The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
[ LOCAL PHYSICIANS
TO MAKE ADDRESSES
AT Church SERVICES
Health Committees to Meet
and Plan Outline of Co.
Operation With City
BIG MASS MEETING
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Movement to Make Birmingham
Healthy and Sanitary City Meeting
With Success and Splendid Spirit
of Cooperation Is Shown

That the people of Birmingham and
the members of the medical profession
are working in perfect accord in The
movement to make Birmingham d
healthier and more sanitary city was
demonstrated yesterday when about 20
pastors of the city requested the health
and sanitation committee to provide
physicians to make health talks at the
Sunday services. The hearty response
of the churches was met promptly by
the local physicians and it was
nounced last night that a sufficient
number of members of the medical
profession had already responded to
provide speakers for every church
making the request.
Another forward step in the health
campaign will be taken this afternoon
when the members of the various COM
mittees will meet at the Chamber of
Commerce at 4 o'clock to further out
line plans for the cooperative effort
to make Birmingham a perfectly san
itary city within 60 days. Committees
of five members from about 80 civic,
women's, fraternal, religious and other
VI SdHlLdtlOHS are tApeClGQ 10 dll61lu
the gathering this afternoon. and able
speakers will outline the work to be
done An especial effort will be made
members of the different committees
the Importance of keeping the other
members of the organizations they
represent in close touch with the work
and securing from them the co-opera-
ton which Is felt to be essential to the
success of the campaign.
Preparations are going forward with
rush for the big mass meeting to be
held at the First Methodist church at 8
o'clock tomorrow night. The members
of the committee in charge of this af-
fair not only urge the attendance of
the public, but they desire to impress
upon them that it is their duty to aid
in this movement and to receive the in
formation and the inspiration which is
expected to be furnished by the rally
tomorrow night
DIR. Harrington, of the government
health service, and DR.. j. J. Durrett,
full time health officer for Tuscaloosa
city and county, passed through Bir-
mingham yesterday on their way to
Montevallo, where they delivered adj
dresses on health and sanitation mat
tiers last night. Each of them ex-
pressed to members of the local health
COllllllltttS lHelT interest III Inc UlON6-
ment here and each assured them that
they would be present and make their
addresses at the mass meeting tomor-
row night as had been previously an
nounced. Word was also received from
Judge w. w. Brandon Of Tuscaloosa
who has been one of the leaders in the
campaigns there, and DR.. c. A. Grote,
health officer of Walker county, that
they would be present and speak at
the First Methodist church mass meet
ing tomorrow night.
In his address to the members OF
the Jefferson County Medical society,
Dr. Carroll Fox, of the government
health department, stressed upon the
members of the medical profession the
Importance of the public health sys-
tenn and the necessity for a well or
ganized health department, with a full
time health officer. The physicians
were impressed with their duty in the
matter of arousing the public to the
necessity for cooperation. The talk
of DR.. Fox was followed by a general
discussion of the subject, in which a
number Of the physicians Endorsed the
ideas he had advanced.
THE movement to make Birming-
ham a healthy and sanitary city in 90
days is proceeding with splendid sue
cess" said DR.. Scale Harris, chairman
of the local committees. yesterday
1--WE have been highly pleased at the
splendid spirit of cooperation we are
receiving from everyone. The churches
have united heartily by adopting the
suggestions for health Sunday next
Sunday, and they have requested us
to provide physicians to make practical
talks along the right lines. The re-
Spouse of the physicians has, of course,
been general and we will be able to
provide every church in the city desir-
ing with speaker from the members
of the medical profession. The chief
thing we must do is to arouse the pee
pie to the fact that they must play
their own part, for the physicians can
accomplish but little without general
cooperation. This we are led to be-
lieve is being done successfully"