The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Exhaustive Analysis Of the Typhoid
 FeOer Situation Tn Birmine11anl
Dr. Cunningham Summarizes Results of Weeks of Research by Health Department -Bames House Fly and Dry Closets for Greater Part of Incidence-Would Have the
 City Pay for Sanitary Connections

Tn a report yesterday on typhoid fever such as probably never has been made for any other civic community, Dr. R. M Cunningham, city health officer, brands the innocent appearing house fly and the dry closet as the two greatest foes of public health in Birmingham.
 After assembling data which caused the force of the health department many weeks of work under the direction of Dr. Cunningham, the health officer so enmeshes the house fly and the dry closet in the evidence in the case that it is gen erally admitted no jury of good citizens could hear the case and decline to turn in verdict against the prisoner at the bar
 Cleverly pursuing threads of the argu- ment like detective in a story book, Dr. Cunningham drives home point after point and finally by the logic of deduc- ton shows the fly and the dry closet for what they are.
 pr. Cunningham final deduction is that the "stupendous and all important sani- tary problem in Birmingham is the con nection of all closets with sanitary sew ers," to do which he advocates the city underwriting the construction and con hcItiOii Ol Sdiiildly StWtlo WlitiCNti tiiti are none at present and assessing the cost against the property owners like street improvement assessments.
 To do this it is probable efforts will be made to have special bill passed through the legislature to give the city govern ment the authority. The report covers over five years and Is as follows:
 The following bulletin is an analysis of typhoid fever data in the city of Bir- ha m for ho 1914 and for the first five months of 1915. The analysis embraces district. year, quar- ter and month. By district is meant cer- tain areas or sections of the city which called sanitary districts and corre- spond to those of the Birmingham Water works company.
 The following are the districts of Greater Birmingham:
 District 1-South Highlands, from Ave nue H south to city limits and from Idle wild to Mountain Terrace.
 District 2-Southside, from Railroad ave- nue south to Avenue H and from Sev- enth to Thirtysecond street
 District 3-Northside, from Railroad avenue to Eleventh avenue, north, and from Thirteenth to Thirty-second street.
 District 4-North Highlands, Norwood Fountain Heights
 District 5-North Birmingham, Acipco, north of Seventeenth avenue.
 District 6-West End. Elyton.
 District 7-Graymont Smithfeld, Enon Ridge
 District S-Pratt City, Thomas, East Thomas
 District 9-Ensley, Wylam, Fairview.
 District 10-South Avondale. South Woodlawn, east of Thirty-second street.
 District 11-East Birmingham, North Avondale.
 District 12-East Lake, Gate City, North Woodlawn.
 It is unfortunate that the population of these districts is not known in order that an exact ratio between the incidence of typhoid fever and the population could be esta blished.
 Figures for Five Years
 Typhoid fever incidence for each district for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and first five months of 1915: