The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-04
STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH TO TRAVEL
viii Hold Conferences In Va
riouS Cities
COMING HERE NEXT WEEK
The General Public, as Well as Ply.
sieians, Clergy, Municipal Officers
and Teachers Are Invited
To Attend.

The State Board of Health is to pay
visit to several of the larger cities
throughout the state for the purpose of
holding conferences with the local health
officers on the subject of public health
and sanitary conditions. These confer
ences will begin next Monday, when the
first meeting will be held in Montgomery.
The second one will be held in Mobile
on Tuesday, the third in Selma on
Thursday, and the fourth one in Blr-
mingham on Friday
The conferences will be open to the pub
lie and physicians, clergy, municipal Off
GERS and teachers are especially invited
to attend. The following card by w. H.
Sanders, state health officer, explains the
purpose of the conferences and extends
the invitation to everyone to attend
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Beginning on Monday, January G, the
state committee of public health, repre-
senting the State Board of Health, will
hold series of conferences with county
and municipal health officers, the object
being to bring about a free discussion OF
public health laws and ordinances and
full interchange of views as to the best
methods of enforcing these laws and
ordinances
Alabama possesses an exceptionally
unique, coherent and philosophical publi,
health system, one capable when fully
enforced of bearing very valuable fruit.
In addition to assigning duties to medi-
cal men the system assigns important and
indispensable functions to the governor of
the state, to the judges of probate and
commissioners of the counties, and TO
the mayors and councilmen of all NUM-
cipalities in the state.
To understand these functions and
duties, together with their reciprocal
relations, requires careful study. The
proposed conferences are intended to fur
nish favorable opportunities for such
study.
Face to face meetings of all persons
officially concerned in protecting the pub
lie health and a full Interchange of views
will unquestionably promote harmony and
cooperation among such officials, of
which concert of action the people will
be the grateful beneficiaries.
The first one of the conferences will be
held in Montgomery on Monday evening,
January 6; the second one in Mobile on
Tuesday evening, January Z; the third one
in Selma on Thursday evening, January
8; the fourth in Birmingham on Friday
evening, January 10.
Due notice of the hour and place of
meeting will be given in the papers OF
each city.
personal invitation will be extended to
the governor to honor the occasion with
his presence, which invitation it Is hoped
he will accept.
A cordial invitation is hereby extended
to the judges of probate and commits
sioners, to the mayors and councilmen of
the municipalities, and to the members of
the medical societies of the four counties
in which conference are to be held to
respectively participate therein All named
are urged to come with the feeling that
they have the right to be present at such
conference and to be heard.
Further, the clergy, the members of the
press and of the Bar association, the
teachers, the commercial bodies, the drug
gists, the county and city attorneys, and
! all public spirited and philanthropic citt-
that they will be welcomed at the meet
ings.
Large and enthusiastic audiences will
give to the members of the several con-
ferences strong moral support and en-
courage them to put into operation pol
icies that will result practically in the ex-
tinguishment of some of the most fatal
diseases that prevail among our people
and in the promotion of the physical and
mental welfare
| Meetings of the kind contemplated have
not hitherto been held in this state, but
the opportunities that lie before such
gatherings for accomplishing good are
practically boundless.
1t remains to be seen, therefore. whetb-
er our people will give to the health au-
thorities that support and encouragement
in their humanitarian work to which they
are certainly entitled.
No dong addresses will be delivered, but
after few five minute talks from the
doctors in explanation of our public health
system the floor will be open to any per-
sons who may wish to be heard, of which
opportunity 1t is hoped that many will
avail themselves. w. H. SANDERS,
State Health OFFICER
Office of the State Board of Health.
Montgomery, Ala, January 2, 1908.
Special Services at Southside Church.