Intellectual Disability

'IQ 67, very dull, later in ATS, now married. Minister thinks this one was bright.'

Relatives in survey: Mother 24.42, siblings 24.38, 24.39, 24.40, 24.41

'Very dull, in the special class. Simple, says silly things, laughs with no apparent reason, squints, milestones late. Housing conditions good - lives with her dead father's people. Nurse confirms, was a breach birth, premature, squints.'

Relatives in survey: Mother 24.13

'This man is dull like his wife, a very low type of farm worker. A family with swearing.'

Relatives in survey: Wife 24.47

This woman is dull, cunning, a liar, swears. Minister confirms - very low type.

Relatives in survey: Husband 24.46

'PC thinks this boy should be included. Stole from one of the farms, dull. [Male informant] thought he was not bad, but slow.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.49, 24.51 Mother 24.48

This girl is dull, just at home.

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.49, 24.50 Mother 24.48

'Very bad stammer, "shell-shock" from the last war. Gardener. PC: Not bright, stammer very bad. Clean house. Minister confirms: Grand worker. Nurse confirms - inoffensive and dopey.'

'IQ 72. Present work: Farm worker. PC confirms. He doesn't take things in. Clean house. Minister: Doing well in the army, decent family.'

'Stout, slovenly, nice and easy-going. [Male informant] says that he is dull. Had a name in [district] for running after men. Erratic - house sometimes well kept but at other times untidy and dirty. [Male informant] says they are a poor type of family and that she and her husband are both poor mentally. [married daughter] sounds completely psychopathic. [Son] "A monster without a brain".'

Relatives in survey: Husband 24.60 Children 24.61

'Farm worker, said to be efficient and quiet and inoffensive. [Male informant] thinks he is poor mentally. He buys his son cigarettes because he says he would take them anyway. The boy is stupid with nicotine.'

Relatives in survey: Wife 24.59 Children 24.61