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3.23 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, June 1947
"Meningitis 6 years ago, getting increasingly deaf since, but M[ental] D[efective] anyhow. Has minor fits - loses consciousness for a few minutes and becomes rigid. Associated with her periods. Does not get a proper wage but seem squite satisfied - working in the Convalescent Home. Sister, very timid, living with her. Parents dead? [Female informant] considered that there was an hysterical element in the family. Seen by PSW."
28.20 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"This man used to take fits, now all right. Farm worker. Sergeant confirms that he is a backward kind of character, unconscious looking. Dr say he is not epileptic, but has VDH. Very dull."
39.48 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Stammering, July 1947
"IQ 70, at Loreburn Street. Has a stammer, dull and backward, flares into tempers, left-handed. Thought to have had a fit."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 39.46, 39.47, 39.48 Mother 39.45
43.10 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Other organic psychoses, January 1946
"This child had a fit just before Christmas - was thought to have meningitis but didn't. Housing very good, clean, not overcrowded. Nurse says she was always a backward child, very slow to learn to speak. Dr confirms that she is subnormal. Her convulsive seizures at Christmas were probably hysterical - she had had too much excitement."
Relatives in survey: Father 43.11
PR2.728, 1942
Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; mental deficiency; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.791, 1941-1942
Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; birth injury; squint; and intellectual disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.820, 1942
Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; hemiplegia; convulsions; and mental backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR3.245, 1941
Typed case summary relating to male gunner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; numbness of left extremities; fits; mental deficiency; hyperkinesis of left limbs; and hysterical symptoms. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR4.402, 1938
Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; fits; and urinary incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR4.403, 1938
Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; convulsions; developmental delay; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.