Intellectual Disability

"This girl had infantile paralysis and has never been able to work; she is also backward, never very brilliant. Parents were not quite normal. [Female informant] thinks she may have disseminated scelerosis. Dr says this girl is a bit simple - old polio. Cannot work. Clean home, nice people. Is now pregnant."

"This girl, hunchbacked, hangs about, does no work, has little jobs but is unsatisfactory. Was backward at school, can only just write. Father dead, mother in her 50s, not very bright. Wee house, clean, harmonious. She now does domestic work for a few hours. Dr - has a peculiar appearance."

"This woman was nearly brought into Crichton. She had been playing around with a soldier, thought she was pregnant and developed an acute anxiety state; threatened to throw herself in the river. Always rather simple. She is a maid."

"This single woman has four illegitimate children. She used to cook in a hotel, then worked for ICI. Housing: 3 rooms and a kitchen for her, her mother, four children and a lodger."

"This man is definitely MD. Was dischared from the army, discharged from the railway, recently involved in a theft. Has a stammer and could not pronounce his name. Dr says he is MD, has had meningitis. Does silly things, pinched bombs and detonators."

"This man is paralysed and feebleminded - is now kept hidden away by his family. Was taunted and made fun of by the young men. No information about parents, but they had money and none of the present generation need to work. Largish house, not overcrowded, clean."

"This lad had an IQ of 79 at school; never very much good, just a bit dull. Now thought to be working for Callander Cable Company or at the dairy."

"This boy had an IQ or 83 at schoo. Could read and write but could not spell or write composition. He is a nice, reliable child and was good at practical subjects, not a problem. Dr says this boy is a bit simple and is parents sub-mental"

Parents: 31.28, 31.29

"This man, a forester, is said to be "sub-mental"; very decent people."

"Dr considers this woman sub-mental - probably just a slow country type. Decent, nice woman."