Showing Records: 31 - 40 of 737
1.447 Female, 55-64 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Psychopathic personality, December 1946
"This old lady lives alone in a tin shed. An old tinker. Shoplifts."
15.10 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Schizophrenia, January 1946
"This woman is a wee bit soft. She lives in a filthy little house, full of hens and cats. She has an illegitimate son. Lives rent free. Is deteriorating. The son "nothing in him" earns 25/- a week. No sibs know. Has always been queer - soft, untidy, slovenly. The house is so dirty you daren't sit down. Always on P.A. Nurse confirms - very dirty. Dr confirms - a slut, filthy. Son has been utterly spoilt, soft, no home training."
15.14 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Suspected psychiatric illness, January 1946
"This girl had an I.Q. of 78 at school. She is still at school. Small for her age, a good mimic, quite bright. Mr. D thinks this girl is quite bright. One of her siblings has a wild, tousled look, as if she had fallen off a show wagon. They are all musical. Dr thinks this girl is all right and would exclude her. She has dramatic gifts."
Relatives in survey: Father
16.89 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, December 1946
"Very dull, has been put back a class, cussed, shifty. Illegitimate. Mother died in childbirth, was very dull, little more than a prostitute, defective. Only child. Formerly lived with his grandmother, now dead. Now lives with aunt. No public assistance. Dr thinks all the grandmother's children were to different fathers."
Relatives in survey: grandfather 16.92
16.99 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Undiagnosed, January 1947
"Definitely MD - nurse. Mother, dead. Married, husband a labourer in the factory. Dr confirms that she is a virago, but thinks she is sharp rather than dull. Not honest. No public assistance. Children were slow. Now both seem quite smart. Condemned house."
Relatives in survey: Father 16.92, uncle to 16.89, son 16.311.
18.37 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947
"On Dr's list of defectives. Now goes with the scavenger cart. Simple to talk to but can work, single, well liked. Once fell in love with the District Nurse - attended all the dances just to gaze at her. Father killed in an accident. Mother 60+, real tinker type. Siblings are all brown and unwashed looking. [Male informant] simple minded, lives with his mother, no PA. Condemned house, 2 rooms."
18.70 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Schizophrenia, June 1947
"Looks funny, has a wee bit of a want. Her people were tinkers and basket makers, clever with their hands. She is rough looking and queer, lives alone. Hoes turnips, etc., a very hard worker, but peculiar. Dr confirms - she is a real tinker type, looks almost Chinese. Clean house. PAO confirms that she is very queer."
Sibling: 18.71
18.80 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Low grade mental defective, June 1947
"Admitted to CRI - Mental Defect, if not congenital, from an early age. Has had meningitis? No occupation, single. Had infantile paralysis as a child. Father of gipsy stock, died. Mother dead. Dr says they are all bad and queer, of a low mentality."
Siblings: 18.21
18.84 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, June 1947
"Immoral, does not look mental. Indoor relief offered and refused. Several legitimate children - procreation her hobby."
Husband 18.83