Housing, Rural
Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:
3.21 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 70, had a rough stubborn streak. [Female teacher] thinks he isn't bad. Father was a farm worker - married his boss's daughter. Mother - rather silly - e.g took son cream and potato scones when he was in the infirmary on a light diet. Siblings: Brother, OK, IQ 83. Sister, an after thought, quiet and shy. Not very good conditions - e.g one boy aged 10 slept with his granny - could not go away for a holiday as she would miss him."
Relatives in survey: Mother 3.22
3.24 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"IQ 70-, very slow. Father a farm worker. Domineering. Mother 40+, fairly clean. Very quiet and shy. One of 11 siblings. Condemned house but children are fairly clean. Nurse confirms, there are 14 altogether but some died. Clean house, overcrowded. PC confirms - dull family but all right otherwise. Minister confirms. Now doing domestic work."
Relatives in survey: Siblings: 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28
3.34 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 72, a horrid boy [female teacher]. Dull. Now working on the farm. 14 children altogether. Terribly overcrowded and dirty, no water. Not R.C. PC says this boy is an apprentice painter. Parents ok, father a hard worker."
Relatives in survey: Father 3.33, mother 3.35
3.36 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"Birth injury, backward with some spastic paraplegia. [Male informant] says he is improving. There is some talk of his being able to come to school. Housing poor - the Duke will not repair it. Clean."
Relatives in survey: Father 3.43
3.53 Male, Single, Over 65 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Dull, mental, single, like his great-nephew. But able to work at something. Illegitimate. Mother alive, very old, dirty, 70++. Overcrowded, not very clean. Filthy house. Nurse has never seen him."
Relatives in survey: sister 3.54
3.55 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
3.62 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, Stammering, June 1947
"Simple, has a speech impediment, easily led, not much initiative, very poor looking, semi-derelict. An outworker, does not have much time for the children who are badly turned out. Two roomed condemned house, bad conditions. She is afraid of her mother. Mother a fine woman. Father, a waster, died young."
Relatives in survey: Husband 3.60, children 3.61
3.78 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Nurse says this woman is definitely soft, very dull. You can make nothing of her. Living conditions: Fairly clean, very small, two rooms. Minister says husband is decent, doesn't drink."
Relatives in survey: Husband 3.85
40.1 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Other organic psychoses, July 1945
"This man was in C.R. with G.P.O. Discharged recovered, c/o mother. He is now pigman to [name inserted]. Information from C.R. casebook and [male informant]. Rate-aided patient, no other P.A. Not known to P.A.O. Clean house, 3 rooms."
40.2 Female, Separated or divorced, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Dull and backward, July 1947
"A bit soft, a field worker, was turned out by her father before he died. Separated from her husband who has since died. The rest of her children will have nothing to do with her - she lives in a condemned house with [male]. [Sons' names] are the worst. They both went to the special class. P.C. confirms that they are mostly all dull. Clean House. No. P.A. Clean house - [daughter] keeps it. Nurse confirms."
Relatives in survey: Children 40.3, 40.4, 40.5, 40.6