Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
28.148 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, October 1946
"IQ 82 but very poor. Has a halt in his speech, you can hardly make out what he is saying. Now working in the Co-op. Was at the mill but they couldn't do with him. More knave than fool, witty, impudent."
Relatives in survey: sister 28.150
28.150 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, October 1946
"IQ 72, E in everything except handwork. Exempt from control exam. Nice child, anxious to do well. Is now at home but is taking evening classes in cookery. Father, postman, very small specimen. Mother, aged 40+, cleaner, good worker. Home fairly clean, 4 rooms for 8. They share a lavatory with four other families."
Relatives in survey: Siblings 28.148
28.151 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, October 1946
"In D section, IQ 74. Not interested in anything. Has had various jobs since leaving school, was in a factory, made an attempt at domestic service. Awful household. Probably illegitimate, lived with her aunt who got involved with an Newfoundler. Has had a child too, wanders about, looks an awful trollope. LE: Unsteady work record, a little rat. Nurse - is pregnant again."
28.153 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"IQ 74. Very undersized, looks like 10, a poor wee specimen. Father, an intelligent man. Evacuees who stayed. Very good home conditions."
Relatives in survey: Mother 28.154
28.154 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, October 1946
"[Male informant] says this woman is not too bright, keeps a dirty house - her back yard was so filthy that the Sanitary people were after her."
Relatives in survey: son 28.153
28.155 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
28.156 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"Backward child, in Infants II. Nurse - improving but backward looking."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.157, mother 28.155
28.157 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"This little girl is backward."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.156, mother 28.155
28.160 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, July 1946
"Mental defective, should be at special class but there is none near enough. Degree of hydrocephalus. IQ 70."
Relatives in survey: Father 28.162, siblings 28.161
28.161 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1946
"IQ of 73, dull."
Relatives in survey: Father 28.162, siblings 28.160