Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
15.72 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Schizophrenia, March 1946
"This old woman is up against authority, very difficult, the doctor and the school are always wrong. Works in the laundry. An old tyrant - won't let her grandson have his tonsils out. Dr says she is sub-mental."
Grandson (15.15) and daughter (15.71) in study.
15.73 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, March 1946
"This girl is backward, cannot speak properly, has a cleft palate, gets sillier every day. She is illegitimate. Home: 3 rooms, fairly clean. Dr says this girl is a bit M.D. Weak stock, much T.B. No P.A."
15.74 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and Backward, January 1946
"This lad had an IQ of 76. Is now working and lives with his uncle at the weekends. This lad is called stupid, a poacher, thoroughly irresponsible, will confess to anything."
Relatives in study: Cousin 15.75
15.75 Male, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1946
"This is a big, strong, healthy lad with a furtive look, always keeps his head down. He won't work. Not malicious, helps at home. Life begins and ends for him with carpet and green bowling and he is very good at it. Clean home, not overcrowded, harmonious. No. P.A. Dr. confirms M.D."
16.12 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947
"Nurse says this woman is feebleminded, you never see her, is completely over-shadowed by her mother in law. Has a blind brother."
Relatives in survey: husband 16.8 and children 16.13, 16.304, mother in law 16.7, sibling 16.216
16.13 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 73, dull, now working on a farm. Father has a smallholding, a difficult man, obstreperous always writing letters about his bad road, refusing to bring children to school because of it. An old granny rules the household - has spoilt the children."
Relatives in survey: Father [16.8], Mother [16.12]. Siblings [16.304], Granny [16.7] Uncles [16.11, 16.10].
16.17 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 80, illegitimate. Stepfather, labourer. Two of the half-siblings are defective. Mother had a riotous time during the war. They all live in one room. Nurse: Not too bad. Probably working in the laundry. [Male informant] says this girl was untidy, haphazard, careless, just a lump. Dr : A poor lot, very bad environment."
Relatives in survey: Mother 16.211, half-siblings [2.14, 2.13]
16.24 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, February 1947
"This woman is not bright, looks deficient, vacant. Nurse confirms that she is mentally deficient. Mother dead. Two brothers, farm workers - she keeps house for them. Sister away, in trouble for concealing a birth. Illegitimate son. Dirty condemned house, overcrowded."
Relatives in survey: son 16.25
16.25 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1947
"IQ 70, defective and deformed, will never be able to work. Illegitimate, lives with his uncle and mother. Father very defective looking. Only very little at school, started late. Nice lad. Dr confirms: Spastic birth paralysis, has epileptic fits. They are afraid he might assault people. Should be in an institution. Nurse says he is a post-encephalitic."
Relatives in survey: mother 16.24
16.32 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, February 1947
"IQ 73 has a dull, sullen temper. Illegitimate? Lives with grandfather who is a porter on the railway. Older sister in the Sanitorium. Dr only knows this boy was kicked out of the cinema the other night. TB in family - one sister died from it? Grandfather has it. No Public Assistance, clean house. Nurse confirms: Not overcrowded, fairly clean. Condemned house. 4 rooms."