Occupations
Found in 543 Collections and/or Records:
17.34 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 79, didn't sit the Control exam, not much good. Worked on farm, is now a driver?."
Relatives in survey: Mother 17.29, father 17.32, siblings 17.27, 17.28, 17.33, 17.26
17.36 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Alcoholism, December 1946
"This man, a gamekeeper, drinks. Not a very satisfactory home, children permanent bad attenders. Very remote, two miles from the bus."
Relatives in survey: wife 17.35, children 17.39, 17.38, 17.37
17.37 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, December 1946
"IQ 79, slow, has an impediment. Working on a farm."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.36, mother 17.35, siblings 17.39, 17.38
17.39 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"Slow but neat and tidy. Gets into debt, can't manage very well. At present a maid."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.36, mother 17.35, siblings 17.38, 17.37
17.44 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1947
"This man is soft, can't work properly, just does casual farm work."
18.17 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"Very dull, returned a blank paper for the IQ test. Mother died a few years ago. Father a casual labourer, OK. Granny runs the house - a rat run. Father's siblings were a telegraph linesman, a postman, a scaffy and a byreman."
Grandmother 18.16
19.17 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Undiagnosed, November 1945
'This man was uncontrollable when he was at school, once thrashed the schoolmaster. Now seems to be all right. A labourer. At present in the army. Nurse says this man used to have a reputation for loose morals but is now quite a nice individual. He is a quarry labourer. Wife, about 30, a little peculiar, very quiet. The children walk funny.'
Relatives in survey: Children 19.18, 19.19
19.21 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945
'This lad is at present a tractor driver. Before that he embezzled some money which his aunt paid up for him. He is lazy and dull.'
Relatives in survey: Mother 19.20, siblings 19.22, 19.24
19.25 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945
'This woman has two illegitimate children. She is clean, a grand worker but "a wee bit mental". She is an out-worker at a farm. Dr thinks she is normal mentally.'
Relatives in survey: 19.6, 19.7, 19.26
19.29 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945
'This boy had an IQ of 78 when he was at school. . He is now considered smart, is working on a farm. Housing: three rooms for 7 or 8, clean. Dr - constant rows, heads requiring to be stitched up. Rows every Saturday night.'
Relatives in survey: father 19.53, siblings 19.54, 19.30, 19.31