The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-23
WOULD TURN OVER
 TUBERCULAR CAMP TOREVENUE BOARD.
Urged That County Take Charge August 1 Pending Building of Permanent
 Hospital

to close the Rcd Mountain sanitarium for tubereular, patients on Ausuat 1, not having funds to longer operate. Work of education in preventive measures will be continued.
 On Monday joint committee from the association and dinner clubs will go before the board of revenue ask sanitarium August 1 and operate 1t pending raising of a fund by popular subscription for construction of a 10c-bed hospital.
 The committee approves the plan of Thomas E. Huey, member of board of revenue. who proposes that city and county contribute s20,000 ench per annum for maintenance of $e5.ooo hospital to be built by pop ular subscription. The committee asks that tho board take over-the, institution now on Red Mountain un- til the new hospital is built.
 The committee represents the Anti Tuberculosis association. Rotary, Civ itan, Kiwanis, Optimist. Community and Exchange clubs, and will confer both with city and county as to the matter. Personnel of the committs Is Eugene L. Brown, chairman; Henry Howze. Dr. Marye Dabney. W. ]. Adams, E. c. Arnes, W. H. Manly, c. P. Noiand, Dr. ". r. McCrossin, Jr, Pratt Thomas. A. R. Forsythe, pr. R. H. Hamrick. W. B. Leedy. dr., and Frank Stevens.
 Statement of tho situation and the plan of action follows:
 Situation and Plans
 The Jefferson County Antl-Tuber- cuiosis association. supported by do- nations from the public, has for great number of years been engaged in intelligent and unrelentins ef- forts to control and conquer our most dangerous health menace--tubercu- losis. Its activities have embraced the whole field of effective and soien- tific methods, and the scope of its work has only besn limited by a pitiful lack of financial ability.
 The officers of the association have realized for years that educa- tional and preventive measures. rather than hospital care for inc cipient and incurable cases, would bring to the community the greatest measure of value. They further realized that both branches of the work Were necessary, If real progress in eonquering this disease was to be attained.
 Efforts in the past to bring to the realization of tho county and city that hospital care and treatment for incipient and inourabie cases. as protection to the public. was perhaps the most important branch of tho public health service, failed. and a voluntary association. supported by voluntary donations. has for years, in a necessarily limited way, per formed for the city and county this important public health service.
 Cannot Continue
 On account of financial inability to conduct 1t. and continue at the same time its other moro important activities, the association will, on August 1, close the sanitarium. and in the future devote its energies to educational and preventive measures. In addition to child welfare work, nurses will continually visit all scc- tions of the county, locating old and new cases of infection, teaching those afflicted. not only how to care for themselves, but what is perhaps moro important, how to protect others against infections The activities of the association along these and other most important phases of the work, vitally affecting the health of the public. will be broadened and en- larged.
 The closing of the sanitarium pre-
  Numbers of patients are being cared for, some of whom are helpless fiiendless and homeless. wards now of the city and county. To remove them to the Hillman hospital or to the county poor house. would from every standpoint. not only be cruel sc them. but dangerous to those with whom they must come in contact. To turn them adrift on the community is unthinkable.
 Huey's Suggestion
 It has been suggested by . mem ber of the board of revenue, M-. Thomas E. Huey. that if the public will provide sss.ooo for the oonstruc- tion of = 1oo-bed hospital unit. the county and city will appropriate s2o.ooo each per annum for It's main tenance and operation. This offers the first real hope of . permanent plan on the part of the county and city to solve thiss problem. un- fortunately, the money cannot be raised or the hospital constructed in . day. Perhaps year or more will be required.
 The committee does not think that this is an opportune time to put on q campaign for the purpose of raff- ing this money. Business uncertainty, railroad and other strikes, the sum mer season. and various curcum- stances, seem to initiate against it. The committee. however. thoroughly approves the plan suggested by Mir. Huey and will recommend to the va rious organizations represented that if tho county and city will on Au- gust take over and operate Red Mountain sanitorium until the pro- posed hospital Is constructed and equipped at some time this fall, The date to be agreed on, they will earnestly and enthusiastically back . campaign to secure this sum of money.
 To Turn Over Plant The Jefferson County Anti -Tuber- culosis association has agreed to | turn over to the county the Red l Mountain sanitarium buildings, plant l and equipment free of charge, and the committee hopes that the con- tintuation of this work, even though | at q sacrifice on the part of the l county and city at thls time, will go | challenge the liberaiity of the people | that 1t will result in . wide. sympa- thetic cooperation. which will assure the necessary funds for the proposed new structure.
 COMMITTEE CALLED
 Mobile. July 22.--(speciai.)-- Chairman James H. Webb of the Ala bama democratic executive commit