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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
13
Health Officer Dr W K McDowell urges reporting of children arriving from counties with polio to the health department to assess need for quarantine during the two week incubation period. Cooperation from the public will aid in preventing spread.
The district notes ongoing typhoid vaccination clinics with about eight thousand doses given and urges non vaccinated residents to obtain three doses or a booster if vaccinated recently. It cites 16 000 annual cases in the US and Canada and 1 600 deaths, plus ten cases in the district last year and three so far this year. A quarterly bulletin “Looking Over Our Districts Health” is available, detailing departmental work and services. Also mentions local visits by Miss Mary Mae Carawan and C. W. Carawan and a weekend visit by Cpl. Mitchell Ray parent figures.
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