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32.7 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Alcoholism, Physical illness or invalidism, February 1946
"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."
3.29 Male, Widowed, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, June 1947
3.41 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, May 1946
34.5 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1946
"This woman is a "mental case" - has delusions and hallucinations, thinks there are people in her house stealing from her. PAO confirms a definite mental kink, rather queer."
Relatives in survey: Son 34.6
3.48 Male, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, March 1944
"Occupation: Joiner. Private Patient. Diagnosis: Senile. All right until 18 months ago. Had prostate trouble, was operated on and still has tube. A few days ago he fell, cut his head and had to be stitched up. Has been wet all the time and very difficult to look after. He is demented but realises what is going on around him and knows he is in CRI."
[Female informant] - very deaf during turns, fell, died as a senile. Bachelor, lived with old sister.
3.80 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, High grade mental defective, Senility, June 1947
"Mental defective, very dirty, soft. Did charring. Nurse confirms - whole family mentally defective. Dirty."
Relatives in survey: children 3.82, 3.83 sister in law 3.81
4.13 Female, Widowed, 55-64 yrs, Senile and arterio-sclerotic psychoses, September 1946
"This old lady is senile, a widow. Had a family of ten, all said to be OK."
Grandson 4.12
43.1 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1946
"This old lady is queer - e.g. took all her furniture outside and burned it. Never washes. She now sleeps on the wire part of her bed, chases devils at night. Is an intelligent woman. Queer many years since the death of her brother. Nurse confirms - thinks she is attacking devils in the hedges. Can be quite sensible to talk to."
43.2 Female, Married, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1946
"This old lady is queer and senile. Fractured femur last year. Dr - has been getting peculiar for about 4 years."
43.4 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1946
"This hypochondrial old lady took to her bed some years ago and has to be looked after by her daughters. Always used to wear pieces of sticking plaster on her face. Nurse says this woman is just neurotic, has been in bed for two years but gets up to go for her holidays."