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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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"This old lady is peculiar, a hermit, lives alone with a lodger as queer as herself. Very fond of a wee drop. Very bad with rheumatism and can hardly get about. No relations known. Dirty house, 2 rooms for 2, nobody else would live in it. PAO: pickled - will never die, alert mentally but very old. Widow's pension and supplement. Dr - senile, chronic tippler."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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'PC says this man is a heavy drinker. Ex-army, now working on a farm and living at home. PAO says they are a poor crowd. Nurse confirms - has TB, has AP refills. Minister confirms the whole family. Mother is careless.'

Relatives in survey: Siblings 24.66, 24.68, 24.69, 24.70, 24.72, 24.73 Mother 24.71

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"This man, an insurance agent, is alcoholic. Tries to combat it by remaining out of the town until the pubs are closed. Dr confirms this man has bad bouts - used to drink eau-de-cologne. Can stand very little alcohol, has to be put on hyocine. Bad heart. Clever and able man. Grandfather was an alcoholic. [Male informant] thinks this man should not be included as an alcoholic; he has never seen him drunk and it does not interfere with his work. Sergt. does not think this man drinks much."

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"This man is supposed to be blind, but it is generally belived that he is not so blind as he is supposed to be and has been swinging the lead for the last 12 or 13 years. Anyhow he never misses the pub door. He is difficult to get on with and now lives alone. In receipt of a Blind Person's Pension. Nurse: he is diabetic, not really blind, used to drink ++. Lives alone in a small house."

Scope and Contents Reference material relating to health services, addiction, mental health services, and services for those with disabilities.Publications: Ontario Association of Social Workers Statement on General Welfare Assistance (1966); The Canadian Welfare Council Annual Reports (1959, 1960, 1963); Work for Relief: A Policy Statement by the Canadian Welfare Council (1963); Programme for the Canadian Conference on Social Welfare (1966); A Brief History of the Ontario Welfare Council (1959);...