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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:

16.196 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, Schizophrenia, High grade mental defective, March 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"General labourer. Goes from door to door asking for accommodation. Goes into houses where he is a complete stranger. Says the Free Masons are trying to injure him. He produces a letter which he says he is posting to the Prime Minister. Illegitimate."


Relatives in survey: Nephew [16.197]

Dates: Other: March 1946

16.201 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This woman is said to be very feebleminded. Husband a labourer, has never lived much at home but has associated with other women. Dirty house. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Children [16.66, 16.202, 16.211].

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.202 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 79 said to be very dull. Now a farm worker? Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: sister [16.66] and mother [16.201].

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.203 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Nurse says this woman is a bit deficient. An incomer. Husband a labourer. Four children under school age, OK. Dirty house."


Relatives in survey: Brother in law [16.204]

Dates: Other: March 1947

16.204 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 78 now in the Navy. Illegitimate. Brought up by grandmother."


Relatives in survey: Siblings: 16.249

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.206 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Definitely queer, dull, gave birth to twins illegitimately while husband was in the forces. Husband a farm worker."


Relatives in survey: Husband 16.276

Dates: Other: January 1947

16.207 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 76. Dull. Was on a farm but left it because he didn't like it, now looking for work. No PA. Dr thinks there is not much against this lad. Father is OK."


Relatives in survey: Siblings [16.208]

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.208 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull boy, pretty much the same as his brother."


Relatives in survey: Siblings: 16.207

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.209 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This woman is said to be deficient, has had two black children, the first when she was 16. She was an adopted child. She married a soldier but is having a divorce."

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.211 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Defective woman, had a few illegitimate children before marriage and some while her husband was in the army. Dirty. She behaved badly during the war."


Relatives in survey: Husband [16.212]; mother 16.201; siblings [16.66]; children [16.214, 16.213, 16.17]

Dates: Other: January 1947