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"This man is ploughman. He drinks, abuses his wife, has been to prison for poaching. Dr confirms - a persistent poacher."

Relatives in survey: wife 11.33 children 11.34, 11.35, 11.36, 11.78

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"This woman was queer for a time - said her husband hammered her but there was no sign of it; was thought to be going off her head. Doctor was there a lot, some awful rows at night. Has now been quiet for a long time. Is said to come from a queer family. Husband a quarry worker, a gem. [Male informant] confirms - hysterical, neurotic, worrying, very vivid imagination. Clean house, not overcrowded."

Relatives in survey: child 11.56

Relatives in survey: Husband

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"This man is very bad tempered to his workmen, who never stay with him. Very strict, elder in the kirk, no alcohol. They keep their byres cleaner than their house. Prosperous. This man has a terrible temper - takes it out on his wife and animals - kicks them. Can be very nice, or a coarse uncouth brute. House passably clean, family life miserable. No. P.A."

Scope and Contents "Very dull, unsociable. Married and has one child, a girl, dull. Dull, used to work in the factory. Husband a bad lot, used to knock her about. Cannot confirm that husband is unsatisfactory. They now have another child. Nurse: Has two children and is expecting another. Husband had left her but is back again. Children are all right. Clean house. Dr. thinks this woman is just ordinary, husband not dull. No public assistance. Husband was in the army during the war."Relatives in...

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"This man, a grocer, is very mean and peculiar, is cruel to his wife and daughter, very repressive, won't let the girl go out at night. Very unhappy home life. [Male informant] says he is definitely very crusty and odd. [Male informant] confirms he is mean."

Relatives in survey: wife 16.57, sister 16.58

Scope and Contents 'This man is a famous poacher and ne'er-do-well, has had convictions for poaching and assault. Considered a waster. Used to live on his wits and PA, has worked for ICI and the Air Ministry as a labourer. Denounced by the rest of his family. Father, dead, old soldier and innkeeper. Twice married, second wife an intelligent woman. Housing: 2 rooms for 5 adults and child. Clean. Dr confirms - a pleasant rogue, used to poach for excitement, used to pay the doctor in salmon. Had been very...

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'This boy has an IQ of 70. Father, a farm worker, assaulted his wife - it was said she was to blame as she would not give him enough to eat. Housing: condemned two roomed house. Children fairly clean but have impetigo.'

Relatives in survey: siblings 19.1, 19.50, 19.51

Scope and Contents 'This man, a ploughman tractor driver, is a bad lot, gave his wife dog's abuse, is now living with his mother and chasing round after a divorcee. Father dead. Nurse agrees that this is an awful man. His wife is slovenly, always smoking, only gets 25/- a week and the kids don't get a chance. PAO wife gets 35/- a week separation allowance, but 9/6 comes off for rent and milk. She has applied for relief but was referred to her husband. [Female informant] says this man is a real bad egg, would...

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"This woman is a simple soul and looks it. She is "a pure slave", very hard worked, is a dairywoman. She must be simple or she would never put up with so much work. They live in one room with a wooden partition. Fairly clean. Family relationships harmonious except when husband comes home drunk and gives her a nailing."

Relatives in survey: Son 25.45

Scope and Contents "After-care - anxiety state, chronic, severe, unspecified. Discharged from the army on this account. Symptoms began 1945. Used to be a farm worker, enlisted 1933, deserted 1935, very poor work record from then until he enlisted in 1940. He is now a railway worker. Father, a small holder, was in court for stealing. 55+ May be illegitimate. Married, has had differences with his wife. Children are all right but very bad tempered. Inharmonious. Work record unsteady. Nurse confirms that they are...