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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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