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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:

16.53 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull boy, IQ 71. Father was in the army. Mother very decent, used to clean. Not nervous however. Decent family, good home conditions. Dr. says this boy gets syncopal turns, faints in shops. Backwardness due to physical conditions. Nurse confirms. Maternal grandmother, dead, was peculiar. Maternal aunts were feeble-minded. Clean house, harmonious. No public assistance."


Relatives in survey: brother 16.54, aunt 16.54

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.54 Male, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 79, [Male informant] confirms that he is dull."


Relatives in survey: 16.53

Dates: December 1946

16.55 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"A bit feebleminded. Has an illegitimate daughter. Mother dead, was peculiar. From [area], a warrior. Nurse says she is deficient. Now a factory worker. Clean house. [Male informant]: Not feebleminded but a bit slow. Condemned house. 2 rooms."


Relatives in survey: 16.264, sister's children 16.53, 16.54

Dates: Other: February 1947

16.59 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull boy, very dirty."


Relatives in survey: parents [16.62 and 16.63] and siblings [16.60, 16.61].

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.60 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward , December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ78, just slow. Nurse confirms. Labour exchange: Family have steady work record. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Father [16.63]. Siblings [16.59, 16.61]

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.61 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull child, also dirty."


Relatives in survey: parents[16.62 and 16.63] and siblings [16.60, 16.59].

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.62 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Nurse says this woman is deficient and has TB. Married daughter with TB. Home dirty, children have verminous heads, not overcrowded now, harmonious. Dr. says she was a gypsy. Has TB. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: Husband [16.63] Children: 9 or 10 including [16.59, 16.60, 16.61]

Dates: Other: January 1947

16.63 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Nurse says this man is deficient. Labourer. Dr says he has been mixed up with cases of theft. Condemned house."


Relatives in survey: daughter 16.60, wife 16.62

Dates: Other: December 1946

16.66 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Definitely dull. Used to be a domestic servant. Mother - 50-ish, v. feebleminded. Father, a labourer, was wounded in the last war, has never lived at home but has associated with another woman all the tine. One brother was very dull. Husband was boarded out as a child. Clean house. Condemned house. 3 rooms."


Relatives at survey: Mother, 16.201], Sibling, [16.211], Son [16.69]

Dates: December 1946

16.68 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This man, a worker on the railway, is said to be dull. A boarded-out child, no information about siblings or parents. Condemned house, 3 rooms."


Relatives in survey: Wife 16.66, son 16.69

Dates: Other: December 1946