Showing Records: 1 - 10 of 22
3.64 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 68, very deaf in one ear, discharging ears etc. Joined the ATC. Now earning £4 a week labouring. Living conditions: not overcrowded, fairly clean."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69
11.33 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945
12.17 Male, Single, Over 65 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1946
"This man is a low grade defective. Ineducable, can dress and feed himself, cannot speak properly but can make his wants known. Deaf, weeping sores."
13.25 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness and invalidism , September 1946
"[Doctor] says this woman is definitely a bit backward. She is hysterical and highly strung, deaf, talks, repeats herself. No P.A. Nurse confirms deafness. Mountains out of molehills."
Relatives in survey: Son 13.26
27.45 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Schizophrenia, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1945
"This man is deaf and dumb. Mental condition much worse since goitre. Educated at Donaldson's Hospital."
Relative in survey: Father 27.46
16.102 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947
"This boy is very dull, but [male informant] thinks it is due to deafness. Nurse thinks that the dullness was really not due to deafness at all - people thought he didn't hear when really it was only his stupidity. Very very bad speaker, very deaf, seems dull but is good at figures."
Relatives in survey: 16.103, 16.101
16.103 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947
"This boy is very dull, also deaf? From nurse."
Relatives in survey: 16.102, 16.101
28.183 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1946
"This man is stone deaf, simple, works for a coal merchant. PAO confirms: Nice, grand worker, but simple. Dr confirms that he is simple, village idiot type but not so bad. LE: steady worker. [Male informant]: nice lad, plays the fiddle. Sells coal during the week. Did fairly well at school, very willing. Absent from intelligence test."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.184, mother 28.185
PR2.744, 1942
Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; blindness; and mental disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR3.749, 1942
Typed case summary and report relating to male lance corporalfromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: intellectual deterioration as result of head injury; headache; deafnesss; tinnitus; and giddy attacks. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.