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5.6 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and Backward, Psychopathic personality, May 1946
This woman is a right bad egg, loose, entertains soldiers, has harboured deserters. W.R. +. Entertained Italians, kept her children off school to do the housework. These children are "not very special" but could have been decent citizens - described as a "low I.Q. family" - but evidently not below 85. Housing: two rooms, dirty, for 5 or 6. Inharmonious. No P.A.
Relatives in survey: Daughter 5.62
1.29 Male, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, May 1947
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1.71 Female, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, May 1947
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1.73 Male, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, April 1947
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17.8 Female, Separated or divorced, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Dull and backward, December 1946
"Stupid and promiscuous, simple but nice looking, is corrupting her children who should be taken away from her. Lazy. Home conditions seem to vary, sometimes being very dirty, sometimes all right."
Relatives in survey: Children 17.12, 17.10, 17.11,
23.6 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Dull and backward , June 1946
"This woman is feckless, cannot manage a house - e.g. no sheets. Just a doll. Incomer from Edinburgh. PAO and nurse agree that she is stupid. Filthy. Moving soon to a prefab."
3.68 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, June 1947
"Bad character, never in a job for long, would rather do nothing. Driving just now. Minister confirms: Not alcoholic."
Relatives in survey: Children 3.63, 3.64, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Wife 3.69
37.8 Male, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, June 1946
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42.2 Female, Separated or divorced, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, November 1946
"This woman seems a real bad lot. Has had several illegitimate children, family uncared for and neglected. She is illegitimate. Dr said that this woman was garrulous, silly, could clean but didn't keep it up, morally lax. Children were small and attractive, not stupid."
Relatives in survey: Child
4.45 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Psychopathic personality, July 1946
"Soft, a bit silly, big strong woman but no moral sense. [Male informant] says she is definitely defective from the look of her. Can work, needs a certain amount of supervision, doubtful if she can read. Parents were first cousins. Dr confirms, she should be sterilised. PC confirms a brother in England is mental, drives a tractor, single, has been convicted of theft."
siblings 4.43, 4.42; children 4.44, 4.46; mother 4.47