The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-07
Services at the Independ ent Presbyterian Given Over
 to Health Campaign
RESUETOF
 HUMAN NEGLIGENCE
Daily Papers Praised fcS Giving Pub- licity to Campaign-JNork of the Anti-TuberculosiS Associa-
 tion Is Corn mended

Health sunday was observed yes terday at both sarvic of the Inde pendent PresbyteF ian church, each be- ing attended bN large congre gations Dr. Scales Harl5s spoke in the morn ing and Dr. "A E. Harrington at tn, evening servios,
 Dr. Harris Tone of the charter mem bers of the ; church, made a splendit address upWl the subject of the pre- ven'lon ofgtyphoid fever, tuberculosis and other Afliseases of preventable na ture. "P Aople used to believe that ep idemics atnd pestilence were the result, of divirfe. providence" said pr. Harris
 on the contrary, we now know tha they are the direct result of human negli g ence ad entirely unnecessary"
 He4 spoke of the signs of progress and encouragement along this line, 1T theF matter of giving full publicity tc the present epidemic of typhoid fever RJing the daily papers much credit fkJr letting the public know the true g tate of affairs and not keeping tht ksituation covered for fear of hurt tc
 might mean. Speaking along the line
 of prevention, Dr. Harris urged ths owners of property not sanitarily ar.
 ranged to at once install such contriv 1 ances would meet the need and thus
 individually and collectively work fol
 a healthy Birmingham"
 NEGROES RESPONSIBLE He spoke of the startingly large number of tuberculosis cases always | present in the south and gave as his 1 Ia fjry | were largely responsible for it's prev ! alence. The uninspected milk can is | a source of constant menace to the l consumers of dairy products, he stat l ed, and expressed the hope that funds
 would be available for the employment | of inspectors of milk cans. He highly | complimented Dr. George Eaves ane | the work of the tuberculosis as- l socia tion, both along preventative an6 1 educational lines
 | Dr. Harris gave statistical figures l showing the difference in the sexpen- l allure of enormous sums of money fo1 ! preparedness" against a foreign foe l with the comparatively small sum do-
 mated for the prevention of the ever 1 present enemy-disease. The organ. ized efforts of the club women of tho city in the "clean up" campaign was
 highly praised by the speaker. Hi. 1 entire address was full of practicai HelpIuI SuSSeSllOnS ana was gwen Cnt
 closest attention by the large congre gation.
 ORIGIN OF FEVER
 At the evening service at the Lyric l Dr. F. E. Harrington of the Unitea | States health service gave an instruc- tive and interesting lecture on typhoid l fever, its origin and sources of con- l tamination, showing stereopticon slides | and each illustration was thoroughly
 explained. The rural home, the mad l equate disposal of excreta, the siovenly
 care of cattle was vividly portrayed | and the dangers to the community, its l defenseless children victims of the | loathesome fly, the great mortality
 among babies during the first year 1 from the same cause, the breeding and living of flies in filth, made a picture 1 that stirred the people and set then 1 thinking.
 | The wonderful results obtaine cd l through the health campaign in Tus- caloosa and Walker counties, as ex.
 plained by Dr. Harrington, showef | conclusively what can be accomplishel el by cooperation and decisive work or
 the part of the citizens of any com 1 munity. pr. Harrington's figures as
 to the number of typhoid cases with its l awful mortality precentage was a rev. | elation.
 His plea for prevention was most UT. 1 gent and the easy and cheap means ol | helping to make Birmingham sanitary | in GO days was impressed upon h1s l hearers most empha tically. The health 1 talk of pr. Harrington took the place 1 of the usual sermon by Dr. Edmonds The scripture lesson was read by the Rev. Dwight l.. Bailey. The music al | the evening service was unusually l good. Miss Willie McNaran of Annis- | ton has succeeded Mrs. .Elin Turrentine l as contralto with the regular choir