Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
34.57 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1946
"This man, a ploughman, is not very bright laughs and giggles if you speak to him, you cannot get a story out of him. No PA. Is very quiet, you cannot get a word out of him. Dr thinks this man is probably defective."
34.60 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1946
"This boy is backward, about 2 years retarded. Father a farm worker with bad eyesight. Nurse says these are peculiar people, the children are nice. Three roomed house for 6. Dirty. Reconditioned."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 34.61, 34.62, mother 34.65
34.61 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1946
"This girl is backward, about two years behind in school work."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 34.60, 34.62, mother 34.65
34.62 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1946
"This girl is about two years retarded in schoolwork."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 34.60, 34.61, mother 34.65
34.64 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1946
"This lad had an IQ of 70. It is not known what he is doing, most likely in forces. Decent people, no delinquency."
Relatives in survey: Father 34.11
34.65 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1946
"This woman is thouless, filthy, defective according to Dr. Family are a bad lot. Nurse thinks they are a peculiar people."
Relatives in survey: Children 34.60, 34.61, 34.62
34.74 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Suspected psychiatric illness, February 1946
"This woman was a certified MD. "big soft lump, very very mental"."
35.14 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Schizophrenia, High grade mental defective, July 1947
"Schizophrenia in a mental defective. Farm worker. Clean house. Married, two children under school age, nurse says they are all right."
35.15 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 78 now a joiner, living with parents and doing quite well. Clean house, respectable people. Minister thinks he is all right, doing well. Dr thinks he is OK."
35.16 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"This child is dull. She is an adopted illegitimate child. She is wild and a bad influence. Nurse confirms - very slow, had to be kept back a year. Home conditions quite good. Minister confirms - a wooden child, suspicious, illegitimate. Mother was smart and versatile, had some sex trouble - another illegitimate. Now has a good job, said to be all right."