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"This woman is alcoholic. Now a cleaner. She goes about with soldiers and is "not a nice woman at all". All [her] children went wild after a certain age. Dr confirms - definitely daft and queer. Daughter ran away with men at 14, gave the police a lot of trouble."

Relatives in survey: 2.42

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"This man, a roadman, drinks, is immoral, is said to be maintaining 3 illegitimate children."

Relatives in survey: 12.41, 12.40, wife 12.59

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'Unsatisfactory character, has a reputation for petty thieving, went out a lot dancing and drinking with soldiers. Neglected her children. Father basketmaker. Mother dead, TB. Two rooms fairly clean. She has been a maid for two years and did not steal. Husband killed in war, has married again. Nurse confirms, plausible, generous, quite considerate. Swears. Not married yet. PAO confirms, bad tempered, bad type. No PA.'

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'This girl is said to have a bad moral character. She has a police record [for theft]. She has two illegitimate children. She is working in munitions. She often used to sleep out, which worried her mother very much. Mother about 55, a decent respectable woman, normal. Father, dead.'

Scope and Contents "This woman is described as thoughtless and silly, of low mentality. [Male informant] says she and her husband are both backward. She is pregnant. Husband a dairyman, earns £6 a week, scabies. Housing: Sergeant says it is a fearsome sight. Rooms - children usually clean but very untidy. Many rows. PC says this woman is a problem - very low type. She is also unfaithful to her husband. [Gynaecologist] wanted to sterilise this woman but husband would not agree."Relatives in survey:...

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"Promiscuous and immoral. Feckless, but can look nice. Mother dead. Sergt. - a proper gyp, a dead wrong one. No PA, was offered indoor relief but refused it. Known to RSSPCC. Nurse: A problem woman, dirty, soft and MD. Labour exchange - working as a char, a bad lot."

Relatives in survey: children 28.14, 28.15

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"He is an epileptic or at least "subject to fits of an epileptic character". Not defective. Now in merchant navy. His mother is a bedswerver, carries on with other men, doesn't get on with her husband and has wanted to leave him in the past. A lot of family quarrelling."

Relatives in survey: Mother 44.59 aunt 44.36

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"This girl is man mad, is always losing her domestic jobs because she is being found with a man in her bed. [Female informant] confirms that she was also dull. [Male informant] says she was a crage mentally but a twister, always losing money."

Relatives in survey: siblings 45.53, 45.51