Polio+epidemic

In 1949 a Polio epidemic scared the residents of Geelong, Polio is a disease, and one of the severe symptoms is paralysis. The scare has had massive impact on the locals, some parents are taking extreme precautions and taking their children out of school as more cases were reported. There was a drop of 12 ½ per cent of children staying home from school to stay clear of the disease. As well as this all kindergartens in the area were forced to close and there were a number of suggestions that closing the Primary schools may be necessary. The patients with the disease were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Geelong hospital __**Bibliography:**__ "Polio epidemic scare", (1990), Geelong Advertiser, 1990, Souvenir no. 5, p.12.