Intellectual Disability

'Backward, lazy, aggressive, destructive. [Male informant] says he has a not very high IQ, is weak intellectually but not trouble.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.66, 24.67, 24.68, 24.69, 24.72, 24.73 Mother 24.71

'Irresponsible, has no control over the children, plausible, a yes-woman, takes no interest in her children. Minister says she is careless.'

Relatives in survey: Children 24.66, 24.67, 24.68, 24.69, 24.70, 24.72, 24.73

'MD, had an illegitimate baby - admitted to having had sexual intercourse with her father. Mother died when she was 14. Two roomed house, dirty. PC thinks she seems quite normal, reserved. Nurse - giggly and irresponsible rather than dull.'

'Diagnosis: Mental deficiency. Straightforward mongol with a fair degree of backwardness. Was friendly, pleasantly noisy and very apparently of happy disposition. Siblings bright and normal. Mother was ill during pregnancy. Very often sick. Health otherwise good. Also worried because her children had fever during her pregnancy. Father, healthy, gamekeeper. No miscarriages or still births. No alcoholism in family. Good house, not overcrowded, clean - mother had a mania for cleanliness.'

'MD, attended special class. Father, quarry worker. Mother a big stout woman, not healthy, 40+, acid condition. Good home, clean. Nurse confirms, simple, will be able to work under control. Minister confirms, MD, parents OK.'

'IQ 72. Now working, not too bad but not just normal. Was threatened with TB bowel, was frequently in the Infirmary. Chorea. Parents living, mother 40+, reasonably smart. Decent home. Spotlessly clean, not overcrowded. Nurse thinks the mother fussed these children too much. Minister confirms - nice family.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.86 Mother 24.85

'Jumpy, nervous woman, spoils her children, reasonably smart. Brother committed suicide. Husband a farm worker, healthy. Nurse confirms: Jumpy and fussy.'

Relatives in survey: Children 24.84, 24.86

"This boy is backward, can't read, has a very dull voice. Considered lazy. He had a head injury five years ago. [Teacher] says this boy has a mental age of 8; he is lazy and feels no shame at beign in a class with little boys of 6. He is very poor at reading, hopeless at composition and his arithmetic is backward. Parents too soft - make the most of his head injury. Nice house, living conditions very good."

'This woman is thought to be dull and slow by the schoolmaster but Mrs L thinks she is all right. She works on a farm. Very clean and tidy. Widow (husband killed in Germany, his death was precipitating cause of his Uncle's breakdown). Parents still alive, mother aged about 40+, stolid, shy woman. Son was illegitimate and never legitimised after marriage.'

Relatives in survey: Son 25.16, sibling 25.15