Several cases of infantile paralysis among children in the Adriatica Jewish DP camp have been reported and the patients have been isolated in nearby Italian hospitals.
Physicians in the camp declared today that poor housing conditions in the camp ##ed to the outbreak of polio, but Italian authorities said that the disease was transferred to the camp by infected Italian children in the area.
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