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  Event Details  
  Event Title   Australia: Polio Epidemic   
  Event Category   Epidemic   
  GLIDE Number      
  Event Start Date   01/01/1946   
  Event End Date   01/01/1955   
 

Duration of Event

   3287 day/s   
         
  Location  
  Zone   Australia Wide   
  Region   All   
  Map      
         
  Human Casualties  
  People Killed   1,013   
  People Injured   10,000   
  People Affected      
  People Homeless      
  People Evacuated      
         
  Property Damaged   Damaged Destroyed  
         
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  Total Cost  
$0.00 
    
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  Information Sources  
  Source/s   Printed Press - Major Daily Newspapers
Printed Press - Standard (SA) 		  
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  Between 1946 and 1955 polio (a viral infection of brain and nerve cells which causes paralysis) killed 1013 people in Australia and maimed thousands more, condemning them to iron lungs (artificial respirators), leg braces and years of rehabilitation.