FDR: “Before May Day, Child Health Day, children over nine months of age be…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 1942

Before May Day, Child Health Day, children over nine months of age be immunized against diphtheria and smallpox.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Proclamation 2539—Child Health Day, 1942

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FDR: “Before May Day, Child Health Day, children over nine months of age be immunized against diphtheria and smallpox.”