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34.2 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Schizophrenia, January 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/33

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"This woman is described as mental and a bit soft. "She doesn't keep well in hot weather". She has a tongue like a tinker. She is feckless and useless, would talk the hind legs off a donkey. Always complaining. Dr confirms that this woman is a dirty and hypochondrial old pest with an awful tongue. Nurse confirms that this woman is queer; sometimes very clean however."

Relatives in survey: Brother 34.3

Dates: Other: January 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

34.6 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Alcoholism, January 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/33

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"This man is clever but scatterbrained. At the general election he got so excited and quarrelsome that he had to be locked up. Absolutely mad when he gets drunk. Married a proper little rag. Dr confirms that he drinks too much."

Relatives in survey: Mother 34.5

Dates: Other: January 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

3.55 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3

Scope and Contents "IQ 78, not too bad - [female informant] says she has turned out very well. Had a baby at 17, just at home now. Mother, 50+, a splendid worker in other people's houses, never kept her own very clean. Gipsy stock, grand baker. Father a farm worker. Now in prefabs. A bit mental?"Siblings: [Sister] IQ68, married. Eldest died of TB. [Brother] in navy, did well. [Brother] farm worker.Poor house, dirty no conviences, not overcrowded now. Only a room and a kitchen...

Dates: Other: June 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

36.3 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Hysteria, June 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/35

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"A bad type, immoral, simple and nervy, highly strung, always has a grievance. Inspector says she is a bad tinker, originally came as a housekeeper, much younger than her husband. Dr confirms - a slut, handless."

Relatives in survey: Daughter 36.38

Dates: Other: June 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

36.5 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/35

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"A dirty trachly creature. She had three illegitimate children."

Relatives in survey: Children 36.4, 36.59

Dates: Other: March 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

39.6 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, July 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/39

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"Looks vacant, grins, full of antics, just silly behaviour. "Glaiket". Only in Infants I."

Relatives in survey: sibling 39.5

Dates: Other: July 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

4.33 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Undiagnosed, September 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/4

Scope and Contents

"This man is abnormal, looks like a gipsy, has big staring eyes and does not look intelligent. A bit queer. [Male informant] agrees that he is not intelligent. A ploughman."

Children: 4.31, 4.32, 4.29. 4.30; wife 4.28

Dates: Other: September 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

6.23 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Psychopathic personality, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6

Scope and Contents

"Simple and immoral, attractive but had no brains. Much younger than her husband. One child a piccaninny."

Husband: 6.21, son: 6.22

Dates: Other: May 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

6.43 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6

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"Big, fat blousy woman, filthy, sews her children into their clothes each autumn."

Husband: 6.60, Children: 6.44, 6.42

Dates: Other: June 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

6.56 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Psychopathic personality, Alcoholism, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6

Scope and Contents "This woman is soft and very dirty, throughither and feckless, an awful wife. House filthy, smells of dirty clothes. They have moved about a lot. Husband a farm labourer. She has 6 or 7 children, all terribly dirty - she is always getting into trouble as they are so dirty at school. Has been reported to the RSSPCC for neglect of children - they are filthy and never have sufficient clothes - she sells the coupons. She steals money and coals from her next door neighbour who is deaf, is...

Dates: Other: May 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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34.2 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Schizophrenia, January 1946

34.6 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, Alcoholism, January 1946

3.55 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

36.3 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Hysteria, June 1947

36.5 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

39.6 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, July 1947

4.33 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Undiagnosed, September 1946

6.23 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Psychopathic personality, May 1947

6.43 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947

6.56 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Psychopathic personality, Alcoholism, May 1947

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