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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:

28.170 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Alcoholism, Dull and backward, September 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: September 1946

28.171 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"Dull, has just begun school."


Relatives in survey: Mother 28.172, half siblings 28.108, 28.109

Dates: Other: October 1946

28.172 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: September 1946

28.173 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1946

28.175 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Idiocy, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1946

28.178 Male, Single, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1946

28.180 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: September 1946

28.183 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: September 1946

28.184 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"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

Dates: Other: July 1946

28.185 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27
Scope and Contents

"[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

Dates: Other: October 1946