SURVEILLANCE REPORT – No. 19

Date

May 23rd, 1955

Description

“Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report: No. 19,” a CDC report summarizing the latest available polio data as of May 23rd, 1955. Produced by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Public Health Service, Bureau of State Services, Communicable Disease Center (CDC), Epidemiology Branch, Surveillance Section.

Including: The appearance of nine new cases. The first us from Parke-Davis Laboratory, and three more Wyeth Lab cases appear. Pennsylvania is assigned two full time EIS officers because of the unusually high rates of cases in unvaccinated children.

Source

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