PARALYSIS IN N.S.W.
SYDNEY, May 17. The NeW Bouth Wales Minister ot Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) hgs askcd tlie medical officer of liis ddpartment to report on whether any good purp.ose would be served by prolonging tho present school holidays as part of the canipaign to combat infan'tile paralysis. The public schools are due to re-open on Tuesday. Somc Government medical officers are of thc opinion that the closing of the Schools and theatres would not'prevent the spreading of the disease. Alunicipal officers are criticisilig the Government for' failing to facilita't'e research into the methods of dealing witl) poliomyelitis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1946, Page 7
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