The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-10
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF DIR. FOX WILL BE
CARRIEDOUTBYCITY
Many Citizens Appear Before City Commission and Urge
Adoption of the Report of Government Expert-"Lets
Vaccinate the City, Was Proposition of One Speaker,
Others Stated Financial Aid Would Be Forth
coming for Clean Up Campaign

| That the recommendations of DR..
! Carroll Fox, the United States expert
who recently completed an investiga-
ton of the methods of health protec-
ton in Birmingham and Jefferson coun-
ty, will be accepted by the city COM
mission was announced by President
George B. Ward at the conclusion of a
citizens meeting in the council cham
Der of the city hall at 2 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
| Commissioner John R. Hornady and
Commissioner James Weatherly also
voiced their approval of the recommen-
the most prominent citizens and bust
ness leaders of the city had spoken urg-
ing the carrying out, at all costs, of the
health reforms proposed.
| The recommendations of DR.. Fox
mean minimum expenditure of at least
$4,000 annually for the maintenance of
the Birmingham health department.
| DR.. Scale Harris acted as chairman
of the citizens committee and made a
telling speech before the commission
ers on the present health conditions of
mendations of DR.. Fox should be ac-
copied If necessary, DR.. Harris stated,
| further cuts in other departments
should be made in order that the lives
of the citizens of Birmingham be ade-
quately protected from the ragvages of
preventable diseases.
PREFER HOUSES BURNED
|
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, followed DR.. Harris and as
serted that the citizens would prefera-
bly, have their houses burned down than
have their cherished ones snatched
away by death through a preventable
disease. President Crawford urged that
the commissioners thoroughly study the
report of DIR. Fox and then announce
just what the city could do about it.
If the city commission needed more
money to carry out the recomm enda-
tions of the federal experts, stated Mr..
Crawford, it should make known it's
needs to the citizens, and undoubtedly
the money would be raised. Mr.. Craw-
ford further stated that in his opinion
after the equalization board had fin
ished it's work many property owners
would agree to fiat increase in their
assessments in order to create a fund
for the health protection of the city.
Mr.. Crawford's remarks were received
with marked enthusiasm.
| Val J. Nesbit was the next speaker.
Mr.. Nesbit stated that he had met a
man few days ago who said he was
going to leave the city because he saw
f,,tyY 70 he Ctf n
reached the zenith of it's success and
that there was nothing left but taxes,
more taxes and disease.
II thought then" said Mr.. Nesbit,
that it was a good thing for this man
to leave, that his liver was at white as
| his collar. However, now we must con
| slider what makes men think that way
of Birmingham. We are facing diff
ficult situation and 1 hope the COM
missioners will do something. Cut off
some funds from some other depart
ment, but do something for the health
| of the city. Let's not only vaccinate the
citizens but let's vaccinate the city. Let
us have a clean Birmingham"
PROTECT THE HEALTH
! Scion Jacobs gave it as his opinion that
| the city commissioners should do some
| scratching in order to get up funds to
| protect the health of the city. Mr.. JACOBS
| stated that any person With the least all
ment could find refuge at the Hillman
| hospital, but that tubercular patients
were driven away and that 1t was up
to the people of the city and the COM
| missioners to do something Mr Jacobs
| also dwelled on the tremendous economic
loss to the city in the large number of
deaths from typhoid fever and tubercu-
losis in the past year or two.
| w. D. Nesbitt stated that he had been
thoroughly aroused at the local health
situati by what had been printed in
| the newspapers in the past six weeks.
Before that time Mr.. Nesbitt stated he
| thought everything was all right, but now
that everything was all wrong he wanted