10/22/1945 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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:a � �� � C"°? instead he reported bacl� to your office. At that time �ou sent him to m5T �� office for further examina�ion and treatment. c� He arrived in the office thorou�hly confuse�. �nd disoriented. In short, he presented a �icture oi complete physical and mental delapictation. He refused hospitalization ti�rnen it tiva� sug�,ested at that time. Ho�,vever, t�ahen he left the office I called the hmerican Legion and made arrangements for P�:r. Roscoe Jordan to pick i�7r. Berner. up and take him to the Veterans Bureau Hospital at T,iarion, Indiana. This ti��as done, but T�Zr. Berner re£used to 0o into the hospital. He v��as re�urned home, and the follov�in�; day Dr. Ray Thomas ,�ras sent. out to see him. Ho`,rever, he could not be persuaded to return to the hospital. C?n actober 15 �, 16, he v�a.s �iven a complete physic�.l examination in this o#'fice. At the tirne of exarninAtion he had a pulse rate of 104, blood px�essure of 170�100. An electrocardio�r�.*:� sho�^aed a coronar;r insufi iciency probably on the basis oi an arteriosclerosis . He had a lar`e inguinal h�rnia. A i�,Iazzini blood test ti�.�as ne�ative . Urinalysis of urine sho��^red a. mild nephritis or �-iidne�T dise�se. . ' I��ental status is as follo��s : � � ' " He is e:icentric and considered oda. I�e leads a hermit like e:�istence. He evidences a 1ar�e arloun� of emotional, cieteriorat�ion as ��vell as physical and mental delapidation. For years ne has sho��m no desire to bo �+e11 groomed or to keep personally clean. �ie has no mental or physical pride. This is evidentall� a mental condition belonginb to the ma.nic-depressive stage and shoule be hospitalized for from one to thrae years . Diagnosis : ( a) In�uinal hernia (rt . ) (b) Chronic nephritis ( c ) �Lrteriosclerosis i°rith hypertension and coronary insufficieney. (d) i�2anic-depressive psychosis depressive phase tivith emotional deterioration and physical and mental delapidation. Respectfully ;�ours, ( s ) V: E. H�rmon, i��i.D. � The Chief inforr,ied the Board that Gfficer Leo '�`Jilliams had returned to active dutti as of Cctober 22, 1945 as Captain and "Ufficer Bryan Roe tivas automatically reduced to Sergeant and assi�ned to the Detective Bureau, as of the same date. An applic�.tion for a Special Police Commission �vas approved for George Reiser and ordered held for bond. EL•ECTRICAL DEPARTI�.ET'T : P,Tr. ti"Jilliam Qualls , Superintendent, v�as presen� . anci matters pertaining to nis depari;m�nt .,�ere discussed. A petition ti�rith fifty names tivas pre�ented to th� �oarci askin; for � the installation ot a street; lignt a� the intersection of Ez�rin� Avenue and Hoke Street. This was referred to T�Tr. Qua11s for investigation and report. Upon P�Ir. Qualls recommendation, the �oard approved the installation - of a street 1i�ht at the intersection of Hur.mboldt and Eclipse Streets �nd I��s. f�ualls ti^�as instructed to appl� for same. There being no f urtner business �o come before the Board, the meetino ti^Tas adjourned at 12;00 noon. ' ATTE° . � Ch ir:�ian Cl