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16.237 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, December 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15

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"A terrible woman, assaults her husband, drinks. Nurse confirms - insane temper, quarrelsome, not clean. Dr says this woman is of gypsy stock, has dragged her husband down. He once nearly murdered her."

Relatives in survey: Husband 16.238; children 16.241, 16.240

Dates: Other: December 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

16.257 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15

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"This woman is defective (nurse), has had an awful life. A quarrelsome type, very rough tongues. Daughter IQ 70, a psychopath, now married. Spent the night in the nigger's camp."

Relatives in survey: Grandchild 16.255, son 16.258

Dates: Other: January 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.120 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

Scope and Contents "This is one of the local characters, will neither work nor want, has been on PA all his days. Labourer really. Married, six children. [Female informant]: Gipsy type, awful poacher, dull too. Dr confirms - asthma and poaching. Very nice family, have done well. One son had neurosis after Dunkirk and was discharged from the army. LE: Unsteady work record, O.O.W just now, nobody will employ him. Was on U.A.B for a time before the war. Was fined for having government property in his...

Dates: Other: July 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.143 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"Decidedly eccentric, wears Wellingtons and an umbrella in the sunniest weather. Lives alone, house filthy. Minister confirms. Solitary type, does not answer a knock on the door, queer, swarthy type, almost a gipsy. A recluse. Does her shopping in Carlise. Has private means. Not an alcoholic."

Dates: Other: July 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.151 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"In D section, IQ 74. Not interested in anything. Has had various jobs since leaving school, was in a factory, made an attempt at domestic service. Awful household. Probably illegitimate, lived with her aunt who got involved with an Newfoundler. Has had a child too, wanders about, looks an awful trollope. LE: Unsteady work record, a little rat. Nurse - is pregnant again."

Dates: Other: October 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.162 Male, Separated or divorced, Alcoholism, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"This man is alcoholic and dour. A builder's labourer, formerly in the army. Not a good husband. Father used to be very alcoholic - lived to drink, dead."

Relatives in survey: children 28.160, 28.161

Dates: Other: July 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.179 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Manic depressive, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"This woman is worse than her husband, always complaining, always vomiting her food, has had several x-rays, stomach normal but complains of chronic gastritis. An awful "greetin' Jenny", always ready to burst into tears, very weak mentally."

Relatives in survey: son 28.181

Dates: Other: October 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.184 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"IQ of 70-. Not bright but works in woollen mill. Probably semi-skilled. Parents alive, they were hawker gipsy types originally, father still deals in rags. 5 roomed house, not very clean. Dr: Whole family have a gipsy streak and are on the dull side. House filthy +++, stinks."

Relatives in survey: sibling 28.183, mother 28.185

Dates: Other: July 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.185 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"[Male informant] and nurse think this woman is a queer one, like a gipsy. The children take their peculiarities from her."

Relatives in survey: children 28.183, 28.184

Dates: Other: October 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

28.230 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Stammering, March 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/27

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"Funny little man with a speech defect which he overcomes by talking very slowly; odd and reserved, very shy, seems very badly proportioned but not deformed. He is working as a clerk. An incomer, came north to avoid the bombing. Sergeant confirms that he is a queer wee jeeger."

Dates: Other: March 1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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16.237 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, December 1946

16.257 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947

28.120 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Psychopathic personality, July 1946

28.143 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, July 1946

28.151 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Psychopathic personality, October 1946

28.162 Male, Separated or divorced, Alcoholism, July 1946

28.179 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Manic depressive, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946

28.184 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1946

28.185 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, October 1946

28.230 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Stammering, March 1947

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