Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
30.53 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, November 1946
"Dull girl. Was rather a nervous child. Was a cleaner. Illegitimate, mother now married and away. She lives with an aunt. No siblings. Dr does not think she was bad enough for the special class. She was a bad speaker. Now a cleaner in a factory."
30.60 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946
"A terrible problem, defective and paralysed, sent to the Special class but would not go. Very jerky and unnatural. Nurse confirms he is a bad one, had infantile paralysis, spoilt, just at home, never made to do a thing. Seen by PSW - looks like a high grade. One sibling has had a dirty head since she had mastoid. Dr - had infantile paralysis, has a vile temper. Mother about 40."
Sibling: 30.61 Father: 30.59
30.62 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"A want about him, over polite. Used to take out the basting threads at the tailors, now is a packman. Played the organ but wasn't any good. Big house, clean, not overcrowded. Dr says he is MD and neurotic, can work at tailoring, a grand musician. Siblings are OK."
30.63 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, November 1946
"This girl led the schoolmaster a dance, very impudent, clever. Now working in the co-op. Has a bit of a stammer."
Siblings: 30.64
30.64 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1946
"IQ 79, not too bad. Father a dairyman, has a milk round, smart. Mother, 40+, helps with the post. Very respected people."
Sibling: 30.63
30.66 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1946
"This woman is definitely simple. She came as a housekeeper and had a child 9 months later. Very, very dull."
Son: 30.67
30.67 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"Definitely mentally deficient, can't walk. Mother realised it and wants to put him in a home. Illegitimate. Father elderly."
Mother: 30.66
30.68 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"IQ 70-, dull, has had fits but not recently. The only child to get a free dinner. Very backward but nice."
30.69 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1946
"Boarded out child from Glasgow. Is slow. Good with his hands."
30.73 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"A peculiar type, harum scarum, came of a good family and had some money but went through it, has lovely furniture but it is wasitng with neglect and dirty. Definitely dull, has had too many children. Brother shot a girl who jilted him before the war. Dr says this woman is definitely soft."
Children: 30.79, 30.76, 30.80, 30.75, 30.74, 30.77, 30.107