Intellectual Disability

'This boy had an IQ of 84 at school. [Female teacher] considers he was a problem and a difficult boy. He is now working in a garage. Illegitimate or an orphan. Dr - garage proprietor thinks very highly of him, he is reliable. [Female informant] says this child is exceptionally dull.'

'This child is a Mongol. she also has a deformed hand. Nurse thinks there were some previous miscarriages. Mother about 40, father, tractor driver, very decent, very steady. Decent, clean people, harmonious, not overcrowded.'

'This woman has a little want - is soft and queer. She works on a farm. Husband a ploughman, one child. This farmer employs only very rough people - the conditions are so bad.'

Relatives in survey: Mother

'This girl is good natured but soft, is a fearful liar and cheat. Has a little cottage, clean. Had a forced marriage with her husband owing to her pregnancy. Nurse says soft, cannot say no to a man. Child to a British Honduran?'

Relatives in survey: Mother, husband 22.34

'This high grade imbecile can read and write a little. Has a history of indecent exposure and attacks on women and is always under observation. He has a fixed vacant stare, cannot answer simple questions such as where he was born, name of his father and mother, does not know some coins such as half crown, did not know what he had for dinner which was only two hours previously. No relations known. No occupation.'

'This girl was very backward but a nice girl. Said to have been at Special School.'

Relatives in survey: mother 22.47 siblings 22.40, 22.41, 22.39

'This man is very backward, attended the special school, honeest but slow, no imagination, now in army.'

Relatives in survey: mother 22.47 siblings 22.40, 22.41, 20.37

'This girl was a cert. MD. Father was a tank wagon driver. Was unemployed before the war and on PA for a long time. Mother still there, about 45. Peculiar and dangerous woman, quarrelsome and dishonest. Good house. At home doing nothing.'

Relatives in survey: mother 22.47 siblings 22.41, 22.39, 20.37

'This lad is the least nice of the family and had an IQ of 75. Worked with a contractor before joining the army.'

Relatives in survey: mother 22.47 siblings 22.40, 22.39, 20.37