Tuesday, March 5, 1974
OVER 39,000 CHILDREN IMMUNISED
In First Phase Of Anti-Polio Campaign
The first phase of the anti-poliomyelitis campaign 1974 onded on
February 16 with 39,009 children immunised.
Announcing this today, a spokesman for the Medical and Health
Department described the total as "satisfactory."
In the last week of the campaign, 7,423 doses of the anti-poliomyelitis
vaccine were administered 3,263 first-dose, 2,404 second-dose, and 1,756
booster-dose.
Of these, 2,293 doses were administered among children on the
Ialand, 3,233 in Kowloon, and 1,897 in the New Territories.
six weeks.
The first phase of the annual campaign began on January 2 and lasted
The second phase, intended as a follow-up, will be carried out
later in the year.
Anti-poliomyelitis vaccine is available free throughout the year
at all the Department'a maternal and child health centres, and the annual
campaigns are "intended to remind mothers of the availability of this service,
and to take advantage of it."
Campaigns also enable maternal and child health centres to deal
with cases that do not come up during normal sessions.
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