(Physicians will confer a favor by sending for this department items of news of more or less general interest: such as relate to society activities, new hospitals, education, public health, etc.)
ALABAMA
Personal.
—Dr. Nathaniel A. Barrett, president of the city commission of Birmingham, is convalescent after a long illness.
Typhoid in Alabama.
—During the week ended August 30, forty-four cases of typhoid fever were reported to the state health department.
New Hospital.
—The Elizabeth Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, was formally opened, August 13. The institution can care for thirty-two patients and Dr. Luther T. Young, Atlanta, will be in charge of the clinic of the institution.
Alabama to Care for Feebleminded.
—The house of representatives passed by a unanimous vote, Sept. 19, 1919, the Alabama Mental Deficiency Bill. This bill passed the senate, September 13. The provision is made by an appropriation of $200,000, for the establishment of the