Housing
Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:
24.84 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Chorea, July 1947
'IQ 72. Now working, not too bad but not just normal. Was threatened with TB bowel, was frequently in the Infirmary. Chorea. Parents living, mother 40+, reasonably smart. Decent home. Spotlessly clean, not overcrowded. Nurse thinks the mother fussed these children too much. Minister confirms - nice family.'
Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.86 Mother 24.85
25.11 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Head injury, May 1945
"This boy is backward, can't read, has a very dull voice. Considered lazy. He had a head injury five years ago. [Teacher] says this boy has a mental age of 8; he is lazy and feels no shame at beign in a class with little boys of 6. He is very poor at reading, hopeless at composition and his arithmetic is backward. Parents too soft - make the most of his head injury. Nice house, living conditions very good."
25.13 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, May 1945
"This child is solitary and keeps to himself. His uncle is a pigman and gravedigger, is shy and backward. Mother in her late 20's keeps a very clean house. [Female teacher] says this child was very slow in beginning to speak, but is improving. He won't read or count but she thinks he understands."
Relatives in survey: Uncle 25.34
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.
25.40 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Psychopathic personality, September 1945
"Sergeant says she is a very bad girl. Was in service but spent many nights sleeping in the town with soldiers. Is now at home looking after an illegitimate child. Says this family used to live 14 in 3 rooms, just like rabbits."
Relatives in survey: Mother 25.23, siblings 25.39, 25.41, 25.42
25.51 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, August 1947
"PS says he has a softness, is weak mentally. Farm servant. Condemned house - dirty. Very bare, they live a hand to mouth existence."
Relatives in survey: Wife 25.52
26.85, Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, December 1946
"No foresight, only so-so, children are ill-fed and under nourished looking, badly clad, but she goes about in a fur coat. [Male informant] confirms that she is immoral, smokes ++, uses bad language. Husband, decent, has no control over her. They were evicted because they did not pay the rent."
Relatives in survey: Children 26.83, 26.82, 26.87, 26.81, 26.86, 26.84
27.17 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, July 1945
27.26 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, July 1945
27.27 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Alcoholism, August 1945
"This man has just finished a sentence for theft. Used to drink a lot but has not been drunk since released. He is not doing anything at present. Mother alive, very old, dear old woman, clean. Housing: dirty, one room and attic (mother has the other half which is clean). Inharmonious."