SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1974
HEALTH EDUCATION ALSO FORMED AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE METHOD OF CONTROL. PARENTS WERE TOLD OF THE DANGER OF THE DISEASE, THE ADVANTAGES OF IMMUNISATION, AND THE WISDOM OF SEEKING EARLY PROPER MEDICAL ATTENTION INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED THROUGH THE NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, AND TV, AND THERE WAS A CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION OF POSTERS, LEAFLETS AND FILMS. LECTURES WERE ALSO GIVEN FROM. TIME TO TIME.
AFTER YEARS OF CONCERTED EFFORT ON THIS SCALE, THE INCIDENCE OF DIPHTHERIA DEATHS BEGAN TO SHOW A STEADY DECLINE.
+ THE DISEASE HAS NOW VIRTUALLY CEASED TO POSE A THREAT TO HONG KONG,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +AND ONLY ONE CASE VAS REPORTED IN 1973. THERE HAS BEEN NO DEATH SINCE 1972.
+THE SUCCESSFUL MBAR-ERADICATION OF DIPHTHERIA IN HONG KONG DEMONSTRATES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OF ANTI-EPIDEMIC MEASURES IN DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
+THE FINANCE AND OTHER NON-QUANTIFIABLE COSTS INVOLVED DURING THIS PERIOD ARE ENORMOUS. YET, COMPARED WITH THE BENEFITS REAPED IN THE SAVING OF HUNDREDS OF LIVES, REDUCED SUFFERING TO THOUSANDS, AND THE ACTIVAL SAVING IN THE MEDICAL CARE OF WOULD-BE PATIENTS, THE COSTS ARIE INSIGNIFICANT AND THE EFFORT WORTHWHILE.
+YET DESPITE THE CONTAINMENT OF DIPHTHERIA THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY, OR A RELAXATION OF THE CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THIS DISEASE.
THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO PARENTS FULLY TO UTILISE THE DEPARTMENT'S FACILITVES TO GET THEIR CHILDREN PROTECTED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ANNUAL ANTI-DIPHTHERIA CAMPAIGN WHICH IS NOW ON.
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