Intellectual Disability

"I.Q. 70-. [Male informant] confirms that he is very dull. Was an app. mason, was turned down for the R.A.F., now working in the milk factory. Now a builder's labourer. [Female informant's] clerk thinks he is quite smart. P.C. thinks there is nothing wrong with this boy - he is good looking and smart. Clean house, decent people. Nurse confirms."

"M.D., unstable and impulsive, never keeps his jobs long, has been had up for assault. Has not worked for a year, not fit to work. P.A.O. confirms "kind of off"."

Relatives in survey: Mother 40.27, sister 40.25

"This woman is M.D. Wanders about the village shouting and singing, in many rows. Housing: fairly clean. P.C confirms. Harmless."

Relatives in survey: Children 40.25, 40.26

"I.Q. 77, generally backward. Since leaving school she has had several domestic posts but has not kept them. Lacked concentration. Unsatisfactory home conditions. P.C. confirms that the father drinks. One sister did time for theft, separated from husband."

"Very backward, low I.Q. - in 70's. Truanted a lot, did only one-third of her possible attendances. House very remote. Parents have separated? Child fairly clean but house was filthy. P.C. confirms that she is dull. They are moving. Not known to P.A.O."

"I.Q.? Very slow and dull but a grand worker on the farm. Illegitimate, lives with his grandparents. Grandparents have retired, seem all right. Good home conditions. Not known to P.A.O."

"I.Q. 79, was at Loreburn St. Now doing odd jobs at the sawmill. Was mischievous and inattentive at school but not delinquent. Home conditions: clean. [Male informant] confirms, thought he was ingenious and imaginative, a reliable and useful boy. P.C. - father is a cripple but is able to drive a lorry. Nurse confirms. She thinks the father, aged 35, is all right, in steady work. Mother is too soft with the children."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.33

"Not very bright, a bad speller, I.Q. in 70's. P.C. says there is not much wrong with her."

Relatives in survey: Brother 40.32

"Dull child, backward for his age, illegitimate. Family moved, this includes the soft uncle who is a farm worker. Not known to P.C. Nurse says they are now away, ?where."

"A farm worker, very soft. Mother alive. Brother smart."

Relatives in survey: Nephew