SURVEILLANCE REPORT – No. 6

http://beck-dev.ecdsweb.org/ohms-viewer/cachefiles/CDCPolio2/NARA P 6.pdf

Date

May 6th, 1955

Description

“Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report: No. 6,” a CDC report summarizing the latest available polio data as of May 6th, 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: Five cases added to the Poliomyelitis Surveillance Unit (PSU) list. More evidence shows that paralysis begins where the patient was inoculated.

Source

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

Citation

“SURVEILLANCE REPORT – No. 6,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed May 11, 2025, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/6187.