Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
39.54 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Nurse says this child was queer, dull. Illegitimate, living with her father and stepmother. Whereabouts of mother unknown. Father has a very low mentality, farm worker, very poor. Foster mother definitely queer."
Relatives in survey: Father 39.55, stepmother 39.66
39.55 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Very low mentality, farm worker, very poor."
Relatives in survey: wife 39.66, daughter 39.54
39.56 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Mischievous boy, lazy, scabies, truanting. dull? Nurse confirms - definitely dull. Illegitimate. A pure pest."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.57
39.60 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, August 1947
"Appears to be MD, undeveloped, stunted, does not talk properly, makes sounds, can hear. At age 6 had to be dressed, fed etc. Nurse says she will have to go to the special school, can make no headway. Father a farm worker. Mother 25+. Brother slow in walking. Housing: 3 roomed cottage, dirty and overcrowded."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.62, sibling 39.61
39.61 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, August 1947
"This boy was slow in walking, ? MD."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.62, sibling 39.60
39.62 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, August 1947
"Neglectful, careless and lazy. Unsatisfactory."
Relatives in survey: Children 39.61, 39.60
39.63 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, August 1947
"[Male informant] says this man, a ploughman, is mentally defective. Soft, has a very unstable work record."
Relatives in survey: Wife 39.64, children 39.65, 39.67, 39.68
39.65 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"IQ 72, five different schools between 1939 and 1944. Untidy and dirty, was in Lochmaben with TB. Mother always kept him off school to do errands and he was eventually killed by a bus."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.64, Father 39.63, siblings 39.67, 39.68
39.67 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Stammering, July 1947
"Speech defect, low intelligence but not MD. D and E in all subjects except handwork. Father, 50, a ploughman, mentally defective. Mother 38-40, man daft. Queer family, mentally defective. Mother has twice left her family. Dirty and overcrowded ++. [Male informant says they are a hopeless crowd of MD's. The least wee thing would send the mother off, bad-tempered."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.64, Father 39.63, siblings 39.65, 39.68
39.68 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Dull boy, D in everything."
Relatives in survey: Mother 39.64, Father 39.63, siblings 39.65, 39.67.