Down Syndrome
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
3.33 Male, Married, 45-44 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947
"A nasty streak in him, looks like a Mongol, low mentality, dull, wife has had a rotten deal with him. Farm worker. Wife, nice. 14 children altogether. All dullish but not bad enough for the practical class - will be able to make the High School. They have all suffered from the itch, scabies and ringworm. Minister does not think he is queer. Dirty."
Relatives in survey: Wife, 3.35, son, 3.34
39.2 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, August 1947
"? Mongol, flat face. Father, boisterous, swearing, aggressive man, boastful and rough. Mother, aged 37."
Relatives in survey: Half sister 39.1, father 39.3
14.21 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Idiocy, October 1946
"This congential defective was admitted to C.R. in 1931, rate-aided. "This Mongol is of the idiot grade"."
16.48 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, January 1947
"This child is a Mongol - Nurse. Father a farmer. Father's brother and family. Mother, about 42, OK. Siblings: 3 living, OK, badly behaved. one child was hydrocephalic and died. Maternal grandmother. Large house, comfortable. Dr: Erythoblastus foetalis. Harmless."
Relatives in survey: Uncle 17.5, grandmother 16.86
18.57 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, June 1947
"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
28.45 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, July 1946
"Not very bright, defintely defective. Mongol type? At school, can go about town. Parents exceptionally nice. Father a scourer at a woollen mill. Sister, married, clever girl. Mother 40+. [Male informant] says he is a Mongol. IQ 42."
30.84 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946
"Definitely MD but able to work about the house. Was not at school. Father a joiner, delicate. Mother about 50, OK. Clean house, not overcrowded, harmonious. PC - completely gone, was in Special Class. She is a Mongol. Will never be able to work."
Sibling: 30.85
32.48 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1946
"On Dr's list of defectives. Cannot work, has not had any education, just a liability. Father was an upholsterer, dead, queer. Uncle was very queer. Lodges, has a private income. Dr - a Mongol."
33.48 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, June 1947
"Mongol, will never be able to work. Good living conditions."
Defective down syndrome in chicks is not caused by riboflavin deficiency in breeders, 1993
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.