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This boy had an I/Q. of 70-at school. He is either working in a byre or in sausage factory where he gets 25/- a week or 27/- when he is punctual. Considered ineducable at school. Has been in trouble for pinching cigarettes.

Relatives in survey: Mother 5.12; siblings 5.11, 5.14; cousin 5.9

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"IQ 68, very deaf in one ear, discharging ears etc. Joined the ATC. Now earning £4 a week labouring. Living conditions: not overcrowded, fairly clean."

Relatives in survey: Siblings 3.63, 3.65, 3.66, 3.67 Father 3.68, Mother 3.69

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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"This man, a joiner by trade, is very lazy and slow, simple. Does some work in the factory. No public assistance. Earns £10 a week but will not pay his rates, has been imprisoned for it. Also assaulted a policeman once. Inharmonious. Wife very flighty. Two boys beyond control, no training. Dr - simple, sulky and moody. Steady work record."

Relatives in survey: 16.148, 16.149, wife 16.153, brother 16.150

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"The LE says this man caused a lot of trouble for a time, always changing his job or being dismissed, very hoity toity and hard to please. He is now working very successfully on a co-op round, taking over £100 a week. Ex RAF or army. An incomer. Married to a local girl."

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"Seen at OPC - MD and epilepsy. Admitted to CRI as VP. Parents dead. Father was epileptic and died in 1908. 1 brother and 3 sisters. Worked as a casual farm labourer. Discharged from army on account of mental symptoms. Now unemployable. Dr says a gross defective. When working got 30/- plus food."

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"This woman attended the OP clinic and was admitted to CR as a private patient. Obsessional state on the basis of a recurrent depression. Three previous attacks. Duration of present attack 9 months. Patient earns £4 a week in the woollen mill. They seem to be decent people."

Scope and Contents Male INTVEE grew up in Leith, at 14 he got an apprenticeship in electrical work at Robb's which paid 10/- a week. He was lucky that his parents accepted this instead of the £1 he could have earned as an errand boy. He was called up at 17 and joined the Royal Artillery and worked on radar and searchlight developments. He receives a disability pension owing to hearing loss as a result of working on the guns during the Clydebank raids. Their eldest child attends Ainslie Park but was moved from...