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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1974

EXTENSION OF ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN PERIOD

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S FIRST ANTI-MEASLES

CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR, FROM FEBRUARY 18 TO MARCH 16, HAS BEEN

EXTENDED TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY..

A SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY: THE REASON IS THAT WHILE THE

RESPUNSE TO THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY, IT IS ADVIS-

ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC REMAIN AWARE OF THE

NECESSITY TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.+

HE EXPLAINED THAT WHILE DEATHS CAUSED BY MEASLES

TOTALLED 21 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1973, IN JANUARY THIS YEAR THERE

WERE 11, IN FEBRUARY 10, AND EIGHT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF

OR 29 DEATHS IN A PERIOD OF TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.

UF THESE FATALITIES, SEVEN UCCURRED ON THE ISLAND, 18

MARCH

¦ IN KOWLOON, AND FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH 13 FATALITIES

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AMONG CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR, 12 UNDER TVO, AND FOUR UNDER

THREE.

SIXTEEN OF THE 17 DEATHS INVESTIGATED SO FAR THIS YEAR

WERE AMONG CHILDREN WHO HAD NOT BEEN INOCULATED,

HISTORY OF THE REMAINING ONE IS NOT AVAILABLE..

THE INOCULATION

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS #PLEASED ÷ WITH THE

RESPONSE TO THE ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN CARRIED OUT BETWEEN

FEBRUARY 18 AND MARCH 16 THIS YEAR, WHEN 8, 106 CHILDREN WERE

INOCULATED. THIS WAS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE RESULTS OF THE

MUNTH-LONG CAMPAIGN LAST DECEMBER, WHEN ONLY 5,023 CHILDREN VERS

IARUNISED.

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