Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
40.71 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Weak mentally, a casual worker, can manage."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 40.70, 40.72
40.72 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Weak mentally according to [male informant]."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 40.70, 40.71
40.74 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"IQ 77, reads SAW for WAS and 86 for 68. Now an apprentice builder. Father, ex-army, sensible, foreman. Mother, sensible, aged 35. One sibling. Nice people, good housing conditions. Nurse says mother absolutely spoilt him. PC thinks he is all right to speak to."
40.75 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1947
"Birth injury, one side paralysed, cannot walk but hops. Low grade, has to be looked after. ? Illegitimate. Father works on the railway. Poor physique and low intelligence. Mother 50+. PAO confirms. Said to have been the result of falling down a stair. The rest are all right. Nurse confirms, parents quite nice."
Relatives in survey: Father 40.76, mother 40.77
40.76 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1947
"Railwayman, of low intelligence and poor physique according to Dr."
Relatives in survey: wife 40.77 son 40.75
40.77 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Quick tempered, easily upset, suspicious of her husband - Nurse. Dr said that she was of low intelligence."
Relatives in survey: Husband 40.76, son 40.75
40.78 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"Dull, slow, forgetful, never spoke for a week when he first came to school, shy. Father a farm worker. Mother, ill, nerves?. Run down, 40. House not very clean. Nurse says clean enough but untidy. Nurse says they are a very religious family. Mother is nice but nervy."
Relatives in survey: mother 40.79
40.80 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947
"A wee bittie dull, in the infant, has fallen eyelids. Living with her aunt. ? Whereabouts of parents. Nurse confirms - her mother died when she was born. Good home."
40.84 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, August 1947
"I.Q. 70. Had had meningitis, very dull. Mother dead - TB. Quite good home conditions. The family has a T.B. tendency."
40.88 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Enuresis, August 1947
"Very slow boy but nice, I.Q. 75, exempt. Formerly at a kindergarten in Dumfries, then at [school] where the other boys made fun of him. Enuretic. Spoilt at home. Good Home."