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Intellectual Disability

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:

40.71 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"Weak mentally, a casual worker, can manage."


Relatives in survey: Siblings 40.70, 40.72

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.72 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"Weak mentally according to [male informant]."


Relatives in survey: Siblings 40.70, 40.71

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.74 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.75 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.76 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"Railwayman, of low intelligence and poor physique according to Dr."


Relatives in survey: wife 40.77 son 40.75

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.77 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.78 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.80 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: Other: July 1947

40.84 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, August 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"I.Q. 70. Had had meningitis, very dull. Mother dead - TB. Quite good home conditions. The family has a T.B. tendency."

Dates: Other: August 1947

40.88 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Enuresis, August 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/38
Scope and Contents

"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."

Dates: Other: August 1947