Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
21.50 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, September 1945
"This child has just gone to school; looks about 3 and cannot speak properly."
Siblings: 21.51, 21.52, 21.53
21.51 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Psychopathic personality, High grade mental defective, September 1945
"This boy is in Primary 1. Very retarded owing to lack of schooling. Very sharp boy, lies and swears, filthy and has impetigo. IQ 70-."
Siblings: 21.50, 21.52, 21.53
21.53 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1945
"This girl is in Primary 1 - has had hardly any schooling. Nice nature, but has a bad temper. Keen to learn. "Very very dull, simple but cheery"."
Siblings: 21.50, 21.51, 21.52
21.56 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1945
"Dr says thi man is dull, has as much intelligence as the leg of a table. He is a blacksmith. Parents both dead. Wife about 50. Housing: 3 rooms and kitchen for 7. Family relationships peaceful."
Son: 21.28
21.58 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, May 1945
"This boy is good with his hands but backward, "a wee bit dour". Doesn't like school. Will probably be quite a good farm hand."
Relatives in survey: 21.30, 21.31, 21.59, 21.60, 21.61, 21.32
21.60 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, May 1945
"This boy is kind of simple, his mother explains it by saying he had a fall on his head in childhood. Working with the Forestry Commission. Father is an estate worker. Mother aged 40, said to be a clever woman. Had violent recurrent headaches. Housing: Family lives on a smallholding - 3 rooms and 2 attics for 6. Clean and harmonious. Dr confirms - has the mentality of a gorilla."
Relatives in survey: 21.30, 21.31, 21.59, 21.61, 21.58, 21.32
21.61 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Enuresis, May 1945
"This girl is described as pretty dull by her late teacher, but she is able to work. At present a landgirl. She is also enuretic, always has been."
Relatives in survey: 21.30, 21.31, 21.59, 21.60, 21.58, 21.32
21.64 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, April 1945
"This little girl is the "most glaiket" of her family, which is saying a good deal. She is not yet at school but is queer in Sunday school."
Relatives in survey: 21.62, 21.63, 21.65, 12.66, 21.37
21.65 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1945
"This woman is described as "a bit throughither" and as "certainly soft". Very poor family, all look mental. Not very bright, careless, not clean. They used to live in a miserable hovel."
Relatives in survey: 21.62, 21.63, 21.64, 12.66, 21.37
21.66 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1945
"This boy is very dull, but will make a good farm hand."
Relatives in survey: 21.62, 21.63, 21.64, 21.65, 21.37