Intellectual Disability

"Dull girl. Clean house, decent folk. Not known to P.A.O. Nurse confirms - thinks she will be all right once she leaves school."

"This boy has a low I.Q. - [female informant]. P.C. - father a farm worker. Doesn't know any more. Not known to P.A.O. or to Nurse."

"Backward child, not very bad, was improving when he left. Inattentive, could not concentrate, difficult to teach. Poor home conditions. Not known to P.A.O. P.C. confirms. Parents just average, slow in the uptake. Not bright. Poor house."

"I.Q. 70-. Not known to [male informant]. Not known to P.A.O. Nurse cannot help, but thinks they are still there."

"Dull boy."

Relatives in survey: Father 40.16

"I.Q. 84 but said to be dull, duller than her brother. She is illegitimate."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.17

"Doubtful case - I.Q. 75 but [female informant] gave him as a backward child. Was about one class retarded in all subjects. Squints, very quiet. Has been brought up by grandmother and a paternal aunt. Rather spoilt. Nurse confirms. Mother died when brother was born."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.20

"Dull boy, difficult to teach, not good with his hands."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.19

"Definitely M.D. [female informant]. Can't do very much, has never had a definite job, worked for a time on [named farm]. P.C.: he was up for theft at the farm. Can't read or write. House was dirty. P.A.O confirms that they are a poor lot. Nurse confirms. Definitely M.D."

"Diagnosis: Congenital Deficiency. Admitted to C.R.I. 1928. Patient is an illegitimate child. Has always been enfeebled mentally. He began to talk at usual time, went to school at 6 years, but never learned anything. He left school at 14 and has worked on a farm as a general labourer since then. On admission here he was quiet, facile and mentally enfeebled. R.A. patient."