FORTY-FIVE CASES IN WEEK
I N.S.W. INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC Received Sundav 7 p..m. SYDNEY, May 19. j Attendances at children 's cinema ' matiu ees in Sydney are cut bv half be1 cause of their parents' fear of infantile jparalysis. Last week 45 cases were. jnotified to the Public IJoalth Deparl1 men.t, .bringing the total for the year to 381. This makes 1073 cases since the .epideiuie began in Februarv 1945. All .public schools are reopening on Tuesdav after the term holidays, following a det cision that no good purpose would be : served by allowing children to remain home. It is expected, however, that artendances will be belovv normal. j Although the infantile paralysis epi- ! demic was the largest in the history of j New South Wales. there was no need ! for pani.c, said the ..cliairman of thc ! Hpkpitals CoiftpTissiOft-:'(PL A. B;.t>i:Iley j He added: "We can still tleal wifh any jposition that may arise. even if it imeans sending people out of tlie hos- ! pitals. ' '"
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 May 1946, Page 5
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