Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
16.122 Female, Separated or divorced, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This woman sounds soft. She has two sons to [name redacted]. They are a queer bunch. No public assistance. Dr says this woman is not soft, just not very bright."
Relatives in survey: Parents 16.38, 16.41
16.123 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"Illegitimate? No public assistance. Had no marks in some subjects. Mother OK. [Male informant] says this lad is now working on his uncle's farm and seems to be all right."
Relatives in survey: 16.242
16.125 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"Nurse says this woman is deficient. [Male informant] agrees that she is feckless. From [redacted], no information about relations. Children are very badly behaved to her. Dr confirms. Her mother looks after them."
Relatives in survey: husband 16.126
16.126 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This man, a tractor ploughman, is very poor mentally, dull. [Male informant] says he looks it - a dull family. House fairly clean. From Nurse and OP clinic notes. No public assistance."
Relatives in survey: siblings 16.124, son 16.127
16.127 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, Epilepsy, January 1947
"Attended OPC. Case of low grade deficiency with hydrocephalus and epilepsy."
Relatives in survey: Parents 16.125, 16.126
16.129 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, February 1947
"This man, a labourer, is definitely very stupid and simple. Nurse says he is very dull. Illegitimate? Parents: Mother [name redacted], was very peculiar, dead. Dr confirms that he is a bit dull - they all are. [Male informant] says this man has a bad impediment. A dullness in the whole family. No public assistance. Borderline case."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 16.124, 16.126, wife 16.128, child 16.101
16.130 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947
"Nurse says this woman is deficient. Dirty home, feckless woman, generally ill, poor stuff. All the family are dull. Mother over 50, lives with her, deficient. No information about siblings. Husband is her first cousin. Daughter, illegitimate child, bright. Dr thinks her mother is dead. She and her husband were poor stuff, peculiar. Nurse: Mother died 3 or 4 years ago."
Relatives in survey: husband 16.138, children 16.136, 16.137, aunt 16.65
16.131 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This boy, a farm worker, is dull and often in trouble with the police. Illegitimate. One half sister died of TB meningitis. Half-sibling was hydrocephalic and died in infancy. No public assistance."
Relatives in survey: stepfather 16.95
16.132 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"[Male informant] says this woman is definitely daft. Looks more than 30. She was a housekeeper, became pregnant to her boss a farmer of about 70 and married him. She does a lot of outdoor work on the smallholding. Two children, both illegitimate. Nurse confirms, simple and filthy. Though she is 45 and her husband is 80 she thought she was pregnant a few months ago. Not local, no siblings known."
Relatives in survey: Son 16.33
16.133 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, January 1947
"Very backward, wet and dirty in school, quite untrained at home, is sent to school in a shocking state. Father 70-80. Mother, 40+, was father's housekeeper, became pregnant and persuaded him to marry her. Works on the smallholding, not bright but very nice. One sibling also illegitimate was killed. Filthy house. Is off with ringworm at present. No public assistance."
Relatives in survey: mother 16.132