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14 Parents in Siege for Polio Shots
New York reports that 14 anxious parents refused to leave city health offices overnight. They sought gamma globulin inoculations for 80 children, backed by about 40 more parents from Far Rockaway, urging Health Commissioner Mahoney to grant shots amid shortages and new rules restricting distribution to household contacts under 30.
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New York
City Health Department
Health Department
John F. Mahoney
Far Rockaway
Queens
Board of Health
Rockaway