26.8, Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, Stammering, November 1946
Scope and Contents
"Patient has NFA [No Fixed Abode]. Occupation: Farm Labourer. Rate-aided patient. Patient was illegitimate. Admitted to CRI. Presently in Galloway House. Diagnosis: Mental Deficiency. Patient is a vagrant and was unable to give a proper account of himself during his two days stay at Notwen House. He has a marked impediment of speech. Knows his name, cannot give his address. Says he worked at harvesting in summer and shawing turnips in winter. Patient works very well in the ward, but is at times quarrelsome and childish. No relations known."
Dates
- Other: November 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
2 Sheets
Language of Materials
English
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