The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
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 from the beginning of the demonstra- tion, after which time the state will have to assume the financial respon- sibility for the entire work.
 Generous To Alabama
 The United States public health serv- ice has been very generous with the has helped this state very much more than it has helped any other state, north or south, and has vindicated it. self when charged with partiality to- ward Alabama, by saying that Ala bama had a plan for doing public health work, which gave them an op- portpnity to furnish expert advice on specific questions. They have assigned Dr. T. H. D. Griffitts to the study of impounded waters. He has an of flee in the state board of health, and is making some valuable observations on the development of malaria in the territory contiguous to impounded wa ters. Dr. K. F. Maxcy has been as- signed to the study of epidemiology of malaria, but is at this particular time devoting most of his time to the, study of an outbreak of disease which looks very much like Brill's disease, ard which is new to this section of the country. Mir. Leslie c. Frank has been assigned to develop a plan of statewide milk control, which was worked out by the state health officer of Alabama and submitted to the Unit ed States public health service with the request for the detail of an ex- perieneed man to train a state man for the work. This activity has been in progress for nearly two years. Mir. Frank still has his headquarters in Montgomery, but MT. c. A. Abele of the bureau of inspection, has the en- tire control of this activity. Mir. Frank is devoting most of his time to intro ducing the Alabama plan in other states. It has been adopted by North Carolina, and is under consideration Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tex as, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. At my re- quest MT. Frank was detailed to out line this plan to the state and provin- cial health authorities of North Amer ica at it's recent meeting. A resolu- tion was adopted requesting the sur geon general to submit a plan of uni form standards of milk grading to all the states, so that grade A milk, for instance in Alabama, would be the same from a health standpoint, as grade A milk in New York or Cali fOrnia.
 Appreciative Of Aid
 I would not have you think that I underestimate or fail to value fully the aid and assistance which has been given the state board of health of Alabama by the United States public health service and the international health board. The international health board has given to the state board of health of Alabama between $40,000 and $50,000 every year since 1920, and still continues it's liberal contributions. We have cooperative activities in progress now which they will finance until the legislature meets. If the legislature has the vision to take over the work which the international health board has help ed to build up, then they will lfelp the state board of health build other activi- ties. If the legislature repudiates its obligation to take over the work, then they will withdraw from the state en-  of other states. The last legislature tock over the county organization work, which the international health board had helped to build up, but did not provide for it's development in the fu- ture.
 The malaria control work which is now being done in Selma was recom- mended three years ago by the state board of health. Surveys and estimates were made and blueprints submitted This last spring the county health of ficer succeeded in getting the civic bodies of Selma interested and obtain ed an appropriation of $5,000 from to do the work. Mir. Kiker, second of health, is in charge of the project, working under the direction of the county health officer. It is purely an Alabama enterprise. which has been duplicated in more than a dozen locali- ties in the state within the last three years.
 Work At Muscle Shoals
 I might add in closing that we work ed out n plan for the control of ma laria at Muscle Shoals, submitted it l tO Ine commanding OlllCOIy WHO uCCSpl- ed it in toto, put into force and effect on the reservation the rules and regu- lations of the state board of health governing impounded waters, requested the detail of an engineer from the state board of health to take charge of and direct the work, the federal authorities furnishing all of the mate, rial and paying all of the bills. Mir. Rector of the state board of health, whose salary is being paid out of an international health board budget, is in charge of the work. and he is under the direct control of Mir. c. H. Hazle- hurst, chief engineer of the state board of health.
 have made this lengthy statement because I thought you would want to know the facts so that you might not fall into the error of crediting an out. side agency with the work which was being done by an Alabama department of state.
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