9 1 7 , ▁the ▁expanded ▁lab ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁under ▁its ▁new ▁title , ▁Con n aught ▁Ant ito x in ▁Labor ator ies ▁and ▁University ▁Farm . ▁John ▁G . ▁Fitz G er ald , ▁the ▁Director , ▁was ▁given ▁full ▁authority ▁over ▁the ▁L abs ' ▁staff ▁and ▁the ▁Con n aught ▁Labor ator ies ▁Research ▁Fund , ▁which ▁remained ▁autonom ous ▁of ▁University ▁fin ances ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁prevent ive ▁medicine ▁research . ▁An ▁Honor ary ▁Ad vis ory ▁Committee ▁was ▁also ▁established ▁so ▁that ▁Con n aught ▁would ▁provide ▁a ▁truly ▁national ▁public ▁health ▁service , ▁appoint ing ▁represent atives ▁of ▁each ▁provincial ▁government ▁health ▁department ▁and ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁to ▁an ▁annual ▁meeting ▁with ▁Fitz G er ald . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁the ▁L abs ' ▁wounded ▁soldier ▁treatment ▁practices ▁had ▁reduced ▁the ▁rate ▁of ▁t et anus ▁in fection ▁to ▁ 0 . 1 %, ▁making ▁its ▁anti - t et anus ▁program ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁successful ▁health ▁campaign s ▁in ▁w art ime ▁medicine . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁flu ▁spread ▁across ▁North ▁America , ▁spread ▁in ▁part ▁through ▁inf ected ▁soldiers ▁returning ▁from ▁over se as . ▁Con n aught ▁swift ly ▁interven ed ▁with ▁large ▁quantities ▁of ▁what ▁Robert ▁Def ries ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁" ex perimental " ▁v acc ine , ▁freely ▁supp lying ▁it ▁to ▁health ▁services ▁and ▁hosp it als ▁across ▁the ▁country ▁as