Organizing Mass Gamma Globulin Clinics in Three North Carolina Counties

Abstract

SOME 30,000 children were inoculated with gamma globulin on a mass basis in three western North Carolina counties during the period from July 6 to August 7, 1953. Inoculations were given in Caldwell County on July 6, 7, and 8, and 12,800 children were processed in the 3 days. Catawba County was the site of a 3-day inoculation program on July 15, 16, and 17, at which time 14,761 children were given gamma globulin. In Avery County, during a 2-day program on August 6-7, 3,092 children were inoculated. The pattern developed for operating the mass gamma globulin clinics in North Carolina has proved to be highly effective. This discussion outlines the purely administrative aspects of formulating and operating a globulin mass inoculation clinic. The criteria which must be fulfilled by a county prior to receiving globulin from the Office of Defense Mobilization varied according to the amount of globulin available, and these, accordingly, are not included.