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

discharges of probably $4,000 people are
deposited. The rains come and wash
this filth out over the ground and into
streams and wells, chickens scratch over
it, and track it on their feet about the
premises This filth dries and as dust
1t is blown about on the streets. Flies
that breed and live in filth. carry ty-
phoid germs. A fly with a few germs
on it's feet gets into the milk and in a
few hours billions of typhoid germs have
developed without affecting it's taste or
odor.
Typhoid fever cannot exist in city
with pure water supply and in which
every house has toilets connected with
sanitary sewers. Birminghams water
supply is above suspicion. 1t has been
examined by many experts and pro-
nounced absolutely pure. The one most
important thing then needed to make
Birmingham so that typhoid cannot exist
except the cases brought in from the
outside, or in which the germs are car
ried on food purchased out of the city,
is for every property owner to conect his
toilets with sanitary sewers Since Biz
mingham covers so much territory 1t can
not extend the sewers to every nome
within few weeks, but at a cost OF 70
or So each, sanitary closets can be in
stalled and the city can cart the eXcreta
away as often is necessary.
IF every property owner had realized
the danger, not only from typhoid fever
but from dysentery, summer diarrhoeas
of children hookworm and other disea ses,
he would long ago have connected with
the sewer or would have provided sani-
tary closets; but the people have not
before realized the harm from these cess
pools of filth.
GOVERNMENT EXPERT
"Our former city health officer, DR..
Cunningham, has for several years called
attention to the menace of the open privy,
but it has taken an epidemic of typhoid
and the opinion of a government ex-
pert to so impress it upon everyone that
now the man who does not willingly con-
rect with the sewer, or If that is not
possible, provide a sanitary closet for
his family, or tenants, must be regarded
as an enemy to his neighbors and the
city generally; and he should be forced
to do his duty or receive the punish
ment which he deserves.
IN the name of the children and the
women who cannot protect themselves,
and for the sake of the fair name OF
our city, we, the representatives of a
number of the most important business
trade and social organizations in Bir-
mingham, call upon the property owners
either to connect with the sanitary sew
ers, of to install sanitary closets at once
II this is not done in a easonable time
we must call upon our city commits
sioners to use the strong arm OF the
law to every delinquent property owner
| until the sanitary crime and disgrace 81
| 5000 disease disseminating privies are
| abolished.
! Garbage, in which flies breed and
/ live, is a danger that DR.. Lumsden has
called attention to in most forceful Ian
guage Each home should be provided
with garbage can, having close-fittine
| top, that will prevent rats, flies and Other
J insects from getting into it, and the city
should remove the garbage several times
| a week.
1.-THE city should provide enough sani
tary inspectors to see that the milk. veg
| etables and other articles of FOOD thai
/ are sold to our people should be pure
and wholesome.
| CREDIT TO HORNADY
BE it said to the credit of Mr.. Horna-