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Prior to the passage of this act Hulbert, McGregor, and Fred M. Butzel began to focus on juvenile delinquents, the mentally ill, and persons who were diagnosed with the newly assigned medical condition of Epilepsy. All three men felt that improper care was being given to some of these people, and that segregated institutions that provided more treatment specific care for each persons disorder were more essential to treatment and as such a facility devoted to the treatment of epilepsy was established in 1914 in Wahjamega, a small unincorporated community in the Township of Indianfields, Michigan[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianfields_Township,_Michigan]. Much of the original population of the facility was moved from the then overcrowded Lapeer State Home for Epileptics. By 1928 funding shortfalls had lead to overcrowding here too, and the governor pushed for an expansion of services, which resulted in the state passing a 120 million dollar expansion bill in 1930-32. | Prior to the passage of this act Hulbert, McGregor, and Fred M. Butzel began to focus on juvenile delinquents, the mentally ill, and persons who were diagnosed with the newly assigned medical condition of Epilepsy. All three men felt that improper care was being given to some of these people, and that segregated institutions that provided more treatment specific care for each persons disorder were more essential to treatment and as such a facility devoted to the treatment of epilepsy was established in 1914 in Wahjamega, a small unincorporated community in the Township of Indianfields, Michigan[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianfields_Township,_Michigan]. Much of the original population of the facility was moved from the then overcrowded Lapeer State Home for Epileptics. By 1928 funding shortfalls had lead to overcrowding here too, and the governor pushed for an expansion of services, which resulted in the state passing a 120 million dollar expansion bill in 1930-32. | ||
| β | This facility gained some fame later on as it was one of several facilities that was involved in forced sterilizations that took place under Michigan laws from 1914 to the mid 1960's[http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/MI/MI.html]. The facility has operated under several names over the years and is currently still in operation as the Caro Regional Mental Health Center | + | This facility gained some fame later on as it was one of several facilities that was involved in forced sterilizations that took place under Michigan laws from 1914 to the mid 1960's[http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/MI/MI.html]. The facility has operated under several names over the years and is currently still in operation as the Caro Regional Mental Health Center. |
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