21.52 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Psychopathic personality, September 1945
Scope and Contents
"This girl is described by the teacher as definitely simple. She steals and thieves, has a funny eye and is very dirty. Goes about with a sack over her shoulders. She thinks she can sing. Her parents are tinkers and go about in a caravan all summer, living in a cottage in the winter. Father a horse dealer and dealer in old clothes. Mother, aged about 40, brazen type, looks like a Gypsy. Deals in old clothes, always having babies, personally dirty. The family are at present living in a condemned cottage which is over-run by rats. They are incredibly dirty and their clothes are in rags. They are all thought to be infected by VD."
Siblings: 21.50, 21.51, 21.53
Dates
- Other: September 1945
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Extent
4 Sheets
Creator
- From the Series: Mayer-Gross, Wilhelm, Dr (Psychiatrist) (Person)
- From the Series: Brown, Marjorie Alice, 1907-1964 (Director, Department of Social Studies) (Person)
Repository Details
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