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Census Terms
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Dixidan | Report | 8 Jul 2008 23:57 |
Next to one of my relatives in a census it says Imbecile, what would that translate as these days? Would if be someone who is suffering from a mental illness? It's a woman if that makes any different. |
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Alison | Report | 9 Jul 2008 00:08 |
Description from Wiktionary. |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 9 Jul 2008 00:11 |
Unmarried mothers were often labled imbeciles so really it could be anything going under the title of not thinking 'their' way which in our terms isn't always someone with a mental illness |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 9 Jul 2008 03:39 |
She could have been suffering from post natal depression.. |
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Researching: |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 9 Jul 2008 06:32 |
Imbecile was used to denote that the person was suffering from dementure. |
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Dixidan | Report | 9 Jul 2008 10:46 |
Thanks for your help everyone. |