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6.93 Male, Single, 25-34yrs, Schizophrenia, May 1947

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

Scope and Contents "After-care case. Now on farm work but can't settle, is talking about re-joining the army. Was in the far East. Fine lad, was good at school. Parents dead, father was an alcoholic. Sister died recently. Another sister - Dr says she used to be anybody's meat. Very decent people. Diagnosis: Hebephrenic Schizophrenia, recovered. Was an agricultural worker until he joined up. Very overcrowded - patient, his borhter in law and sister and 6 children in two rooms. Was working at [farm] and doing...

Dates: Other: May 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

1.131 Female, 55-64 yrs, Schizophrenia, May 1947

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

Scope and Contents

"A dirty woman, a helpless creature, but has a tongue "that wad cut cloots". This family are all soft."

Dates: Other: May 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

11.53 Female, Widowed, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10

Scope and Contents

"This woman is a notorious character, drinks, frequent disturber of the peace, has been several times in prison. PC thinks she is weakminded. Husband is dead, she has three children by him. Is at present living with a tramp - they live by their wits, are thought to be shawing neeps at present."

Dates: Other: November 1945

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

11.74 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Psychopathic personality, January 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10

Scope and Contents "This is a boarded out girl, has caused her foster mother a lot of anxiety. Has been badly brought up by her foster mother. PC says she is as mad as a March hare - she cannot stick at a job. Worked in a grocer's shop, then a baker's, was a nurse for one day but couldn't stand it. Outspoken and wild. Dr says that what this girl needs is a good spanking - she is self-willed, spoilt, result of bad environment, otherwise Ok. [Male informant] says this girl is flighty and...

Dates: Other: January 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

12.20 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11

Scope and Contents

"This girl is "not very impressive, not bright, soft". Looks dirty, loose. She was married recently, had an illegitimate child before marriage. Dr - filthy but not much wrong with her. All the sisters were the same. [male informant] a queer din-raising lot. Were troublesome at school - kept to themselves, always complained of the other children bullying them. PC says they could not make anything of her at school. When she left she would not work. Father was an alcoholic."

Dates: Other: March 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

12.26 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11

Scope and Contents

"This woman is dirty, thoughtless, keen on dancing and a good time, a "lazy trollop", face devoid of character, receding chin, neglects her children. Feckless. Husband a shepherd, not a good shepherd, not very bright "A sumph"."

Relatives in survey: 12.27, 12.24, 12.25

Dates: Other: March 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

12.37 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, May 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11

Scope and Contents

"This man is slow, not very bright, dour. Drives a tractor. They live in a backward place with no road to it."

Relatives in survey: 12.39, 12.36 12.35, wife 12.38

Dates: Other: May 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

12.42 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Undiagnosed, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11

Scope and Contents

"This woman is a bit strange, funny, very bossy. She is illegitimate. Dr confirms mental weakness. [Male informant] confirms this woman has been queer all her days. A slut."

Relatives in survey: husband 12.43, brother

Dates: Other: March 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

12.62 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/11

Scope and Contents

"Simple in her talk, a moral defective, had six children to her father. Simple but knew she was doing wrong. Died after giving birth."

Relatives in survey: 12.50

Dates: Other: March 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

14.23 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/13

Scope and Contents

"This man, who used to be a ploughman, is semi-retired. Knocks about a farm, does light work in a hotel. Gey simple, not neurotic, said to embroider his stories a lot."

Relatives in survey: Wife and daughter

Dates: Other: October 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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6.93 Male, Single, 25-34yrs, Schizophrenia, May 1947

1.131 Female, 55-64 yrs, Schizophrenia, May 1947

11.53 Female, Widowed, 35-44 yrs, Psychopathic personality, November 1945

11.74 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Psychopathic personality, January 1946

12.20 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, March 1946

12.26 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, March 1946

12.37 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, May 1946

12.42 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Undiagnosed, March 1946

12.62 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, March 1946

14.23 Male, Married, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, October 1946

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