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Scope and Contents "IQ 78, not too bad - [female informant] says she has turned out very well. Had a baby at 17, just at home now. Mother, 50+, a splendid worker in other people's houses, never kept her own very clean. Gipsy stock, grand baker. Father a farm worker. Now in prefabs. A bit mental?"Siblings: [Sister] IQ68, married. Eldest died of TB. [Brother] in navy, did well. [Brother] farm worker.Poor house, dirty no conviences, not overcrowded now. Only a room and a kitchen...

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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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"This woman is soft and dull. Husband a farm worker. Three children under school age. Inspector - " a cunning tinker", a poor lot. Dr - thouless, dirty, hard up."

Relatives in survey: Sister 42.13

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"IQ of 75. Now working in factory in [area]. Dull. Mother dead. Stupid woman - had an acute obstruction and refused to go to hospital. Sister had a halfcaste baby which died. No public assistance for a long time. Clean and respectable family. The siblings are all dull like [patient] but look nice and quiet. One is married."