Alarm over outbreak of deadly disease

“A case of polio has been reported to Dundee health authorities,” according to a report on the life-threatening disease following a major outbreak in Hull that same year.

“This is the third case reported this year, the earlier being in February and June. The latest patient is a four-year-old child who had been immunised. There are no indications of paralysis.

“Dr Ian BL Weir, medical officer of health, stressed last night there was no cause for worry. But in view of the Hull outbreak, it had been decided to give the public a further chance of immunisation. The Polio Inoculation Clinic at Forrester Street would be open Tuesday and Wednesday. They were particularly anxious to attract the over-16s.”

Polio was eradicated in 2002 though still exists in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.