SURVEILLANCE REPORT – No. 18

Date

May 20th, 1955

Description

“Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report: No. 18,” a CDC report summarizing the latest available polio data as of May 20th, 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: Type I polio isolated from stool in California, family members of patient who weren’t vaccinated show signs of non-paralytic, and the first isolation of Polio virus from a Wyeth Laboratory case.

Source

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