Conditions of Dog Kennels Kept Secret

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, July 8, 1921: Of the eleven dogs found in the kennels at the Indiana College of Medicine, two were in such deplorable condition that they required immediate attention of humane officers, according to a report given at a recent meeting of the Indianapolis Humane Society board of directors by Dr. George Butler, a member of the committee on inspection of the college. The society directors determined at a secret meeting to protect the medical college from any criticism of its use of dogs for experimental purposes by suppressing the report, and society members were threatened with expulsion and other “dire calamities” if they revealed to any one that the society was failing to take steps to properly see that the dogs at the medical college were being humanely treated in accordance with its public pledge.

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“Condition of Dog Kennels Kept Secret,” The Indianapolis Times, 8 July 1921, p. 1:1

3 Year Demand to Clean Out Creeks Gets Action

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1921: Having been criticized for three years for dilatory “buck passing,” the board of sanitary commissioners and the board of public health took action today to stop pollution of Pleasant Run and Bean Creek. Four public health inspectors started surveying the streams to find private sewers, improperly operating sewer interceptors, vaults which are draining into the waterways, and other sources of pollution. Where violations are found, orders will be issued to private property owners from which sewage is flowing to immediately connect with sewers, or if not available to build septic tanks. Meanwhile, the board of sanitary commissioners will attempt to enforce orders issued last year to Citizens Gas Co and American Creosoting Co to cease emptying wastes into Pleasant Run, and to Weber Milk Co to stop throwing waste into Bean Creek.

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“3 Year Demand to Clean Out Creeks Gets Action,” The Indianapolis Times, 28 June 1921, p. 4:2

Indianapolis Institutions Keep 'Open House' in Celebration of National Hospital Day

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 12, 1921: The first National Hospital Day was observed today throughout the United States and in Indianapolis with the city’s hospitals throwing their doors open to the public. Visitors were welcomed at City, Methodist and Deaconess Hospitals. These hospitals have contracts with the U. S. public health service for the care of disabled former soldiers, and there was renewed interest in the treatment these ex-servicemen are receiving. The American Legion distributed flowers and flags among 175 veterans, taking all who were able on automobile rides. Reception committees were busy all day greeting visitors at Sunnyside Sanatorium, Marion County’s tuberculosis treatment facility, Robert W. Long Hospital, under the direction of Indiana University, St. Francis Hospital, managed by the Sisters of St. Francis, and Norways Sanatorium and Neuronhurst, which care for conditions affecting the nervous system.

“Indianapolis Institutions Keep ‘Open House’ in Celebration of National Hospital Day,” The Indianapolis News, 12 May 1921, p. 19:2