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Found in 543 Collections and/or Records:
27.31 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1945
"This boy had an IQ of 70-. Working on a farm. Father, railwayman, mother in her early 40's. Sister also dull, a lot off school. Very decent people. Housing: 3 rooms for 5 + lodger, clean and harmonious [male informant] says this lad looks MD. Dr says this boy is sub-normal, now working on the railway. Father also dull, TB in family."
Relatives in survey: 27.49, 27.32
27.32 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, August 1945
"This girl is considered dull. Is working in the co-op."
Relatives in survey: brother 27.31, father 27.49
27.46 Male, Married, Over 65 yrs, Undiagnosed, July 1945
"This man, a ploughman, is described as ignorant and foolish, very bad tempered, a bit of a fool, fights with his employers. Takes no interest in household affairs."
Relative in survey: son 27.45
27.49 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, October 1945
"This man, a platelayer on the railway is said to be dull. There is TB in the family."
Relatives in survey: 27.32, 27.31
27.53 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Suspected psychiatric illness, October 1945
"This lad cannot read or write. He works on a farm, gives no trouble. He is one of a large family of horse-dealers and hawkers. they keep very much to themselves and make a good living by dealing in scrap. House, 4 or 5 rooms, overcrowded, harmonious. Plenty of money, always go to the fair. Clean."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 27.52, 27.51
27.58 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Alcoholism, September 1947
"Incomer, very much addicted to drink. Small crofter, now working on a small wood-cutting business."
Relatives in survey: 27.59
27.60 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1947
"IQ 70 backward, very slow, can scarcely speak. Father a roadman. Normal home, clean."
28.10 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, October 1946
"This woman is mentally slow but clean and honest. Used to go out charring, not now. Housing clean but poor, not overcrowded, fairly harmonious. Has a bit of a tongue."
Relatives in survey: husband 28.9, children 28.8, 28.7
28.12 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946
"This man scored 9 in the OT test (=SG 5). He is moody, sometimes speaks to you and sometimes doesn't. Used to be a groom, now working in a govt. department. Dr says he is lazy, stayd off work a lot. Lives with married sister."
28.13 Female, Separated or divorced, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1946
"Promiscuous and immoral. Feckless, but can look nice. Mother dead. Sergt. - a proper gyp, a dead wrong one. No PA, was offered indoor relief but refused it. Known to RSSPCC. Nurse: A problem woman, dirty, soft and MD. Labour exchange - working as a char, a bad lot."
Relatives in survey: children 28.14, 28.15