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Disabled Persons

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

Found in 264 Collections and/or Records:

7.2 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Physical illness or invalidism, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/7
Scope and Contents

"Getting very mental, senile, mind deteriorating. Crippled and bedridden with rheumatism - was taken to The Grove but walked out in her nightie and came home in a taxi. Neighbours will not help because they are afraid of [7.3]. From nurse. She is a great problem, failing and anaemic. She is the source of [7.3]'s trouble. House fairly clean. Senile. Dr confirms."


Relatives in survey: 7.3

Dates: June 1947

11.2 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Idiocy, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents

"This is "a kind of imbecile lassie" - always in bed. Father a well-to-do farmer. Intelligent. Mother alive, elderly. Very fine woman, about 55. Good home, clean, harmonious. [Male informant] this girl had a huge head - thought to be the result of infantile paralysis shortly after birth. Dr - post-meningitis hydrocephaly."

Dates: Other: November 1945

12.4 Male, Widowed, Married, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11
Scope and Contents

"This man is described as an old rogue. Dr thinks he is peculiar. He is blind, a queer old fish, can spread manure if they lead him to it. Twice married."


Relatives in survey: wife 12.3

Dates: Other: May 1946

12.9 Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, Undiagnosed, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11
Scope and Contents

"Definitely mental, defective in hearing and speech, face peculiar. Lives with his sister, a widow. Past work."


Relatives in survey: 34.64

Dates: Other: February 1946

17.6 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/16
Scope and Contents

"Looks like an MD, quarrelsome, can work a little under supervision, not reliable."


Relatives in survey: Father 17.5

Dates: Other: September 1946

19.6 Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/18
Scope and Contents

'This man was seen by PSW - seemed simple and almost childish, very talkative about himself. Was 17 years in one job then developed heart trouble, cannot do anything heavy. Was a paid fire watcher for a time, now a cleaner. Takes drops at night for his heart. [Male informant] confirms - he is queer and soft, not 100%. He lives alone in a little wooden hut.'


Relatives in survey: 19.7, 22.3, 19.25

Dates: Other: November 1945

20.1 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/19
Scope and Contents

'Pituitary disorder, massive for her age, dull, asthmatic, adipose, genitalia undeveloped. Father a shepherd. Mother OK, "a wailey kind o' creature, a wee bit below normal" - Inspector.'

Dates: Other: February 1947