Polio Foundation

Polio Foundation Grant To Be Asked 1952 Case l^oad Exhausts Funds Prince Edward county's polio case load during 1952 required a grim, uphill battle of finances. S. L. Graham, president of the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, today gave this terse sum mary: income from last Janua ry's March of Dimes. $2,250: treatment of new cases and carry over cases, $4,700. The last March of Dimes raised $4,500. half of which went into the local treasury. The remaining half went ip the National Foun dation for epidemic and research financing. Grant Requested Mr. Graham said a request is now before the National Founda tion for a grant to the county chapter here to make up the dif ference between the county's share of the last March of Dimes and the cost of polio care and rehabilitation here. During 1952. Prince Edward county recorded four new cases requiring hospitalization and treatment and helped finance therapy treatments of three carry-over cases. Assistance to m dividuals^ran all the way from $70 to $2,000. The continued treatment of cases from former years is paying huge dividends, Mr. Graham said. It takes funds, but it is effective, bringing health and normalcy nearer to those struck by polio in its physically handicapping form. Foundation Helps The request for additional funds is a normal procedure, since the National Foundation takes approximately half ol March of Dimes funds, then plows them back to areas where the case load is greater than local resoures can in^et. In addition, the National Foundation is the financing agency for vast programs of re search into the causes of polio and treatment methods—a pro gram many believe on the verge of victory. Looking at local finances, lead ers are agreed that the case load and the need to extend a helping hand in the great, national pro grams of research demand no les sening of support here of the 1953 March of Dimes.