15.12 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1946
Scope and Contents
"This lad had an I.Q. of 70. P.C. "there is something that should not be there about him". The school master says he is a kind of half-wit who never keeps a job long - he has just been dismissed by the builder who could not put up with him. [Male informant] thinks this boy is "intelligent but not intellectual" but contradicts himself by saying that you can't make anything of him. He is cute, inclined to be dishonest, can't write properly. Nurse thinks this boy is all right. He has been working in the woods, before that on farm work. Dr confirms that this lad is dull. There is a queer streaks in all the family."
Relatives in survey: Father 15.13
Dates
- Other: January 1946
Creator
- From the Series: Mayer-Gross, Wilhelm, Dr (Psychiatrist) (Person)
- From the Series: Brown, Marjorie Alice, 1907-1964 (Director, Department of Social Studies) (Person)
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Full Extent
4 Sheets
Language of Materials
English
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