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"This boy is very backward at school, can read but can't write, can't do sums. He is a delicate child. Well fed and clean boy. Dr confirms delicateness, had an appendix abscess. Father is rather nervous and highly strung. Yodels."

Relatives in survey: mother 2.60

"OT 11, very backward, a farm worker."

Relatives in survey: Mother 40.2, siblings 40.3, 40.5, 40.6

"IQ 79, [Male informant] confirms that he is dull."

Relatives in survey: 16.53

"Definitely dull. Used to be a domestic servant. Mother - 50-ish, v. feebleminded. Father, a labourer, was wounded in the last war, has never lived at home but has associated with another woman all the tine. One brother was very dull. Husband was boarded out as a child. Clean house. Condemned house. 3 rooms."

Relatives at survey: Mother, 16.201], Sibling, [16.211], Son [16.69]

"IQ 70 was the oldest boy in the school but was in the Infants. Illegitimate. Clean and well turned out - mother thought the world of him. Now returned to [area]."

'This man lives at home, works in the mill, used to be wild about the ladies, gets tight at times. Father was a shepherd, dead. Mother, over 50 had an illegitimate child before marriage. The whole family have a tendency to squint. They were all dull at school but are quite good workers. The are considered generally to be unsatisfactory.'

Relatives in survey: siblings 22.53, 22.50

"This boy was slow in walking, ? MD."

Relatives in survey: Mother 39.62, sibling 39.60

"Slow in reading and spelling, arithmetic very bad."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 40.58, 40.60, 40.61, cousin 40.62

"Dull boy, worse than any of his cousins. Father a builder, mother about 40? Good home conditions, largish bungalow, nice garden etc. Nurse confirms, spoilt."

Relatives in survey: Cousins 40.58, 40.59, 40.60, 40.61

"Nurse says this woman is deficient. [Male informant] agrees that she is feckless. From [redacted], no information about relations. Children are very badly behaved to her. Dr confirms. Her mother looks after them."

Relatives in survey: husband 16.126