Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
16.53 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, December 1946
"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
16.54 Male, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 79, [Male informant] confirms that he is dull."
Relatives in survey: 16.53
16.55 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947
"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
16.59 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946
"Dull boy, very dirty."
Relatives in survey: parents [16.62 and 16.63] and siblings [16.60, 16.61].
16.60 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward , December 1946
"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]
16.61 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, December 1946
"Dull child, also dirty."
Relatives in survey: parents[16.62 and 16.63] and siblings [16.60, 16.59].
16.62 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947
"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]
16.63 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"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
16.66 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"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]
16.68 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"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