At itâ??s time (prior to 1955), Polio was a major childhood disease and a major killer and crippler of young people. In 1950 alone ,3,145 deaths were reported with more than 57,628 cases reported. Although the virus had been extant for millennia, it only reached epidemic stages in the 20th century.
50,000 people died of polio.
Although it does not receive much attention today, the most well-known epidemic of the 1950s was Polio. It affected many people as it swept across America. The polio epidemic reached its peak in the 1950s. The cases of Paralytic Polio went from 33,000 in 1950 to 59,000 in 1952. In 1950, 34,000 people died of tuberculosis, and in 1957, 62,000 people died from influenza.
died during the period of 1st to 3rd December 1952 in London?
2,ooo people died and 123 people were injured
Polio was the vaccine being worked on. It was discovered by Jonas Stalk in 1952. He depleted many cases of the disease.
34 people 9 of them were children
It was estimated that 4,000 people died and 100,000 were made ill
5000
A polio vaccine was invented in 1954. Each year after that, the number of polio cases decreased. By 1974, only 5 cases occurred. These were all people who were linked to the polio vaccine.
It is estimated the about 500 children got polio in Afghanistan in the year of 2012. More and more children get polio every year. And many people are trying to help the children of Afghanistan.
In 1940, there were approximately 1,000 reported cases of polio in the United States, but the number of deaths was relatively low, with estimates around 150 fatalities. Polio epidemics varied in severity from year to year, and the disease primarily affected children. The widespread use of the polio vaccine in the 1950s led to a significant decline in cases and deaths.
where are the officical records of children who caught polio back before 1954 ? Because my beloved grandma died of it and I wanna no what happened to her.