Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
4.71 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This girl's IQ was 76 "Brain just not there". Very dull - thought to be the result of scarlet fever, measles and complications. Legally adopted? Illegitimate. Home circumstances very good and clean. [Male informant] confirms that she was clumsy, very poor, D. in all subjects. Dr says she is OK now - working as a maid."
4.72 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This boy was exempt form the Control exam, IQ 74 - on [male informant's] list of dull children. Father a roadman, decent family. House now clean, not overcrowded."
brother 4.73
4.73 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
"IQ of 74. [Male informant] says he was very poor, truanted a lot, was D in everything except writing. Now working as a woodman."
Brother 4.72
4.77 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"Dull. Had a very severe illness as a child and is retarded. Will not pass the control. e.g. could not read the word "silk". Delicate. Father a farmer. Mother about 46. Good home, not overcrowded, nice people, capable."
4.78 Female, Widowed, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This woman is described as dirty, feckless, eccentric and not bright. She is an outdoor worker. English, no information about her family."
Children: 4.79, 4.81, 4.80
4.79 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This boy is dull, just like his brother. [Female informant] confirms - lazy."
Siblings: 4.81, 4.80 Mother 4.78
4.80 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"This girl had an IQ of 70, is dull, a wee inoffensive creature."
Siblings: 4.79, 4.81 Mother 4.78
4.81 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1946
"Very dull indeed, destructive and dirty. IQ 72. Has now left school and is a genius at molecatching. Father a molecatcher, dead. Was never sober. Mother, under 40, dirty, an outdoor worker. Feckless. Whole family is rather pert. Awful housing, dirty, furniture in pieces, not overcrowded now. Two rooms for the lot, filthy. Whole family weak mentally."
Siblings: 4.79, 4.80 Mother 4.78
4.82 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"IQ of 72. Smart looking girl but dull. She is illegitimate adopted. Her mother was 15 when she was born and is now married. Lives with grandmother. Very clean house."
4.84 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Idiocy, July 1946
""Very touched". Apparently a low-grade defective, always standing at the door waving to people, unemployable. Should be in an institution - father often goes out in the evening becuase he can't stand her at home."