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Show POLIO PRECAUTIONS LISTED BY OFFICIALS OF NATIONAL MARCH OF DIMES j Branches of the federal government are cooperating with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in assuring widespread distribution of 35,000,000 copies of the 1952 "Polio Pledge'- for parents prepared by the March of Dimes organization. Earl James McGrath, United States Commissioner of Education, as well as the United States Postoffice Department, have endorsed this annual project to alert American children and parents to safeguards which may lessen the possibility of contracting paralytic polio, i Mr. McGrath, endorsnig the Pledge's distribution thru all the schools of the nation, said, "The 1952 message about polio precautions, pre-cautions, entitled "Polio Pledge," has been made available to all the schools in hte country. I recommend that administrators and teachers give all possible help to the National Foundation and its Chapters in this school and community health program." pro-gram." The Pledge, in poster form, will be displayed thru Oct. 31 in the nation's 44,500 post offices. of-fices. This March of Dimes project to safeguard children from the menace of polio was inaugurated in 1945 with a printing of 520,-000 520,-000 copies entitled "When Polio Strikes." Two years later, in 1947, more than 29 million leaflets I called "A Message to Parents," I were distributed thru the schools I in both an English and a'Span- ish edition. I Here, in abbreviated form, are the essential precautions listed in the 1952 "Polio Pledge": 1. Avoid fatigue from work or play. 2. Don't get chilled. Don't swim too long in cold water nor sit around in wet clothes. 3. Don't mix unnecessarily with new groups. Don't take children out of camp where there is good health supervision. 4. Watch closely for signs of illness . . . headache, fever, sore muscles, stiff neck or back, trouble in breathing or swallowing. swallow-ing. 5. Put a sick person to bed at once, away from others, and call your doctor. Follow his advice. 6. Contact your local March of Dimes Chapter for whatever assistance or financial help'you may need. |
