Show P infantile paralysis fund drive 1 opens january 14 did work resulting from the he splendid Eplen the presidents Birte birthday day fund of the 1 national fo foundation un dation for infantile paralysis Is again brought to the at of th the its importance Import anre presented by surgeon general this is YI year thomas parren Is worthy of thought and consideration of every reader of the news excerpts from his letter follow we jve have been living through th the worst epidemic of infantile paralysis our country has suffered in twelve years cars I 1 for or every victim of tho the else ease in 1942 49 there were four in 1043 1943 4 during mcp september aber alone over a thousand new nev cases were rep reported arted each week this Is a terrible toll to take of our children and of our war workers what Is more as reports c continue to come across my desk at the united states public health service the total number of cases in 1943 draws dangerously gerou sly close to all indications point to the probability of our passing this figure in the final count this means fellow arne americans icons that when victims have been stricken down by this plague we will be traveling 1 in n company with the four most dreadful epidemic ic years in the record ed history of infantile paralysis in thlu country only tour four times before in 1916 1927 1931 and 1933 has the grim total of infantile paralysis 1 s vie victims mounted above truly the summer of 1913 has apen a cruel ordeal for you to endure nowhere in all the land was there safety for you and your children california has suffered most one out of every four cases of infantile paralysis this year occurred the other side of the sierra madre ranges by the end of august 1933 1943 california and texas alone had reec reported more cases than the entire country at that lime the year before 1 I dont think I 1 need to tell you why we confront a final total of infantile paralysis with such a feeling of horror tf teli struck anywhere close to you this summer or fall you know too well what rightful frightful things it can aan do to a 1 little child all around you you can see the distressing aftermath of this ruthless scourge TR T R bates is chairman of the drives in morgan county which opens january 14 and closes january 30 this county Is one of the very few counties of utah that has not experienced a case of this dreaded disease gilbert francis Is treasurer of the county drive deposit your donations with hl him or with 1 th mr bates it is a most worthy cause bear in mind that 50 per cent of the money received remains in morgan county jo to combat possibility of its outbreak here |