Showing Records: 1 - 7 of 7
2.15 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Dull and Backward, July 1945
"This woman is called "glaikit" by Dr. She is a big strong woman, looks simple. She works as a farm servant. She is illegitimate, her father was a coachman. Housing, 2 roomed lower part of a cottage, damp and tiny, clean. Family relationships inharmonious, much noise and quarrelling. She has not been able to bring her children up properly or to give them the attention they require as she has been out to work all the time."
Relatives in survey: son 2.1
2.58 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, March 1947
"IQ 81 exempt from control exam. Father a shepherd, mother a bit "glaikit"."
Relatives in survey: 2.50, 2.49, 2.47, 2.48 mother 2.59 father 2.46
11.53 Female, Widowed, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, November 1945
"This woman is a notorious character, drinks, frequent disturber of the peace, has been several times in prison. PC thinks she is weakminded. Husband is dead, she has three children by him. Is at present living with a tramp - they live by their wits, are thought to be shawing neeps at present."
12.37 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, May 1946
"This man is slow, not very bright, dour. Drives a tractor. They live in a backward place with no road to it."
Relatives in survey: 12.39, 12.36 12.35, wife 12.38
14.23 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, October 1946
"This man, who used to be a ploughman, is semi-retired. Knocks about a farm, does light work in a hotel. Gey simple, not neurotic, said to embroider his stories a lot."
Relatives in survey: Wife and daughter
26.95, Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Maladjusted child, May 1947
"This boy was a very bad attender. [Male informant] says he was lazy and sleekit, bright enough but unpleasant. He has been working at a sawmill since he left school but is now looking for a better job - would like to be a joiner or work at the Glasgow shipyards."
Relatives in survey: Father 26.11.
16.151 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"IQ 74, dull, wouldn't go to school after her siblings died. Now working in cafe. Father on railway, separated from mother. Mother in her 40s. Four siblings died of diphtheria on the same day. One sister surviving. Dirty house, not overcrowded. Dr confirms - not much good. Dour child. [Male informant] confirms that this girl was a bit dull - a problem when she was on the [area name redacted] side. Nurse confirms."
Relatives in survey: mother 16.152