THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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States Army, and First Class Hospital Apprentice Hugh Lane, 

 United States Navy. 



Since September the Philippine General Hospital has under- 

 taken to perform its own laboratory work, and in consequence 

 the routine examinations have been reduced in number along 

 certain lines. Since August 3 Eilibid Prison has also been 

 handling most of the routine work there. These reductions 

 have been more than offset by the extra number of examinations 

 entailed by the presence of cholera. Four men were constantly 

 employed on this duty, and much overtime work was carefully 

 and faithfully performed. During the flood in September, when 

 practically all transportation was suspended, a sufficient number 

 of the staff were on duty and the examinations for cholera went 

 on uninterruptedly, a fact which speaks well for the esprit du 

 corps. 



The war in Europe has interfered with our source of supplies, 

 and the laboratory has had great difficulty in securing sufficient 

 bacteriological glassware for the cholera work. The Depart- 

 ment Surgeon, United States Army, very kindly furnished such 

 supplies as he had ; and although very much restricted and ham- 

 pered, up to this date we have been able to take care of all 

 important work without much delay. The routine clinical, bac- 

 teriological, and pathological examinations have continued to 

 increase, and those made during the fiscal year 1913, the six 

 months from July 1 to December 31, 1913, and the calendar 



" Included under misce'l&neous. 



