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2.3 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1944
"This girl had an IQ of 74. She is now a maid. Reconditioned house, 2 rooms and kitchen for 5, clean. Family relations harmonious. Dr considers this girl quite bright with a good vocabulary. [Female informant] says she is a very good girl, supersensitive, always ready to burst into tears, rather slow."
Relatives in survey: 2.53, 2.4, 2.5
2.8 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, May 1945
"This girl was at Special School. PC considers that she is definitely mental. She can work in the house but cannot do outside work. She is one of the two most defective persons on his beat. Good home, 3 rooms and bathroom for 7, clean. Harmonious. One brother has VD."
3.1 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Idiocy, June 1947
"Imbecile, cannot walk properly - crawls - can't talk, only a few swear words. Tongue sticks out. Father a ploughman. Seems OK. Mother, 43, a big stout woman, untidy but bright looking. Big, fat and genial. Five siblings, older, OK. Two roomed cottage, very poor. [Male informant] confirms, a backward crowd. Nurse says no mentality at all. PC thinks the rest are OK. Confirms this boy is on Dr's list [of certified defectives]."
Relatives in survey: Brother 3.2
3.2 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Dull boy, only in Primary 1. Parents farm workers. Poor home, condemned house. Nurse confirms but thinks he looks all right."
Relatives in survey: brother 3.1
11.1 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Low grade mental defective, November 1945
"This woman was admitted to CR and diagnosed as senility. History of meningitis at 2 - speech and gait affected, mentality of a child of 4, could not dress herself; in bed last two years, has had a stroke, incontinent and paralysed. Parents dead - mother senile before death, father was a farmer. Two surviving sisters, three others died young of croup, TB and meningitis. Home conditions good, harmonious."
11.2 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Idiocy, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1945
"This is "a kind of imbecile lassie" - always in bed. Father a well-to-do farmer. Intelligent. Mother alive, elderly. Very fine woman, about 55. Good home, clean, harmonious. [Male informant] this girl had a huge head - thought to be the result of infantile paralysis shortly after birth. Dr - post-meningitis hydrocephaly."
11.3 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1945
"This woman had an IQ of 68 - Dr confirms backwardness. She is married and keeps house for her widowed father. Dr confirms - an unstable type of family. The husband, in his late 20's is neurotic, an incomer, but not suitable for inclusion. PC confirms husband is a handyman, about 35?, Irish, quiet."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 11.28, 11.29
11.6 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, November 1945
"This woman is a bad type, used to be a prostitute. Goitre. Mother aged over 50, a character. Father, hare lip and cleft palate, speaks very bad, 60+. Husband a general labourer, dermatitis ++. child with cleft palate and harelip - has had a partial repair. Housing: awful, tiny bedroom and a kitchen like a dungeon. Fairly clean."
Relatives in survey: Husband 11.62, sibling, father
11.8 Female, Widow, 55-64 yrs, Schizophrenia, November 1945
12.7 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, May 1946
"This girl was not bright at school, was slow, just dull. She is now working as a domestic on a farm. [Male informant] says the children are not bright but will be good enough for farm or domestic service. Nurse says this family is a very nice one. Three rooms, clean. Dr says this is a good family, decent parents."
Relatives in survey: 12.8