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OLYMPIC DAY SATURDAY, 16
October T6~ has been declared Olympic Day by Presidential Proclamation. ' Anyone caring to make contribution to the U. S. Equestrian Team, please contact Mrs. John R. DeBergh, Washington. . *
YOUTHS NOW ENJOY HEALTHIER SCHOOL LIFE
Chances of today’s school age children in Virginia—-5 through 19—dying of disease have been cut by 68.9 per cent in the past 15 years, a State Health Department statistical summary shows.
Thus, excluding accidents, the school age set has more than three times as much chance of living to collect high school diplomas than had the class of ’38.
State Health Commissioner Mack I. Shanholtz attributes healthier school life in 1954 to improved environment at home and school, immunization and vaccination programs, improved drug therapy, and education of the lay public on the importance of
Parents of Virginia’s 893,603 children of school age can breathe easier knowing that in 1953 only 1 death from diphtheria occurred in comparsion with 38 deaths in 1938. Thirty deaths from influenza and pneumonia ' occurred in this age group in 1953, com
78.6%