In August, 1980 a rare serotype S. zanzibar was isolated in the North of Scotland from a man home on leave from Malaysia, whence he returned in November having been bacteriologically negative 2 months previously. In December however, S. zanzibar was isolated from a bulk milk sample taken at a nearby dairy farm. No illness occurred among milking cows which had been brought inside from pasture in mid-October. Since 1972 a variety of different salmonella serotypes had been identified in cattle, milk and other samples at this farm, with seagulls being implicated as the vector transmitting infection from the sewage of a local town on to farmland and an adjacent loch. Although water from this source has not been used in recent years for drinking by cattle, it is utilized for washing floors within the dairy premises. Since 1979, following an outbreak affecting consumers, all milk produced at the farm has been pasteurized.
Among the losses sustained by the Institute for Medical Research in Malaya during the Japanese occupation were the portraits of several of the former directors. The loss is unfortunate, as we had hoped to make use of a fifty-year series of portraits for a historical rne'noir planned for the Institute's half-centenary this year. The missing portraits are those of Dr. Hamilton-Wright, M.D. (McGill), and Dr. Henry Fraser, M.D., M.R.C.P. Dr. Wright retired to America after leaving Malaya in 1903 and died in Washington, D.C., in 1917. Dr. Fraser was born, I believe, in Aberdeen. He retired from Malaya in 1916 to live in Scotland, where he died in 1930. I would be grateful to any of your readers who could put me in touch with surviving relatives.