Health Department Urges Wearing Of Gauze Masks as Precautionary Measure Against Spread of Influenza

*Dr. J. D. Dowling, City and County Health Officer, strongly recommends that residents of Birmingham, Bessemer and Jefferson county wear gauze masks whenever in public; he says masks have been shown to prevent spread*Dowling mandates mask use for some: school authorities to require teachers and employees; industrial concerns, dept stores, places of business, offices, street railways, office buildings & railways must either require or strongly urge employees to wear mask; every employee in dept of health must wear masks beginning immediatelyNewspaper article