Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
25.28 Female, Separated or divorced, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1945
'This woman is an outdoor worker, a stout blousy woman, not a good type, "a wee bit soft - a simple soul".
Relatives in survey: son 25.5
25.31 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1944
This girl had an IQ of 84 at school. She is now a maid. Dismissed for backchat.
Relatives in survey: brother 25.32
25.34 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1945
"Recently in hospital with diabetes. Very quiet, unassuming man, shy and backward. I think he is a batchelor and lives with his brother."
Relatives in survey: nephew 25.13
25.35 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1945
"[Male teacher] says this boy is very dull - he would call him dull and backward. Reads with difficulty, very dirty and untidy. "cannon fodder".
25.41 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, August 1945
Sergeant says this lad is very queer.
Relatives in survey: Mother 25.23, siblings 25.39, 25.40, 25.42
25.43 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1945
"This woman is described as a bit slow, doesn't know very much, simple, "trochled", slovenly. RSSPCC have warned her for neglecting her children. House very dirty and untidy, delapidated and surrounded by water - they have to nail up the wallpaper as it would never stick."
Relatives in survey: Son 25.26
25.44 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1945
"This woman is a simple soul and looks it. She is "a pure slave", very hard worked, is a dairywoman. She must be simple or she would never put up with so much work. They live in one room with a wooden partition. Fairly clean. Family relationships harmonious except when husband comes home drunk and gives her a nailing."
Relatives in survey: Son 25.45
25.45 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1945
"This boy is said to be a bit simple by [minister]. No other evidence so far."
Relatives in survey: Mother 25.44
25.46 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, October 1945
This man is very very slow, practically illiterate. Roadman. Divorced first wife.
25.50 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, May 1947
"Developmentally he shows gross retardation. At present his spontaneous play, movement, speech and social adaptation would fix his developmental age at under 18 months. I can find no organic cause to account for his speech defect and as it is not an isolated symptom I am afraid the child will have to trearded as a congenital mental defective - probably an imbecile".