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Prevent Diphtheria!
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"The inoculation was perfectly simple. Hedidntmind it a bit. This young man will never have diphtheria!''''
Cf^THE number of deaths from diphtheria dropped, vL/ on an average, about 1,000 each year — approximately from 14,000 to 4,000 — throughout the United States from 1923 until 1934. In those cities and towns where inoculation of pre-school children is the rule and not the exception, the danger from diphtheria is steadily decreasing. In fact there are many large communities where no deaths from diphtheria have occurred over a number of years.
Antitoxin, discovered years ago, was a partial victory over diphtheria. It usually relieved the severity of an attack of the disease and helped to save many lives. With the extensive development of toxin-antitoxin or toxoid inoculations, a preventive method for blotting out this disease has been found. All children should be protected against diphtheria when they have reached the age of six months. Inoculation gives the great majority complete and lasting immunity against the disease. Whether a child lives in the city or in the country, a nearby doctor can give him the inoculation.
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Not all of the diphtheria tragedies are due to lack of information or to negligence on the part of parents. In some cases mothers are under the impression that their children are in no danger of contracting this disease because of the devoted care given them. They are reluctant to have their healthy children immunized. Parents should realize that the utmost care may not protect their boys and girls from this preventable disease. Successful inoculation in infancy will protect them.
Nearly two-thirds of the fatal results from diph' theria occur between the ages of six months and six years. Those who recover from an attack may even then be left with permanently damaged hearts. Inoculation is a simple matter, soon over with, and leaves no scar. If you have children of your own who have not been inoculated, protect them at once.
Metropolitan will mail, free, its booklet "Diphtheria and Your Child." Address Booklet Dept. 335-B.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Frederick H. Ecker, President
One Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.
The New Movie Magazine, March, 1935
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