Intellectual Disability

"This man, a mason's labourer, drinks ++. Lives with his sister. Nurse confirms -drinks all his pay on a Saturday. Dr - has a drinking bout every Saturday lasting until the Sunday morning. A wee bit simple."

"Admitted to CR under certificate. Diagnosed as a mental defective. First admitted to poorhouse in 1925 - always troublesome - sexual desires. Imbecile. Only at school for a short time."

"This man is illiterate, cannot read or write, not very bright. He is a butcher."

"Admitted to CR under certificate. Diagnosis: "Psychosis on a basis of mental defect". Mental age of 9 1/2. Father no fixed address, labourer. Mother deserted when patient was 6 years old. Maternal grandmother alcoholic, separated from husband and has an illegitimate child. Patient was boarded out by PAC. Worked as a domestic."

"A peculiar sort of person, was a domestic servant, won a lot of money in the Irish Sweep, now lives alone, does nothing. Had an illegitimate child. Never very bright. Good clean house. PAO thinks she is defective. Looks soft."

"This girl is very very dull, works as a domestic, is employed at present. Nurse says this girl got the name of being loose, does not look bright."

"This child has eye trouble, will not be back at school. OK mentally but could not do arithmetic or write. Illegitimate. Mother, divorced, in and out of poorhouse, a very bad egg. Dr says this boy is backward - not TB megalacolon."

"Not much of a scholar, a very bad speaker - says "there is something in my heid I can't fathom" - has had an x-ray. Speaks very well when addressing a revivalist meeting. Hot-Gospellers. Soft and morbidly interested in religion. Dr - no signs of a brain tumour, symptoms psychogenic."

"This boy is definitely backward, just stares at you, won't say anything."

"This lad has an IQ of 78. Father a farmer."