Drop In Polio Cases In U.S. Last Week
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1
The Federal Health Service reported that infantile paralysis throughout the nation declined last week for the first time in three months.
The week’s new cases otallcd 3214 more than 200 fewer than in the previous week.
Twenty-five Stales reported decreases and only two increases. The health service said that 20.513 new cases of infantile paralysis had been reported this year. The total for the corresponding period of 1048 was 11.155.
Eighty-five per eent of all cases have been children of In years or younger.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19490903.2.60
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23041, 3 September 1949, Page 5
Word Count
95Drop In Polio Cases In U.S. Last Week Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23041, 3 September 1949, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in