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The Chronicle Star
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
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Mississippi sees 34 polio cases in July across 21 counties, including first reports in Wayne and Issaquena. Health officials deem situation serious but not alarming, urging parents to keep young children from crowds to reduce risk.
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Two more Mississippi counties, Wayne and Issaquena, reported their first cases of infantile paralysis of the year this past week.
The increase in the disease was reflected by the reporting of 34 cases in Mississippi during July, only 27 cases having been reported during the first six months of the year.
Bolivar, Pike, Tallahatchie, Alcorn, Hinds, Yazoo, Tishomingo, Holmes, Jones, Smith, Warren, Oktibbeha, Madison, Sharkey, Tunica, Sunflower, Scott, Humphreys, Wayne, Issaquena, and Jackson counties all reported cases during July. Nearly every section of the state thus is represented.
Mississippi public health authorities are not trying to alarm parents. They hold that the situation is serious but not alarming. They anticipate further increases in the number of cases of infantile paralysis, as the disease moves westward. And they urge upon Mississippi parents the very sensible precaution of keeping young children out of crowds as much as possible now until fall.
We noted this some time ago. It is worth repeating. Keeping children away from crowds does not guarantee that none will contact this disease. But the records prove that children thus kept away from crowds will be safer, less likely to contact it. - Clarion-Ledger
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Mississippi
Event Date
July
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34 cases reported in july, up from 27 in first six months; first cases in wayne and issaquena counties this past week
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Two more Mississippi counties, Wayne and Issaquena, reported their first cases of infantile paralysis of the year this past week. The increase in the disease was reflected by the reporting of 34 cases in Mississippi during July, only 27 cases having been reported during the first six months of the year. Bolivar, Pike, Tallahatchie, Alcorn, Hinds, Yazoo, Tishomingo, Holmes, Jones, Smith, Warren, Oktibbeha, Madison, Sharkey, Tunica, Sunflower, Scott, Humphreys, Wayne, Issaquena, and Jackson counties all reported cases during July. Nearly every section of the state thus is represented. Mississippi public health authorities are not trying to alarm parents. They hold that the situation is serious but not alarming. They anticipate further increases in the number of cases of infantile paralysis, as the disease moves westward. And they urge upon Mississippi parents the very sensible precaution of keeping young children out of crowds as much as possible now until fall. We noted this some time ago. It is worth repeating. Keeping children away from crowds does not guarantee that none will contact this disease. But the records prove that children thus kept away from crowds will be safer, less likely to contact it.