Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1950 — Page 4

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Battery Cases

Poison Has Caused | Death of 10 Persons Here Since 1935

“Will Your Family Care for You,

Or Will They Brand You Insane? | mux svresivrexoest ox : By CLIFFORD THURMAN

APPROXIMATELY 200 old people—branded insane by,

8h You Grow Olde i

ree i 1 declared insane before they can/ be committed here.” |

plained it was hard to draw the ‘line between insanity and senility. “Old men frequently develop

court edict—will spend their remaining days on earth bDe-|jox derangements,” Dr. Bahr said,

Dr. Gerald K. Kempt, city hind the walls and locked doors of Central State Hospital.

health director; will meet this week with city attorneys to dis-|

cuss drafting an ordinance pro-|

Yet, with few exceptions, these aged victims of the To oo

|“and consequently become dan-| | gerous. They frequently attack without ~ any outward)

ravages of life could be receiving the devoted care of loved sign of insanity.

hibiting the use and sale of bat- ones in their own homes. They have been committed to the

tery cases for fuel The action stems from the re-

tent death of two infants by lead poisoning. Battery cases were used in their home to provide, heat. ; i Meanwhile, the Air Pollution] * Prevention Bureau will crack! down on the sale and burning of cases under the smoke ordinance. | J. G. Mingle, bureau superin-| tendent, said action is possible as the burning produces smoke and contaminates the alr with tovic Ames. 11 Families Using Them In the past few days, Health! Department Investigators have| found 11 famileis in an area cen-! tering about the block of} Cottage Ave. who it using the discarded cases for fuel. Several

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mental institution simply because nobody wants the responsibility of caring for them, and there's no better place to put them. The old people here and in all other institutions present a grave problem” Dr. Max A. Bahr, su-| perintendent for the past 28 years at Central State Hospital, said. “There are many cases! which could and should be taken) care of at home. i “Yet, these old people are le. gally insane. They are senile and under the law in Indiana. they;

have been committed by the court}

after examination by three physi clans and other witnesses.” ] » » r § DR. BAHR emphasized that old]

of them told oficigls they pur-ipeople were not “railroaded” into!

chased them from & man in the) 1700 block St. Paul St. He has been warned to cease sales, “1 feel the burning of battery eases in the city is widespread,” Dr. Kempt said. “It is a danger ous practice and one which we are] driving to eliminate. | “We first learned of it in 1935. That year four people died of J

Indiana institutions a& in the case| of many other states,

“While harmless,” Dr,

| £0 Bahr| |

said, “they require constant care; |.

for their >wn safety, the protec-| tion of property and various other reasons and in this day and time!

{few young people are willing to|

assume responsibility for grand-|

“| These Indiana

“They wander off and get Yost." | ‘he said, “and aged women fall, ipreak Nips and otherwise hurt! themselves. They have to be fed, [helped trom room to room and iplit to bed at’ night.” J oldsters, then, are awaiting the end of life with-| in the walls of Central State Hos-| |pital, Most of them are fairly! {happy and are no more confused lor upset than they would be if] {they were in the home of close (relatives, | Dr. Bahr has watched the in-| {stitution grow throughout the {past half century. He joined the {staff 52 years ago and has been | superintendent for the past 26

| years. n " .

A GRADUATE of the Univer|sity of Berlin, he received the de{gree of psychological medicine and prior to coming to Indiana’ {he served. as chief resident physi{clan at the Government Hospital {in Washington, D. C. | “There is no increase in In|sanity in Indiana,” Dr. Bahr em‘phasized, "it is simply that there {are more people now than ever before, The ratio of mental ill- | nesses is about one to 230 and |great strides are being made in

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poisoning brought ahout by the! . ..... ~~ toxic ash. “Pimes | 4 “Times have changed,” the vet-| “A wave of such Incidents crops or su : { |ever, Dr. Bahr sees little hope. perintendent gsserted. d and there is no place else ~~ { up every two to three years. Peo-| “Young people of the present day|oiped them, The i very! We cannot rejuvenate a mind, A ple forget the danger Involved.| 4; not have the sense of family | ’ sufficiently to that has been deteriorated hy the It becomes a probiém whenever 4 {few who recover wu - ges of time,” he sald.

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n ~ * SUPERINTENDENT. ex- | that grafenized and xupers: Ee panes 15 a pase To" nea I ren TINGE herpes REET WH TET ART ory. 3 .) tell hired 1d =a. Holks Busy at the hospital: Some, program: titiéd “Mr. Jaycee” Wil; the practice and more than 30/ pR. BAHR outlined some of he sald, especially those from the be aired by WISH beginning Tuespersons have heen taken ill withthe “troublesome” things senile poorer families, find more happi- May night at 7:30 p. m, lead poisoning. persons bring about, “iness in the institution than they! The series is being produced by The ad ash is released into| “They frequently set fre to pave ever known before “|the Indianapolis Junior Chamber, the air on Ing. Also the mass themselves or the house while try-| ae Sir lof Commercé. The first 15 minrefuse creates a distinct danger ing to light pipes” he said.! “It 1s a pressing problem,” Dr.| s.. of the program will be pre- , to youngsters who get hands into : . scripts on the subject]

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the plates In batteries. Bome of a cians i the home, oir people had the> love they | “Should Rents be Decontroiled | {in Indianapolis Now?" will be the]

this sticks to the case, creating! Cyurre |should have for them. bit y ntly there are 170 senile - @ storage house of possible death cases in Ca State. Broken! “I have often thought of a subject of the first broadcast. |

if burned, Dr. Kempt said. i . down In e ups there 57 home, a special sort of home for The latest fatalities are Marvin! over 70 years old. 55 over Ts, 33|these senile people,” Dr. Bahr SET LUNCHEON MEETING

Offet, 18 months, son of Mr, and | “" ol Ord { Eastern! Roy : * over 80 and 25 over 85 years old. said, “but that, too, has its draw-! Cumberland Order o Mn oy Dru. and Karen Eas-| There isn't much we can do for backs. If the state started a place Star auxiliary will meet in Buck- :, Fas nr " as Mrs. them,” Dr. Bahr said regretfully, like that it would be full, full in| ley’'s restaurant in Cumberland Ave. fey. all of 3047 Cottage} «we get them and it's hard to{no time at all of linwanted old] Wednesday for luncheon. A pust-

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