Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
17.30 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This little boy is dull. He is illegitimate. Nurse thinks this boy's mother died of meningitis."
Relatives in survey: Grandparents 17.29, 17.32, Uncles 17.27, 17.28, 17.34, 17.33, 17.26
17.31 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This child is dull. Illegitimate, only child. Mother had puerperal pyrexia after his birth. Putative father."
Relatives in survey: Relatives in survey: Grandparents 17.29, 17.32, Uncles 17.27, 17.28, 17.34, 17.33, 17.26
17.32 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, September 1946
"This man, a farm worker, is illiterate."
Relatives in survey: Wife 17.29, children 17.27, 17.28, 17.34, 17.33, 17.26
17.33 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, September 1946
"This lad burgled a house, has also stolen bicycles. He is now doing farm work. Nurse says he was discharged from the army for mental defect."
Relatives in survey: Mother 17.29, father 17.32, siblings 17.27, 17.28, 17.34, 17.26
17.34 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"IQ 79, didn't sit the Control exam, not much good. Worked on farm, is now a driver?."
Relatives in survey: Mother 17.29, father 17.32, siblings 17.27, 17.28, 17.33, 17.26
17.35 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, High grade mental defective, December 1946
"[Male teacher] says this woman is abnormal and soft. Sergeant confirms that you very seldom see her, but she is simple. House clean, not overcrowded. Dr says the whole family are a bit eccentric."
Relatives in survey: Husband 17.36 children 17.39, 17.38, 17.37
17.37 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, December 1946
"IQ 79, slow, has an impediment. Working on a farm."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.36, mother 17.35, siblings 17.39, 17.38
17.38 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Maladjusted child, September 1946
"This boy is very backward, did not sit the control exam,. IQ 75. Truanted a lot."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.36, mother 17.35, siblings 17.39, 17.37
17.39 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946
"Slow but neat and tidy. Gets into debt, can't manage very well. At present a maid."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.36, mother 17.35, siblings 17.38, 17.37
17.42 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1947
"IQ 70 was the oldest boy in the school but was in the Infants. Illegitimate. Clean and well turned out - mother thought the world of him. Now returned to [area]."