Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
28.170 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Alcoholism, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This man is a waster, drinks+, a little undersized creature, is a labourer. His family are considered to be a bad lot. Mother has had a terrible life. Father, dead, also alcoholic. 3 rooms for 6, dirty, inharmonious. LE: Unsteady work record - employed at several building firms, then at the mills."
Relatives in survey: 28.171, 28.172
28.171 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, October 1946
"Dull, has just begun school."
Relatives in survey: Mother 28.172, half siblings 28.108, 28.109
28.172 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"This woman is a slut, house filthy, children undernourished. A peculiar specimen but seems OK to talk to. 4-5 children."
Relatives in survey: 28.171, 28.170
28.173 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1946
"This illegitimate child looks dull. Nurse agrees that this child is a bit backward, but is never allowed out. Very retiring family."
Relatives in survey: uncles 28.174, 28.175
28.175 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Idiocy, July 1946
"This man is helpless, can walk but sisters have to feed him. Is never seen outside, never seen at all. Dr: An idiot, sleeps most of the day. Noisy. Can feed himself, probably can't dress himself, should be in an institution."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.174, nephew 28.173
28.178 Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946
"Admitted to CRI, diagnosis Imbecile. Now in a farm. Father, dead, was a mill worker."
Relatives in survey: Mother 28.179, nephew 28.180, brother 28.182
28.180 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This man is anything but bright, doesn't do anything but wheel a barrow about at the mill, is weak mentally. Will do a message for anybody for 2d a time. PAO confirms: there is a simple softness about him. Looks a lot older than he is."
Relatives in survey: wife 28.179, son 28.181
28.183 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1946
"This man is stone deaf, simple, works for a coal merchant. PAO confirms: Nice, grand worker, but simple. Dr confirms that he is simple, village idiot type but not so bad. LE: steady worker. [Male informant]: nice lad, plays the fiddle. Sells coal during the week. Did fairly well at school, very willing. Absent from intelligence test."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.184, mother 28.185
28.184 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946
"IQ of 70-. Not bright but works in woollen mill. Probably semi-skilled. Parents alive, they were hawker gipsy types originally, father still deals in rags. 5 roomed house, not very clean. Dr: Whole family have a gipsy streak and are on the dull side. House filthy +++, stinks."
Relatives in survey: sibling 28.183, mother 28.185
28.185 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946
"[Male informant] and nurse think this woman is a queer one, like a gipsy. The children take their peculiarities from her."
Relatives in survey: children 28.183, 28.184