The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-07

ready crowded to overfowing.
I'VE are going out of the insane
business" said Hogle. 1T is the
duty Of the State to care for the
insane among it's citizens, and Ma
rion County will submit no longer
to double taxation, paying State
taxes and at the same time main
tanning it's own insane asylum"
I'VE intend TO put the burden OF
caring for the insane on the State
administration, where 1t belongs,
said Hogle.
DIR. Max A. Bahr, superintendent
OF the Central Hospital. expressed
CONSERVATION when informed of the
councils intentionl
1--WE can't take any more, we can't
put them on the roof" he said.
Refused by State
The 1925 Legislature in the name
of economy. refused to appropriate
money for additional buildings at
the Central hospital. Governor
Jackson then vetoed bill accept
ing the Julietta institution as a gift
from Marion County. despite pleas
of the Marion County delegation
that indianapolis is being double
taxed by the State refusal to care for
local insane
Hogle pointed out the council is
confronted with the task OF not in
creasing Marion County taxes for
1925. due TO unprecedented public
opinion, and the annual expenses OF
Julietta in 1925 cost local taxpayers
more than l cent on the 500.
This year the county appropriate
ed S77 900 for its asylum, Hogle
said. and pointed out that Marion
County is the only one of the nine
ty-two counties that has its own
asylum. The other ninety.one send
their patients to State institutions,
he said, or slip them into Indian.
apolis" e become Marion County
charges.
Responsible citizens. all taxpay-
ers, are in arms about this situation,
and 1 don't know how many have
asked the council to get rid OF the
care of our insane" said Hogle.
They mean business, too"
School for Children
Hogle sal dthe buildings at Julietta
will be used for a school for incorri.
gible children, who are now boarded
by the county at various schools in
the State.
When informed that the Julietta
appropriation was to be stopped DR.
Bahr declared:
II don't know what's going to
happen. We can't take them. We
have absolutely no room. / have
thirteen applications now on file and
we're taking in about four patients
a week.
Its a foolish move. II Marion
County will make provisions by con.
structing the necessary temporary
buildings. Wen try to take care Of
them. We can't put them on the
roof. We're too crowded.
Marion County Is entitled TO 649
beds. The county now has 6Sl
patients and thirty-nine on furlough,
making a total OF 720 enrolled. Out
of thirty-six patients admitted in
July, twenty were from Marion
county. and remember. we have
twenty.one other counties in our
district outside Of Marion"
May Refuse
DR.. Bahr intimated that Central
hospital might refuse to admit Ma
rion County's Julietta patients II the
hospital is denied its appropriation.
1.-The law gives us the right TO re.
ject county cases when we are over
crowded" he declared
Plans of county officials to dis
continue the Julietta appropriation
presents a difficult problem TO the
State, 1t was admitted by John A.
Brown. secretary OF the board OF
State charities.
"If you took every available bed
in the State hospitals for the insane
ii wouldn't begin to take care OF
the Julietta patients. Northern hos. |
pital has no available beds. Central
hospital ,an take care Of few.
Eastern hospital is filled and South
eastern Is barely taking care OF it's
population. II is evident that the |
State hospitals. with their present |
facilities. cannot absorb Julietta."
Brown declared.
Urges Delay