Intellectual Disability

"Very dull, practically unteachable. IQ 70. Father works on the railway, also dull. One sister, bright. [Male informant]: Nice lad, easily managed, but awfully dull. Home OK. Clean. No public assistance. Condemned house, 3 rooms."

Relatives in survey: Mother [16.66], Father [16.68]

"Dull and lazy, a labourer, not alcoholic, not much to him. Mother dead. Siblings scattered. Wife dead. No children. He and his wife had two adopted children. Dr: A bit soft. No Public assistance. Nurse: MD, does not know much. Clean house. Steady work record."

Relatives in survey: Children 16.209, 16.162

"IQ 78, just a bit dull. Not R.C. Father: About 50. Mother dead. There is a housekeeper who is dirty and steals? Siblings: Brother IQ 93; sister, bright; brother, bright. No public assistance, labouring in the laundry. Nurse does not know him but thinks he has been in trouble for poaching. Dr: Father has had some convictions - at least he goes away periodically and comes back with his hair very short. A bad lot."

"IQ76. Has a defective brother who can't speak, never at school. Nice lad, diffident, shy, slow. Parents first cousins. Condemned house, 3 rooms."

Relatives in survey: Brother 16.75

"This lad is an imbecile or worse - blind, cannot dress or feed himself, should be in an institution but his mother will not part with him. Father a farm manager, a bit of a scamp. Mother 40-50, looks delicate. There have been a lot of miscarriages, no other children. Good home. From Nurse. No public assistance. Parents are first cousins. Condemned house. 3 rooms."

Relatives in survey: brother 16.74

"[Male informant] says this girl is very defective - high grade he thinks. Can't do anything. Father, a farm worker. Mother, 50+, fat and careless, never bothered. Have just come, not known to anybody else. No public assistance. Dr. says she looks very dull. IQ76. Siblings: Sister, a servant girl, very dull. Dull family, a lousy lot, always being excluded."

"Used to be a vanboy, single. Father dead. Nurse: Just feebleminded, single. He and brother live with a married sister, clean house, comfortable. The girls are quite peacable, very dressy, one is married. Condemned house, 4 rooms."

Relatives in survey: mother 1.142, brother 16.77

Includes cutting relating to fine.

"IQ 72, now in forces. One of a big family. Backward in class at school. No public assistance. Dr says this boy was quite an efficient farm labourer."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.308, brother 16.80

"IQ 75, one of a large family, all dullish. Work: Laundry. Was a very bad attender."

Relatives in survey: Father 16.82, mother 16.84

"Nurse says this woman is defective, very much so. R.C. family. All the children are dull. House overcrowded but peaceful. On public assistance until 6 months ago. Dr says this woman and her husband are dull and shiftless."

Relatives in survey: Husband 16.82, children 16.83