16.1 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Suspected psychiatric illness, January 1947
Scope and Contents
"This girl is blind and M[entally] D[efective, can't work. Parents separated, mother about 50. Brothers are dull and have eye trouble, syphilitic? Older sister, illegitimate. Another sister married a Dutchman. Clean house, overcrowded. From Nurse. [Male informant] thinks her backwardness is due to her blindness - she answers intelligently. On domiciliary benefit. Dr says this girl is not defective, is bright and can read braille. Both eyes have now been removed. Should have been sent to a blind school but Dr was against it."
Dates
- Other: January 1947
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Extent
2 Sheets
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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