Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
17.44 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, September 1947
"This man is soft, can't work properly, just does casual farm work."
18.11 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, June 1947
"Very loose woman, unsatisfactory. Has two illegitimate children. Parents elderly, decent people. Dr thinks she is a good worker, healthy.
Children: 18.12, 18.13
18.12 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 72, very big and strong, nice enough, couldn't add 2 and 2. Now working. Dumb ++ but a hard worker."
Sibling 18.13 Mother 18.11
18.13 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Absolutely dull, nice enough, in service but [male informant] doesn't know how she does it, nothing in her head."
Sibling: 18.12 Mother 18.11
18.17 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"Very dull, returned a blank paper for the IQ test. Mother died a few years ago. Father a casual labourer, OK. Granny runs the house - a rat run. Father's siblings were a telegraph linesman, a postman, a scaffy and a byreman."
Grandmother 18.16
18.18 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"Admitted CRI. High grade imbecile. Working in the laundry. Rate-aided."
Parents: 18.64, 18.62
18.19 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Infant mistress can make nothing of him, just dull. Father, a joiner. Nurse thinks he will grow out of it. Not a very good mother, aged about 30. Clean house."
18.21 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
""A big fat dirty lump" - Dr. Nurse says she is decent but never gets out of the bit. Dr says she is "haughly"."
Husband 18.20, son 18.22
18.22 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Very dull and dour, too young for testing."
Parents 18.20, 18.21
18.25 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 73. Illegitimate. Sexy, all dressed up. She has had an illegitimate child. Mother 40+, a widow."
Grandparents: 18.23, 18.24