Eczema
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
7.6 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Other organic psychoses, June 1947
"Attended OPC. Diagnosis: Organic tremor. Sister, eczema of hands, in domestic service; brother, of low average intelligence. House very overcrowded, clean."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 7.8, 7.9
25.16 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1944
'This child is illegitimate and though his parents have now married he is not yet legitimatised. He is considered very backward at school. He had infantile eczema. Father killed in Germany. He lives with his mother and grandmother in a 3 roomed reconditioned house.'
Relatives in survey: Mother 25.12, great uncle 25.1, uncle 25.15.
31.128 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1945
"This man is a simpleton but is able to work for a coal firm. A brother, queer, drinks a lot, had a foot amputated. [Male informant] - this man has a perpetual itch. "Decent, silly crater, nothing in him." Can be very hot tempered. Dr confirms that this man is quite MD; has eczema and is deaf. Quite a hard worker but people won't work with him because of his skin condition."
PR2.1412, 1946-1952
Case summary relating to female patient from south Edinburgh aged 6 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: eczema. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.