Anamosa - A Reminiscence 1838 - 1988

March 19, 1963, in a further effort to wipe out polio
on a county-wide scale, the Jones County Medical
Society made final plans for public clinics to dispense
Sabin oral polio vaccine. The Medical Group
recommended that everyone. from babies six weeks old
to persons age 100. take the vaccine.
Secretary-Treasurer Dr. A.P. Randolph announced
that clinics would be held in Anamosa and Wyoming on
Sunday. March 31. and Monticello would hold their
clinic on Saturday. March 30.
It was recommended that entire family groups take
the vaccine. except that any person running a fever
would not be served on the days of the clinic.
To get maximum immunization from polio. it was
necessary to take all three types of the oral product
which were to be given in three successive public
clinics. spaced flve weeks apart. according to W. Boyd
Surran of Madison, Wisconsin, regional representative
of Pfizer Laboratories. This firm fumished the vaccine,
at cost. to Jones county. which purchased the vaccine
with funds advanced by the Jones County Board of
Supervisors. then repaid to them by vaccine
collections.
The Jones County Chapter of the National Polio
Foundation assisted in the purchase of supplies for the
Sabin Clinic in the county. The cost was 25 cents per
person: however. Dr. J.L. Bailey. president of the
county medical association. emphasized that no
indigent persons would be turned away.
The vaccine was administered on a sugar cube, or in
distilled water and was not unpleasant to the taste.
Jones county doctors. nurses and pharmacists
donated their services. The Anamosa Jaycees helped
out in Anamosa. headed by their president. Kenneth
Hogan. Mrs. Harley Siemer. in charge of the Jayceettes.
also assisted. Hugo Deininger was chairman of the
Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine
Now On a Sugar Lump
submitted by Mildred Brown
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Oral polio vaccine procedure is pictured, in March
1963. being demonstrated by Dr. Gerald F. Brown
and Mrs. Irvin Hovet. while David Farmer. 7. was
about to enjoy a sugar cube, the form in which the
vaccine was administered. (Journal-Eureka photo)
financial arrangements. At Anamosa. the clinic was
held in the community room ofthe courthouse.
Anamosa Police Chief, Mark Goodrich. set up a traffic
plan to effectively handle the steady stream of traffic
during the day, by designating one-way streets and
nearby parking spaces.
A total of 10.799 people received the vaccine at the
three county clinics. Anamosa served 4,303 persons:
Monticello. 4.122: and Wyoming. 2.374. At Anamosa.
broken down by age groups. 121 children under the age
of one year: 667 between one and five years; 1.232
between 14 and 16 years: 461 between 17 and 19;
1.057 between ages 20-39 and 765 persons over 40
years of age took part in the clinic.
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The former Hawley Drug Store. corner of Main and Anamosa, Iowa __ 1923 (submitted by Mud,-ed
Booth Streets.
Brown)
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