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May 1962 Health Unit Report Highlights Disease Totals
Communicable disease shows 132 cases with 74 mumps and 85 chickenpox. One rabid cat in Hamilton Township, two exposed individuals. TB chest X rays for 50 people. three sanatorium admissions, one discharge. Public health nurses made 341 family visits for infants and preschoolers. Poliomyelitis vaccination clinics held May 14–17 serving 60 percent of the population. second dose clinics planned Oct 1–4. Oral vaccine by volunteers in 241 centres. Salk injections continue. Audiometry program completed. retests and new screenings in schools. One food poisoning outbreak investigated with undetermined source. Pasteurization plants inspected. one plant stopped processing. housing condemned for unsafe conditions. Meat inspection: 685 animals, 12 rejected, 40 portions condemned. Community sanitation conference sponsored by Ontario authorities.