Intellectual Disability

"Simple, has a want. Nurse confirms that she has a queerness. Had an illegitimate child who died - was about to marry the father but refused to do so on the day before the wedding because there was no longer any need. Lives with her sister, very overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: Sister

"This woman is a bad little monkey, an awfu' creature. IQ 78 at school, dull. She has two children, one of whom is illegitimate. Dirty house."

Relatives in survey: brother

"[Male informant] says this man is queer - once when he went to see him he hid in a shed and would not come out. Queer looking devil. Lame, a farm worker. Dr confirms this man is defective. Inspector says this man is a weak and feeble kind of creature, but well conducted."

Relatives in survey: wife 42.18, children 42.21, 42.22, 42.20, 42.19

"IQ 70 very dull, now just knocking about at home. Said to take epileptic fits. Dirty house, nobody gets further than the door. Two rooms for four, harmonious. Neglected. Dr confirms the children are all dull."

Relatives in survey: father 42.17, mother 42.18, siblings 42.21, 42.22, 42.20

"Very poor and dull. Now working as a farm labourer quite near home but seldom visits, said to be taking to drink."

Relatives in survey: father 42.17, mother 42.18, siblings 42.21, 42.22, 42.19

"This boy was very poor at school, was in the E class. Working on a farm, seldom goes home. Great reader."

Relatives in survey: father 42.17, mother 42.18, siblings 42.19, 42.22, 42.20

"Very dull, backward and a bad attender. Should be in the special class but there is no room for him."

Relatives in survey: father 42.17, mother 42.18, siblings 42.21, 42.19, 42.20

"A dopey kind of creature, stupid, hangs about the pub waiting for his father to come out like a big sumph. Could not be taught much, had meningitis?"

Relatives in survey: Father 42.23

"A good dairywoman but rough, dirty and a little bit simple, easygoing. Dr says she is thouless, sits reading and smoking rather than look after her house."

"A big rough man with a fearful temper, unshaven and dirty. Had tried to drown himself. Has moved about a lot. Said to take fits. Dr - not bright mentally but a good worker, sub-normal."

Relatives in survey: wife 42.25, children 42.27, 42.28