SURVEILLANCE REPORT – No. 5

Date

May 5th, 1955

Description

“Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report: No. 5,” a CDC report summarizing the latest available polio data as of May 5th, 1955. Produced by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Public Health Service, Communicable Disease Center (CDC), Epidemiology Branch, Poliomyelitis Surveillance Unit.

Including: Eight more apparitions of post-vaccination polio cases, and a link between Lilly Laboratory vaccines and signs of poliomyelitis.

Source

The U. S. National Archives and Records Administration at Atlanta, 5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260 www.archives.gov/atlanta