The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-31
MAY DISCONTINUE VACCINE BUREAU AFTER THIS WEEK All Persons Should Be Vac cinated to Stamp Out Dis ease, States Hornady HEALTH ORDINANCES Dr. Carol Fox to Make Report of His Health Investigations the
 Latter Part of the
 Week

Birmingham enters the last day of July with 395 cases of typhoid fever already reported for the month and additional cases may be reported today making large the ominous total for July. So far this month City Health Officer Dr. Ce- cil D. Gaston has reported 34 deaths from typhoid fever.
 Commissioner of Health and Education John R. Hornady has announced that owing to the fact that the general pub lie is not responding to the free vaccina- tion as preventative to typhoid fever that the bureau will, in all probability, be discontinued after this week. Less than 200 persons are being vaccinated daily at the present time for the first time.
 There are thousands of persons in Birmingham" said Commissioner Hor- nady, "who should be vaccinated, and just why they will not come forward when it is free of all cost is past under standing. Adults, especially, should be vaccinated, as wen children, as the list of deaths announced on Saturday clearly showed that it was the adults that died from typhoid fever, while the children had a fighting chance to re- cover. Come those who have not been vaccinated, show up at the city hall to- day, and take the first shot, and help to make Birmingham a healthy commu- nity.''
 DRY CLOSET ORDINANCE
 At Tuesdays meeting of the city com mission the dry closet ordinance will come up for consideration. and 1t is ex- pected that it will be passed with the amendment that the cost of the cans be taxed against the property owners as well as the cost of scavenger service
 Other health matters to be considered this week by the city commissioners will be the collection of garbage, of which there is at the present time scores of insistent complaints. Commissioner Arie Barber is the executive in charge of the garbage department, and it is charged that in his efforts to make the collection of garbage profitable in connection with the sale of junk he decreased the effi- ciency of the service. Other complaints are based on the policy announced by Commissioner Barber that negro garbage collectors will call at the rear of homes which have no alley entrances and take the garbage cans to the front, but will then deposit the empty can on the curb ing, as it takes too much time and labor
 
 the commissioner of public safety. This order has aroused bitter criticism, and the commission will reconsider it this week.
 DIR. FOX TO REPORT
 The report of the ivestigation of Dr.. Carol Fox is also expected during the latter part of the week. Dr. Fox has already stated that Birmingham is suf- fering from an epidemic of tuberculosis as his investigations disclosed 356 deaths from the great white plague in this city for the year ending July 1, and S6 deaths from pellagra during the same period Dr. Fox's report will disclose many per- tinent ill health facts about Birmingha m that the citizens have never dreamed about, and will also bring in recommen- dations that if followed out will mean the entire reorganization of the health sys- tems of Birmingham and Jefferson county and the appropriation of at least $500,OO0 to carry on the work necessary to be done.
 Dr. Carrot Fox is the federal expert on the unfication of health systems sent to investigate local conditions through the influence of Senator Oscar w. Under wood. He is one of the eminent health experts in the employ of the United States,