Spare a thought for

[Olde Crone]

Poor Mary Jepson!

In 1851 she is a lunatic
In 1861 she is Idiotic
In 1871 she is an imbecile
In 1881 she is an Idiot From Birth.

She died in 1882, probably so they could make up no more rude descriptions of her condition.

(Actually, in 1871, the enumerator has put "tailoress and dressmaker", then crossed it out and written imbecile instead!)

OC