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Show 'Muzzle Measles' Clinic Will Be Ottered May 13 A campaign to "Muzzle Measles in Utah" once and for all will be conducted Saturday,' May 13, in over 60 locations throughout the state. The mass immunization is for children between the ages of 1 and 12, and is sponsored spon-sored by the Utah State Medical Association and the ; Utah State Department of Health. Milford's physicians, Dr. Eugene N. Davie and Dr. David A. Symond, are donating their services, along with their staff personnel and County Health Nurse Diane Mc-Culley, Mc-Culley, as well as some volunteer help. I In Milford, the immunizations will be administered between 11 a. m. and 1 p .m. in the Elementary School. In Minersville, on the same date, Saturday, May 13, the immunizations will be offered in the Elementary School between 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. A donation of 50c per child is asked of the parents. The following information regarding; red measles is taken from the bulletin of the National Association for Retarded Children: : The number one childhood J disease today is measles and it is not a harmless disease. It can kill or leave serious aftereffects. after-effects. Four million children get measles every year. Many children develop seri-Continued seri-Continued on Page Two l Here's More About MEASLES Continued from Page One ous complications, including respiratory illnesses. About '400 children die each year from measles encephalitis Inflammation of the brain) and measles pneumonia. Of the 4,000 children who develop de-velop measles encephalitis, approximately ap-proximately 1600 become mentally men-tally retarded. Nine out of ten children get measles before their 12th birthday; birth-day; four out of ten contract it before the age of five. Measles is a virus infection. It lasts from seven to 14 days. Symptoms may include high fever, running nose, a skin rash or red blotches, cough, and sore throat. This disease is not to be confused with German Ger-man measles which lasts only three to four days. Measles infection is spread from person to person by direct di-rect contact, and is usually spread by coughing or sneezing. sneez-ing. In order to combat this disease, dis-ease, the Utah State Medical Association and the Utah State Department of Health urge all parents of children who have not had measles or a measles shot to take them to the Muzzle Muz-zle Measles Clinic, Saturday, May 13. |