The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-06
Bacteriologist Armes Ar rives and Officials Are De- termined to Find Source
 of Fever
NEW SHIPMENT OF
 VACCINE ORDERED FOR USE OF THE CITY
Picturesque Scenes As Hundreds of Men, Women and Children
 Crowd City Hall Corridors

Crowd City Hall Corridors the city, despite the energetic methods of the civic authorities
 Chief Sanitary Inspector w. c. Burson reported 45 additional cases at o'clock last night which brings the total num- Der since July 1 to 137 cases.
 Since last Wednesday, when warnings of the spread of typhoid were first given out by Commissioner of Health and Edu- cation John R. Hornady PIP cases have present time throughout the city 2S0 cases of typhoid
 Chief Health Officer Dr. Cecil D. Gas ton, who is in active charge of the city s fight against the dreaded fever stated last night that the causes of the rapid spread of typhoid fever at this time had not yet been placed.
 ''It will be placed" said Dr. Gaston, and no matter where the blame lies, the facts will be published"
 DIR. ARMIES ARRIVE
 pr. B. l.. Armes, Chief bacteriologist of the state of Alabama, with head quarters at Montgomery, arrived in Bir- mingham yesterday morning to assist pr. Gaston in his efforts to cope with the typhoid situation
 supply of 300 doses of typhoid serum which arrived yesterday morning was ex- hausted at 1:5O o'clock yesterday after room and hundreds of persons were turned away from the council chamber who de- sired to be vaccinated.
 Tending thorough investigation ship ments of ice cream from the Furnas Ice Cream company, at BIO North Sixteenth street, are being held up by the orders or Commissioner George B. Ward.
 The officials of the F'urnas Ice Crea m company have agreed to pasteurze all supplies of milk that they use in the fu- ture.
 Reports received by Chief Sanitary In- spector Burson are to the effect that per- sens who ate ice cream received from Birmingham manufacturers at Millport and at Fayette have become infected with typhoid These reports led to the dis patching of a physician 70 Millport and fayette to investigate conditions there.
 SCORES OF ARRESTS MADE
 Scores of arrests Were made yesterday oy the special policemen on duty as as- slstant sanitary inspectors The city au- thorities state that no excuses will he accepted Tn the recorders court and where violations are proved fines will follow.
 inspections of hotel kitchens were made yesterday and a report of conditions is pelng compiled for publication It makes no difference where the blow is going tc strike according to Dr. Gaston, who said
 We are going to place the health or the city above property, above dol lars and cents, and the facts regarding this typhoid epidemic are going to be published without fear or favor"
 Attacks were made upon the city commissioners in letters to the news papers yesterday in regard to the col- lection of garbage as being the pri- mary cause of the spread of typhoid fever
 The United States typhoid expert who has been detailed to investigate local conditions is expected in Bir- mingham at any hour, and his assist ance In running down the causes of the outbreak is eagerly awaited
 ALL REALIZE GRAVITY
 The entire city commission seemed to awaken yesterday to the gravity of
 
 tinuous reports of typhoid cases that were being reported to the health de- partment
 In fact the city commissioners with the exception of Commissioner Horna- dy, who has been preaching ''prepard- ness against a typhoid epidemic for several days" were overwhelmed by the rush of hundreds of persons to take of the free vaccination of fered of the city. Commissioner Hor- nady had been assured that the initial order for 500 doses of vaccine was large enough to take care of everyone who would apply, but after seeing the cor riders of the city hall damned with hu- manity eager to receive the scientific protection against typhoid fever the city commission as whole realized that serious situation confronted them and there followed hasty telegraphic orders to Detroit, Mich.. to ship sew eral thousand doses of the typhoid vacine at once. It was stated last night that there would be no more embar- rassing delays and that there would be sufficient typhoid serum at the city hall today to vaccinate all who would apply.
 It was a picturesque scene in the council chamber of the city hall yes- terday to watch the kiddies and the grown ups get vaccinated. The young sters were by far the better sportsmen as they took the needle without the culver of an eyelash. while the adults possessed of more imagination often made faces, and the ladies especially sometimes allowed a little scream to escape them.
 HORNADY GETS FIRST "SHOT'
 Commissioner John R. Hornady was the first person to get a typhoid shot" With an encouraging smile the com missioner of health and education