INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC
MORE FREQUENT WITH HIGH LIVING STANDARDS LONDON, Feb. 17. Poliomyelitis is more likely to occur as housing conditions improve than when they are bad and/to attack small family groups rather than large ones, states a report upon the incidence of the disease in Scotland released by the Department of Health. In a foreword to the report Sir Andrew Davidson, chief medical officer to the Department, states that poliomyelitis appears to occur most frequently in countries where standards of living are relatively high. He adds that so little is known about the disease that it is difficult to arrive,at settled conclusions.
Dr. lan Sutherland, who prepared the report, said that in Scotland polio appeared to attack chiefly children of five years and under in cities, and older children and adults in rural areas.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 107, 18 February 1950, Page 5
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135INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 107, 18 February 1950, Page 5
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