Health authorities in West Germain are appealing to the public to take precautions against poliomyelitis. The disease has been held in check, but not eliminated, since the introduction of free voluntary vaccination in 1962. Children are given the vaccine in a lump of sugar. How ever, many parents do not get their children vaccinated until a case makes headline news. In last year’s campaign 55,000 people were treated
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33121, 11 January 1973, Page 6
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68Health authorities in West Germain are appealing to the public to take precautions against poliomyelitis. The disease has been held in check, but not eliminated, since the introduction of free voluntary vaccination in 1962. Children are given the vaccine in a lump of sugar. How ever, many parents do not get their children vaccinated until a case makes headline news. In last year’s campaign 55,000 people were treated Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33121, 11 January 1973, Page 6
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