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"This woman is alcoholic. Now a cleaner. She goes about with soldiers and is "not a nice woman at all". All [her] children went wild after a certain age. Dr confirms - definitely daft and queer. Daughter ran away with men at 14, gave the police a lot of trouble."

Relatives in survey: 2.42

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"This man, a roadman, drinks, is immoral, is said to be maintaining 3 illegitimate children."

Relatives in survey: 12.41, 12.40, wife 12.59

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'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

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Irresponsible, used to send the children to school without lunch. Plausible and sensible to talk to but unreliable, didn't tell the truth. Said to drink. Used to go and have a good time and leave the children. Husband deserted. [Male informant] says they left 2-3 years ago. Mother drank.

Relatives in survey: children 24.29, 24.30, 24.31, 24.33

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"Inspector says this woman is bright but bad, given to drink and immorality. Nurses call her a glamour girl. Very anxious to make her dull son improve."

Relatives in survey: Son 36.16

Scope and Contents "This man is alcoholic at times but has only once appeared in court for being drunk in charge of a car. He has a violent temper and is at times depressed. Has "persecution mania". Alternates between charm and savage antagonism. First wife died sometime in the 1930s. Second wife died of cancer. Since then he has had a series of housekeepers, one of whom is thought to have had a child by him. For the last 3-4 years he has lived alone and has got slovenly in his appearance. Seen by PSW - Spare...