Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
26.74, Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1947
"Defective, needs supervision, no relations known."
26.81, Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"Not exacly dull, a bit backward, has not had much of a chance. Nurse confirms - mentally very low, should be in a home. Parents move about a lot - at present squatting. Home conditions pretty poor."
Relatives in survey: Mother 26.85; siblings 26.83, 26.82, 26.87, 26.86, 26.84
26.82, Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, December 1946
"A trollop, always quarelling with her mother and running away from home. Has one illegitimate child and is expecting another. [Male informant] says she was off school a lot with chorea. Absent from control exam but would have been exempt anyhow, IQ about 70. High grade."
Relatives in survey: Mother 26.85; siblings 26.83, 26.87, 26.81, 26.86, 26.84
26.83, Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Enuresis, February 1947
"IQ 76. Dr says thinks she has some sort of defect, is enuretic. She has had two illegitimate children."
Relatives in survey: Mother 26.85; siblings 26.82, 26.87, 26.81, 26.86, 26.84
26.85, Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, December 1946
"No foresight, only so-so, children are ill-fed and under nourished looking, badly clad, but she goes about in a fur coat. [Male informant] confirms that she is immoral, smokes ++, uses bad language. Husband, decent, has no control over her. They were evicted because they did not pay the rent."
Relatives in survey: Children 26.83, 26.82, 26.87, 26.81, 26.86, 26.84
26.86, Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"This girl had an IQ of 75. She has had two illegitimate children."
Relatives in survey: Mother 26.85; siblings 26.83, 26.82, 26.87, 26.81, 26.84; child 26.100
26.87, Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 72, dull but really better than that, was a very bad attender; is improving with better attendance. Very badly clothed, cowed looiking."
Relatives in survey: Mother 26.85; siblings 26.83, 26.82, 26.81, 26.86, 26.84
26.88, Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"Very poor. Education was interrupted when she went to Rowantree House."
Relatives in survey: Grandfather 26.91; father 26.90
26.89, Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947
"This woman has been charged with neglecting her children. She is weakminded. Though breastfeeding her youngest child, she left it and the other two in charge of the eldest girl while she went off to see about rations and stayed away for the day. Children filthy. Dr - a terrible place, nothing for the baby. One little boy was badly burned."
Relatives in survey: Husband 26.90; child 26.88
26.92, Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, December 1946
"Definitely simple, queer is no' the word for her. She was a widow, had a daughter, very simple, went with British Hondurans, had a black baby. Recently [re] married. Mother very old, senile. House shocking but not overcrowded. Dr says this woman is like something out of a nightmare. Filthy and smelly with funny little eyes. Deaf."
Relatives in survey: Husband 26.91