Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
16.135 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947
"This child looks dull and vacant."
Relatives in survey: mother 16.130
16.136 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective , December 1947
"[Male informant] confirms that she is unteachable. Parents are first cousins. Dr: Has motor trouble."
Relatives in survey: Parents 16.130, 16.138
16.138 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This man, a labourer, is deficient. Mother, elderly, deficient lives with him, now dead. He is an incomer. Wife is his first cousin. Home not too good, very overcrowded - the family, both the grandmothers and sister and her family live there. No public assistance since the war, was on a lot before."
Relatives in survey: children 16.136, 16.135, 16.137, wife 16.130
16.145 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"IQ of 75. Now working in factory in [area]. Dull. Mother dead. Stupid woman - had an acute obstruction and refused to go to hospital. Sister had a halfcaste baby which died. No public assistance for a long time. Clean and respectable family. The siblings are all dull like [patient] but look nice and quiet. One is married."
16.146 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1946
"This woman is childish and simple. She worked as a children's nurse during the war to evade calling up. She lives with her parents, has some sisters."
16.147 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Dull and backward, January 1947
"This man, a joiner by trade, is very lazy and slow, simple. Does some work in the factory. No public assistance. Earns £10 a week but will not pay his rates, has been imprisoned for it. Also assaulted a policeman once. Inharmonious. Wife very flighty. Two boys beyond control, no training. Dr - simple, sulky and moody. Steady work record."
Relatives in survey: 16.148, 16.149, wife 16.153, brother 16.150
16.148 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward , February 1947
"This child has an impediment in his speech, is backward but cheifly because of frequent absences. Pampered and spoilt by his mother. Mischievous children, very disobedient, inharmonious home life. Not so dull as his brother."
Relatives in survey: brother 16.149, mother 16.153
16.149 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"This boy is dull, has been spoilt by his mother, was never at school. Now working?"
Relatives in survey: parents [16.153, 16.147] and sibling [16.148]
16.150 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947
"Defective, not able to work, had a deformed foot. Father dead, was senile before he died. Mother dead. Lives with sister, OK, well looked after. Home clean, not overcrowded, harmonious. No public assistance. Used to work for his father, now works for his brother. Silly and lazy, acts more silly than he really is, could not hold down a regular job. Can do little work."
Relatives in survey: brother 16.147
16.151 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"IQ 74, dull, wouldn't go to school after her siblings died. Now working in cafe. Father on railway, separated from mother. Mother in her 40s. Four siblings died of diphtheria on the same day. One sister surviving. Dirty house, not overcrowded. Dr confirms - not much good. Dour child. [Male informant] confirms that this girl was a bit dull - a problem when she was on the [area name redacted] side. Nurse confirms."
Relatives in survey: mother 16.152