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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:

29.196 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Physcial illness or invalidism, July 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: July 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

29.238 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Suspected psychiatric illness, Physical illness or invalidism, August 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: August 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

30.106 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents "Mystery case, agonising pains in chest, has to get morphia; has been three times investigated where a coronary thrombosis was diagnosed; in Leith infirmary myocarditis was diagnosed. Has stomach trouble and headaches, cannot walk from one room to another wihtout collapsing, a greetin' Jenny. Very stout. Dr thinks she is mainly neurotic. She talks ++ but reallly has a bad heart. Probably makes the most of it. Hands are like to burst so that she can't move them. Gets sick in her heart...
Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.118 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"OT score of 22. Very nice youth, asthmatic, but better since he was treated. Now driving a car for a game dealer. Mother died at age of 42 of a cerebral haemorrhage. Well doing family, clean home, not overcrowded."


Siblings: 30.119, 30.142

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.119 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Very backward, just as far back as you can get. Asthma."


Siblings: 30.142, 30.118

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.133 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"A wee bit deformed in his feet, a porter."


Father: 30.132 Siblings: 30.134, 30.108

Dates: Other: December 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.154 Male, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Very backward, like his brother. Has a TB hip. A weakling all his days, brought up in cotton wool."


Brother: 30.153

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

31.115 Female, Single, 55-64 yrs, Schizophrenia, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"This old lady lives alone, is deaf, considered very queer, picks out the biggest eggs and apples when she goes shopping. Well known character. Clean house, has a private income. Dr condfirms - filthy, deaf and cranky. [Female informant] - is a pest to the shopkeepers. Dr says this woman is clean off but very cute. She is very deaf."

Dates: Other: July 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 31

31.128 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: Other: July 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 31

31.145 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Backward child, very restless, asthmatic. Father was electrocuted."

Dates: Other: September 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 31

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