The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-07
.DEMONSTRAT|ONOF SANITARY DEVICES CONDUCTED BY CITY Complaints Made Regarding Scores Given Restaurants
 and Other Places WEED ORDINANCE
 TO BE ENFORCED Dr. Fox to Make Partial Verbal Report on Local Situation Dur
 ing Present Week, It Is
 Expected

Across the way from the city hall at 1906 Fourth avenue, north. Commissioner of Health and Education John R. Hor- nady will open for public inspection to- day his exposition of sanitary devices which must be installed by property own CTS in the dry closet districts of the city, in accordance with the ordinance passed week ago. Commissioner Hornady is conducting the exposition in conjunction with his campaign of education to show property owners the beneficial results that come from having sanitary closets.
 The city health department, now con- fronted with the problem of having ap proximately 450 cases of typhoid fever in various parts of the city, is convinced that, despite the fact that the great epi- denic of typhoid was started through infected ice cream, it was greatly ac- celerated by the 5000 insanitary dry clos cts that were and are still in Birming- ham, The officials of the health depart ment also are convinced that the dry closets are responsible for the great spread of tuberculosis and other infec- tious diseases and they are to-operatlng in every way possible to improve these conditions.
 COMPLAIN ABOUT SCORES
 Complaints are being made to the health department by restaurant operators and managers of bakeries and lunch rooms because of the recent publications of the sanitary scores of these establishments. In some cases the compliments charge unfair discrimination in that certain res- taurants or hotels were given several in- I, ,4,1 and that in others inspections were made when they were not expected. In every case of complaint investigation is being made, as the health department is ex tremely desirous of working in hearty cooperation with the restaurant, lunch room and bakery operators, in order to have the assurance of a more ready ac- quiescence with the provisions of the san itary and pure food ordinances of the city.
 At the present time, according to the last report of the food inspector, the restaurants, lunch rooms, soft drink places, bakeries, groceries and meat mar kets had not shown sufficient effort to keep clean. It was stated by officials of the health department that in the few days of the great rush of the typhoid fever epidemic some effort at keeping clean had been made as sop to public sentiment, but that after week or two of good conduct an indifference toward the health regulations had followed. This indifference is now being severely dealt with by the sanitary inspectors, who are making arrests of every violation that comes to their notice.
 MUST CUT WEEDS
 Warnings that all weeds should be cut under the penalty of arrest having also met with indifference of the property ba cit ciO hoS the arrest of all offenders. It is under stood that prosecutions will be pushed by the city attorneys office on all ar rests made.
 The situation regarding tuberculosis will receive some attention from the city com- mission this week. As a matter of rec ord tuberculosis cases are now reported almost with the frequency of typhoid and these average about five daily. The heavy death rate from tuberculosis is also alarming and plans to fight tuberculosis as well as the continuance of the typhoid campaign will be discussed by the com mission
 No new cases of infantile paralysis have been reported to the health department in the past three days and the local health officials are confident that there Is no danger of an epidemic of that disease.
 Dr. Carol Fox, the federal expert, who is conducting an investigation into the health methods of Birmingham and Jef- ferson county, will probably submit al partial verbal report to a joint commit tee of the city commission, board of revenue and the board of health sometime during the latter part of the week The final written report of Dr. Fox will not be made public in Birmingham as it will be sent to the surgeon general of the United States army, and probably will not be completed within the next three v,,<, {hn dropped by Dr. Fox. that his report will recommend many drastic changes in the conduct of the health work in Birming- ham and Jefferson county. The report also will recommend much greater ap-! propriations for combating disease