Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
6.80 Female, Married, 25-34yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"Simple and a bad egg. [Male informant] confirms but she was a great reader. Illegitimate. Husband, ex-army, denies paternity of child. Nurse confirms - does not look bright."
6.81 Male, Married, 45-54yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"This man, a ploughman, is simple. Was on a farm for 12 or 13 years but farmer gladly took the opportunity of getting rid of him when he answered back once. [Male informant] - was a good worker, not bright."
Children: 6.82, 6.83, 6.84
6.82 Male, Single, 15-24yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"IQ 67. Now in the army."
Father: 6.81 Siblings: 6.83, 6.84
6.83 Female, Single, 15-24yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"Dull but all right, now working in a shop."
Father: 6.81 Siblings: 6.82, 6.84
6.84 Female, Single, 14 yrs or under, Dull and Backward, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1947
"Dull girl, has missed a lot of schooling through illness."
Father: 6.81 Siblings: 6.82, 6.83
6.85 Female, Married, 15-24yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"IQ 71, used to be a cleaner. Married a ploughman. [Male informant] - not a good type. Has two daughters, not being well brought up. Dirty home, trouble in the family."
Mother: 6.88
6.86 Male, Single, 15-24yrs, Low grade mental defective, May 1947
"Was in Special Class, the local silly lad, cannot do any work, has done nothing since leaving school. Mother 50+. Clean house."
6.89 Female, Separated or divorced, 5-34yrs, Dull and Backward, Invalid, May 1947
"A bit of a lady, married and separated, flighty. TB."
Mother: 6.88
6.90 Male, Single, 15-24yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, May 1947
"Patient at CRI. He is now in farm house and works. Rate-aided. His father died 20 years ago. His mother is still alive. One brother killed in the war. IQ was 68. Mental Defective with strong psychopathic traits."
6.96 Male, Single, 14 yrs or under, Dull and Backward, May 1947
"This boy scored nil in the IQ. He is quite good at sums but cannot read. Very quiet and well-behaved. Housing: 3 or 4 rooms for 10, fairly clean, family relationships probably inharmonious as father slaps and swears at the children in public, very rough standards. The family have not been in the village long."
Siblings: 6.97, 6.98 Father 6.99