The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-28
HUMANITARIAN QUESTION

present and talk at this meeting
HUMANITARIAN QUESTION
Phares Coleman, ST., chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce health commit
tee, emphasized the Importance of CO.
operation on the part of all the people of
the city in bringing this matter to a sue
ceSsful conclusion. He declared that this
was humanitarian question, and one
which should not allow materialism to
deter the success of the movement
DR.. T. D. Parke, chairman of the
board of health, spoke of the Importance
of arousing community intelligence. The
people of Birmingham, he said, can han
die this situation, If the intelligence of
the community is properly aroused. He
suggested that each member of the COM
mittee disseminate the information he
gathered to the other members of the
organization he represented. He also
stressed the Importance of securing the
cooperation of the preachers of the city
and the labor organza lions. He sug-
gested that Sunday week be set aside as
health Sunday and that the sermons of
the various pastors deal with this ques-
ton.
Commissioner John r. Hornady de-
clared that with public sentiment properly
aroused. the city of Birmingham could
be cleaned up and made perfectly sani-
Public sentiment must be aroused, if we
are to meet with success in this move
ment," be said.
B. w. King declared that the commit
tee could count upon the cooperation of
the labor people of the city in this move
ment
D. M. Lewis of Ensley spoke of the me-
cessity of reaching the foreign population
of the city, many of whom did not speak
English He SnpOeSted the pIIbliPa tiOn
of the information in Italian In the papers
of that language and he also spoke of
the Importance of having men speak to
these speople in their native tongue
At the suggestion of DR.. Parke. it was
decided to ask each organization in the
city to appoint committee of five mem
bers, to meet at the Chamber of Com
merce next Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
HEALTH SUNDAY
Upon the suggestion of Commissioner
Hornady. it was decided to ask eacn
church in the city to set aside Sunday,
August Is, as health Sunday. and to re-
quest the various pastors to preach on
health matters that day. 1t was also
decided to ask the church to allow doc
tors to speak at these meetings.
CALL TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
Joseph Mudd, DIR. 7. D. Parke and De-
Witt Yarbrough were named as a commit
tee to arrange for the health meeting
at the First Methodist church next Thurs
day night to be addressed by DR.. C. A.
Grote of Jasper, Judge w. w. Brandon of
Tuscaloosa and DIR. Harrington of the
government health service.
The secretary of the committee, Joseph
Mudd, was instructed to write to all the
fraternal, labor and other organizatio
in the city asking them to cooperate IN
this movement for the improvement of
the health and sanitation of the city.
DR.. Scale Harris read draft of an
appeal to the people of the city. which
he suggested be signed by the various
committees and published in the newspa-
pers. This was Endorsed and the call fol-
lows:
The recent typhoid fever epidemic, In
which more than 500 residents of Bir-
mingham, through no fault of their own.
have endured weeks of suffering and in
which 80 persons have died. ought to be
lasting lesson on the frightful results of
sanitary unpreparedness
IF any army should wound and kill
as many of our people as typhoid has in
the last month, strenuous and frenzied
efforts would be made to drive out the
invaders Thousands Of men would volun-
teer and millions of dollars would be
spent for armament and munitions of war
to protect the lives of our citizens A
disease like typhoid fever is as destruc-
tive to life. prosperity and happiness, as
war, and the citizens of Birmingham
should rise up and, not only drive out
this enemy that lives only in filth and
fou, places. but should provide measures
to keep the city in such a Clearly and
sanitary condition that the typhoid germ
cannot ever again live in the boundai les
of this great city.
Typhoid fever is easily preventaple,
and it's origin is so filthy the wonder Is
that any civilized community would al
low it to exist within it's domains. 1t
comes from only one source; that is, the
discharges from the bowels and Kidneys
of infected human beings; and when a
person contracts the disease. he or she,
has in some way gotten into their mouths
some Of the excreta from person who
has, or has had. typhoid fever. The
remedy is. therefore simple and consists
only in the clearly and proper disposal of
the bowel and kidney discharges of men,
women and children.
FILTH BLOWN ON STREETS
I'm Birmingham there are more than
5000 open privies into which every day the