Intellectual Disability
Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:
18.63 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Dull child, one of a dull and neglected family."
Sibling: 18.59, father 18.60
18.64 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Decent but simple."
Husband: 18.62 daughter 18.18
18.64 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"This girl had an IQ of 75. Illegitimate, lives with her mother. Dr confirms that they will be prostitutes. They are getting married, one has had an abortion? Dull. Nurse thinks they are quite bright."
Sibling: 18.66
18.66 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ76, now working in the glove factory."
Sibling: 18.64
18.69 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"Very far behind, IQ well under 80. Father, cattleman."
Sibling: 18.72
18.72 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ will definitely be under 80, has not answered a question at school yet."
Sibling: 18.69
18.73 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"Very dull, mental, has been in an institution - full of tales about it. Illegitimate. [Female informant]: definitely mental, a slut, both children defective, husband very decent. Dirty home. Nurse confirms: Never off her doorstep, won't carry out her advice. No PA. The children are all illegitimate. Dr confirms, the children are all MD. Gonococcal infection."
Husband: 18.74 Children: 18.75
18.74 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, Alcoholism, June 1947
"Not very bright. Must have been daft to marry [18.73]. Nurse thinks he is very decent but Dr says he is a drunkard."
Children: 18.75 Wife: 18.73
18.75 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947
"This boy is said to be soft and old-fashioned. Dr thinks he is difficult and dull, but Nurse says he is quite bright."
Parents: 18.74, 18.73
18.80 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, June 1947
"Admitted to CRI - Mental Defect, if not congenital, from an early age. Has had meningitis? No occupation, single. Had infantile paralysis as a child. Father of gipsy stock, died. Mother dead. Dr says they are all bad and queer, of a low mentality."
Siblings: 18.21