Intellectual Disability

"Doubtful case, but described by PAO as thouless, nurses agree. No children . [Male informant] says the house cannot be clean judging from the look of the woman. Harmonious."

Relatives in survey: Husband 28.188

"Never at work, always complaining of something. His wife is the same, had a hysterectomy, not complains of pain in her abdomen, has been off work ever since. House fairly clean, not overcrowded. Wife is thouless. Nurse thinks he is a nice man. Has a reputation of being lazy."

Relatives in survey: wife 28.187

"This girl had an IQ of 76; teacher says she was slow but conscientious. Passed the control exam. Illegitimate, father was a shepherd. Step-father rather slow. Mother about 40. Nice family, clean."

"This child is anything but bright - PAO. Paternal grandmother an awful woman, immoral, a bit mental, one of the last worthies of the town."

Relatives in survey: father 28.196, mother 28.195

"This woman is not very bright, house like a pigstye. Not bright, none of them are, house very dirty - but then she works all the time in the mills. Husband a mill worker too."

Relatives in survey: husband 28.196 daughter 28.194, siblings 28.48, 28.49, nephew 28.53

"This man is very dull, an unskilled worker at the mills, not bright."

Relatives in survey: daughter 28.194 wife 28.195

"This man, a porter, is "no' altogether correct", probably just dull."

"This child was somewhat slow at speaking and his progress is not so good as that of his elder siblings.2

Relatives in survey: Mother 28.39

"Useless fellow, labourer in the wool mill, simple. Not very fair in his dealings at home - spends his money on drink. Steady in work. Parents dead."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 28.212

"Said to have been in CRI. Was at a special school. "No just altogether correct mentally". Drink makes him wild. Single, unskilled worker with a haulage contractor. Mother elderly. LE: Steady work record, very shy but pleasant."

Relatives in survey: sister 28.49