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2.24 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, June 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2

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"This girl has an IQ of 73. She is a solemn and heavy child, can read and write a little, is two classes retarded. Dr confirms - she has a TB gland in her neck. District nurse saw her in a fit which from its description was epileptic."

Relatives in survey: father 2.23, siblings 2.26, 2.19, mother 2.22

Dates: Other: June 1945

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.3 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"Admitted to CR - rate-aieded, diagnosis - feebleminded since birth (?low grade). mental age 7-8 years. Mother had an epileptic brother, father died ten years ago. Brother, epileptic idiot, died at the age of 14. Good home. Father used to be a weaver. Patient had become truculent and aggressive in the last 4 months. Dr confirms - died of cerebral thrombosis."

Relatives in survey: cousin 28.1

Dates: Other: July 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

45.1 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/42

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"Nurse says that this child was very slow in sitting up, developing etc. Took fits. Has a very shy expression, not what he should be, slobbers. Housing conditions good."

Relatives in survey: Father 45.2

Dates: Other: October 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

45.6 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/42

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"This girl is said to have fits at night, but is getting better. She is very retarded, has a mental age of 7 or 9. Nervous. Dr - epileptic but getting better."

Dates: Other: September 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

13.19 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/12

Scope and Contents "This child is epileptic, took fits in the bus and in school - sometimes as many as three in a day. Dull, couldn't read or write, very naughty, exposed herself. In the end the teacher took her off the roll, without the Director's sanction. Mother, dead, was hysterical - the abnormality was thought to be on her side. Cancer. Father a shepherd. Clean home when mother was alive, well cared for, no overcrowded. Since mother's recent death they haved moved. No P.A. Doctor confirms: only half of...

Dates: September 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

1.388 Female, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/1

Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

Dates: Other: May 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

15.35 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Epilepsy, December 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/14

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"Diagnosed as a case of infantile hemiplegia with mental defect and epilepsy, the latter leading to temperamental outbursts. On P.A. for many years inc. 1940. Mother is an invalid with heart, very nice woman. Home conditions very good, harmonious."

Dates: Other: December 1945

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

16.25 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15

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"IQ 70, defective and deformed, will never be able to work. Illegitimate, lives with his uncle and mother. Father very defective looking. Only very little at school, started late. Nice lad. Dr confirms: Spastic birth paralysis, has epileptic fits. They are afraid he might assault people. Should be in an institution. Nurse says he is a post-encephalitic."

Relatives in survey: mother 16.24

Dates: Other: February 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

23.66 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, May 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/22

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"This girl was unfit for work. Illegitimate. Nusrse says she takes fits of some kind. Very peculiar complexion - some days a red blob on each cheek, otherwise quite white. Can go messages."

Dates: Other: May 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

29.22 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, April 1944

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28

Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: April 1944

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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2.24 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, June 1945

28.3 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, July 1946

45.1 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, October 1946

45.6 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, September 1946

13.19 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, September 1946

1.388 Female, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, May 1947

15.35 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Epilepsy, December 1945

16.25 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947

23.66 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, May 1946

29.22 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Epilepsy, April 1944

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