The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-27
WOMEN URGED ID AID ENFORCEMENT
 OF HEALTH LAWS
pr. LulI and J. R. Hornady Speakers at Meeting of League of Women
 Voters

Work of the health department and the enforcement of health reg ulations were discussed by the League of Women Voters at it's meeting yesterday afternoon in the ballroom of the Hillman hotel. Dr.. Cabot Lull discussed at length the various departments for the con servation of health in this district and the splendid work being done by each. He declared the federal pure food and drug act was great thing in protecting the public from misbranded and adulterated foods.
 Under this act all meats in packing houses and that sold everywhere is inspected which assured the public they are receiving good meat. The health department has made wonder ful progress during the past 10 years, he declared, and now spends s90,0o0 a year in this work.
 "Women can help by creating a wholesome, sane public sentiment" said pr. Lull, "and if they demand that all places handling food be kept clean and all attendants be clean, they will grec.iy assist the health department in enforcing the regula- tions. However, we are greatly handi- capped at present for every tfme we try to enforce the regulations, some one gets out an injunction and our hands are tied so to speak" He ap- pealed to the women to get behind the health department and assist in having all regulations enforced.
 Typhoid Epidemic
 Commissioner John R. Hornady made a brief talk in which he gave a resume of the work of the health and educational departments during the past five years. When l was first elected a member of the city commission five years ago we had typhoid epidemic every year" said Mir 'Hornady, and the efforts of Dr. Cunningham, the city physician then were in vain to rid the city of the nuisances believed to be responsible for it. However, I went, before the legislature and had an act passed doing away with the dry closets and now we have IS cases of typhoid fever as compared to between 200 and 300 cases then We have the greatest laboratory in the country, and it grew from a very small and inefficient one. We have the best equipment and are able to make tests Trno d Railroad company with it's magnifi- cent hospital does not do,"
 school System
 The speaker then referred to the progress made in the school system of the city. Five years ago he stated that teachers beginning the work were only paid $50 a month and that now teachers received from $1,000 to $1 600 term. The ability to pay the teachers decent living wage was made possible only by the adoption of an amendment to the constitution he, said, and that amendment is the l only one passed by the 1919 legisla- ture that stands, as there was some | one on the job to see that it was l passed correctly and there would be no technicality whereby 1t could be declared unconstitutional.
 Reports or committees were heard and Mrs Richard F. Johnston pre- l sided over the meeting, as Mrs. Bren- | ton Fisk, the chairman, was absent on account of Illness.
 The following new members were l enrolled: Miss Fife Carlisle, Mrs Earl Drennen, Mrs Jack Y. Walton Mrs. Joe Meighan, Mrs. Cora Spencer Mrs. Mabel Ford Leake, Mrs. E. M Espey, Mrs. w. D. Colby, Mrs. J. M Hawkins and Mrs. James B. Kirk patrick.