Vaccination clinic
by Barry Bauer
Dr. Guy H. Frace, St. Johns health officer, is giving this young man a shot of serum in 1937 to protect him against the dreaded disease, Diphtheria. This clinic took place years before a vaccine for Polio was discovered. Vaccination clinics were started five years earlier in the St. Johns schools.
Helping with the inoculation program was Miss Maude Herron, school nurse.
Today we’re seeing a re-emergence of some of these diseases.