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Show "Mo shcrts nei $236,314.25 Jior expenses of campaign plus from the Sabin oral vaccine vac-cine program to "excellent ment and the generosity of the people of Utah." A charge of 25 cents per dose was made for the Sabin vaccine, which is as low as any charge, made in any similar program in the country. Everyone received the vaccine whether they contributed contrib-uted or not. . The final tabulation tabula-tion showed that the people " V'ah's recently completed :. Polio campaign, one of the i successful in the country j a participation point of -i. was even more success-. success-. from a financial standpoint to Dr,, John K. WaJ-president WaJ-president of the Utah State ileal Association. 7a final audited report pre-i pre-i by Goddard, Suniville & -fin. certified public ac--tants, for the USMA "s a balance of $236,314.- from the campaign with expenses paid. polio immunization pro-n pro-n was sponsored and un-mtten un-mtten by the . Utah State Seal Association, "but this singly large . fund was possible as a result of ' efforts and contributions tadreds, even thousands, :ople in the state working j the doctors," pointed out ' Waldo. '"'Hi this in mind, the -ii of Trustees of the US-, US-, ' agreed that the money A j -i be utilized to estab-I estab-I a Utah Medical Founda-1, Founda-1, 1 ami utilize the earnings 1 ' this trust fund to meet ney medical needs in M of the state as they 1 anse. This provides a ment protection fund to community with any Sfncy or disaster. Waldo credited the sur- i took the 2,213,408 sugar cubes paid 21.4 cents per dose, better bet-ter than the national average. What's more, the cost of the huge vaccine purchase was extremely ex-tremely low. Doctors, pharmacists, phar-macists, nurses and all other workers were volunteers. First Security Bank and its branches handled all the money for the campaign. Program cost The total cost of the program pro-gram was just about 50 of the quarters contributed, resulting re-sulting in the $236,000 surplus. sur-plus. Harold Bowman, executive secretary of the USMA who directed the program, reports that 758,016 received the vaccine vac-cine on thhe first round, 731,-003 731,-003 took the sugar cubes on the second round and 724,889 on the third and final round for a total of 2,213,408 doses in the entire campaign. With those who had received the vaccine prior to this program, this equalled about 80 per cent of the state's population. The program, the only Sabin oral campaign completed, has been hailed as one of the most successful in America and a "model community medical campaign" by the national medical and pharmaceutical leaders. From hospital Mrs. J. F. Wingate is home from the hospital where she has spent the past month as a result of a fractured hip. She will be confined to a wheelchair and crutches for some time. |