Intellectual Disability

"This boy's IQ is 72. Teacher says she can teach him a little however."

Parents: 21.86, 21.87 siblings: 21.88, 21.23

"This woman is a certified feeble-minded, boarded out by Dumfries County Council. She is able to do rough work - potato peeling etc. She is very heavy on her clothes and always seems to be in rags. Guardian receives 15/- a week for her. Dr confirms - this may be the result of a birth injury, as her face is very deformed."

"This boy has an IQ of 70. Teacher confirms that he is very backward, but he was good at music. His mother is dead, father a forester. Youngest of five, one was killed in a road accident. Others said to be quite bright. good home - sister runs it. Said to be a delicate child, mother was apparently nervous and depressed after the death of his brother. Housing: 4 rooms and kitchen for 6, only fairly clean."

Siblings: 21.27

""Daft sort of a girl" - "has a want". Has an illegitimate child. Dr says this girl is quite soft and a nymphomaniac. Worked for a time on the buses, then in munitions."

Brother: 21.26

"This boy has an IQ of 80. He is in the special class. He missed a lot of schooling when he had nephritis. He is a very good horseman and is probably going to train as a jockey. PC says this boy is wild but all right."

Father: 21.56

"This girl is described as a bit simple. Played an accordion at a social and couldn't be persuaded to stop. At home. Mother aged about 50. Father was in CR suffering from depression. Discharged, committed suicide some time after. Thought to have been worried about his sons in service. Family life probably indifferent. Mother seemed very indifferent to her husband, he had tried to cut his throat before he was admitted. Housing: 3 rooms and attic for 3."

"This boy has an IQ of 73. Father a ploughman, married twice. Mother certainly soft, about 50. [Male informant] he is bordering on mental deficiency. He has a vicious, bad strain. Idled for 2-3 years at home on leaving school, now at work on a farm. Decent people, no delinquency. House fairly clean. Family relations harmonious but family is very poor. [Male informant] thinks the family look mental."

Relatives in survey: 21.62, 21.63, 21.64, 21.65, 12.66

"This man is described as a "big soft lump". He is a bad farmer and is always having help from the War Agricultural Committee. He looks younger than his age. He has two illegitimate children and one somewhere else; he apparently can't marry as he would lose his half-share of the farm. Dr confirms tha this man is soft; says he is a decent wee chap. Housing: Farm house for him, his sister and a boarded out lunatic. Clean."

"This man is considered irresponsible and soft. He is a ploughman. Wife "nothing much in her". Housing: 2 rooms, clean. Family relationships must be remarkably tolerant - parents apparently quite unperturbed when daughter had an illegitimate child when she was 13. Dr confirms - father is dull, quiet man, never drinks, good worker."