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45.46 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/42

Scope and Contents

"IQ 79. [Female informant] says she is "dumb". She should be at [school] but isn't owing to transport difficulties. Definitely backward. Father steals, mother a bit soft. They are considered a thieving family. Clean house, but the children were very badly fed for a time, now better. Good house, not overcrowded, clean, harmonious."

Relatives in survey: mother 45.46, father 45.47, siblings 45.45

Dates

  • Other: September 1946

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Extent

2 Sheets

Repository Details

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