Intellectual Disability

"Lame leg, halfwit, has not washed since the day he left school. Casual worker, not very good. Lives with his old mother. Dirty house."

"A character, mental, lives alone, dirty from head to foot. Ulcerated legs, cardiac trouble and dropsy. Had a sister who died."

"On Dr's list of defectives. Now goes with the scavenger cart. Simple to talk to but can work, single, well liked. Once fell in love with the District Nurse - attended all the dances just to gaze at her. Father killed in an accident. Mother 60+, real tinker type. Siblings are all brown and unwashed looking. [Male informant] simple minded, lives with his mother, no PA. Condemned house, 2 rooms."

"Just a trachle, more or less mental, a big lazy lump, simple."

Children 18.41, 18.42 Husband: 18.39

"IQ 79, an objectionable child, swears, has a filthy tongue."

Mother: 18.40 Sibling: 18.42 Father: 18.39

"A bit queer, never able to work. So queer that it is surprising that she is allowed to stay at home. Parents said to have been siblings. Dreadful house, not clean. Mother sounds mental - gets cheated over coupons etc. had pneumonia and lost the will to get well. Dr confirms that she is MD, incapable of looking after her mother. PC confirms - "well doped"."

Mother: 18.45

"High grade defective at least, sounds like a Mongol. Has never been able to work but can help at home and go messages. Sometimes directs the traffic at the cross-roads. Mother, 90, senile. Father dead. Lives with his brother and sister - there is an 18 year age gap between them and him. Parents refused to have him sent to an institution. Well looked after."

Mother: 18.58

"Railway worker, decent but simple."

Wife 18.64, daughter 18.18