n d i t u r e i s d u e t o
the economy exercised in the purchase of
stores, etc., according to orders on account
of financial stringency. On its scientific
side, as regards books and instruments the
Institute is definitely suffering from this
economy.
Including customs duty, Rs. 73,221 were
spent in. the purchase of sera. At our sale
prices, the value of the sera issued to Govern
-ment hospitals is Rs. 74,223 which is
Rs. 5,500 less than the value of the serum
issued in 1930-31. This was not because
less serum was issued—on the contrary more
was issued, but it was bought more cheaply.
This work of serum purchase and distribution
has grown considerably in the last few years
and severely taxes the capacity of our
despatch section.
BUILDINGS.
Out of the total grant of Rs. 1,15,400
sanctioned in G.O. M s. No. 278 W., dated
31st January 1928, the following were com
- p l e t e d d u r i n g
t h e y e a r : —
(1) Belgaum pattern stalls for calves.
(2) Quarters for a Resident Assistant
Surgeon together with garage, latrine and
servants' quarters.
The provision of laboratory furniture
sanctioned in G.O No. 278 W ., dated 31st
January 1928, was practically completed
during the year.
The following works sanctioned by Gov
-ernment were postponed on account of
financial stringency :
—
(1) A residence for the Public Analyst.
(2) Installation of a Candy Pressure
Filter.
(3) Acquisition of 21.45 acres of land—
the acquisition of 4.27 acres between the
Institute and the Saidapet-Alandur road is
particularly required.
The following works are badly needed :
—
(1) Addition of one room to the old
post-mortem room to make a service block
for preparation of media and for cleaning
utensils.
(2) Cast iron gratings for drains in the
building.
(3) Installation of on economical modern
system of refrigeration to replace the existing
cold rooms with their old machinery
(4) The provision of electric fittings in
the Deputy Superintendent's quarters now
occupied by a Resident Assistant Surgeon.
VACCINE LYMPH.
1
. Charge.—The First Assistant Director
Dr. C. G. Pandit, and later Major Webster,
I.M.S., assisted by Assistant Surgeon K. P.